{ "id": "caramel-22-momme-silk-bonnet-with-scrunchie", "sku": "caramel-22-momme-silk-bonnet-with-scrunchie", "title": "Caramel 22 Momme Double Layer Silk Bonnet with Matching Scrunchie", "slug": "caramel-22-momme-silk-bonnet-with-scrunchie", "price": 62.99, "currency": "GBP", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-bonnets", "category_label": "Silk Bonnets", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.uk/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/caramel-22-momme-silk-bonnet-with-scrunchie/main-caramel-22-momme-silk-bonnet-with-scrunchie.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.uk/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/caramel-22-momme-silk-bonnet-with-scrunchie/caramel-22-momme-silk-bonnet-with-scrunchie-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.uk/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/caramel-22-momme-silk-bonnet-with-scrunchie/caramel-22-momme-silk-bonnet-with-scrunchie-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.uk/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/caramel-22-momme-silk-bonnet-with-scrunchie/caramel-22-momme-silk-bonnet-with-scrunchie-4.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.uk/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/caramel-22-momme-silk-bonnet-with-scrunchie/caramel-22-momme-silk-bonnet-with-scrunchie-5.jpg" ], "description_short": "Two layers of 100% mulberry silk, an adjustable fit and a matching silk scrunchie, so your hair glides instead of dragging against cotton all night.", "description": "The problem nobody warns you about\n\nYou wash your hair, dry it, maybe style it. It looks good. Then you sleep on it and wake up with one side flattened, the ends roughed up and whatever shape you had gone completely.\n\nThat is friction. A cotton pillowcase feels smooth to your fingertips, but on the scale of a single hair strand it is a rough, absorbent surface with thousands of tiny fibre ends. Every time you turn over, your hair drags across it. Over months, that dragging shows up as frizz, flyaways and split ends. It also pulls moisture out of your hair, because cotton is thirsty.\n\nA silk bonnet solves this by putting a smooth, low friction barrier between your hair and everything else. Your hair slides. The shape you went to bed with has a far better chance of still being there in the morning.\n\nWhat momme actually tells you\n\nMomme is the unit silk is measured in, and it is the single most useful number on a silk product listing. It describes the weight of the fabric, which in practice tells you how dense and durable it is.\n\nLow momme silk, around 12 to 16, feels light and slightly sheer. It is cheaper and it wears out faster. The 19 to 22 range is where most good quality silk bedding and accessories sit. At 22 momme you get silk that feels properly substantial when you pick it up, with a soft weight to it rather than a papery thinness.\n\nThat matters for a bonnet more than you might think. A bonnet gets handled every single night. It is pulled on, pushed back, scrunched up on the bedside table. Lighter silk starts to thin and snag at the band under that kind of use. A 22 momme silk bonnet has enough body to take it.\n\nWhy two layers changes things\n\nPlenty of bonnets advertise silk and deliver silk on the outside only. Inside, where it actually touches your hair, there is cotton or polyester. That is backwards. The outside of a bonnet touches your pillow. The inside touches you.\n\nA double layer silk bonnet uses silk for both. So whichever way you look at it, your hair is against mulberry silk. The second benefit is structural. Two layers of 22 momme silk have enough body to hold a cap shape on your head instead of collapsing into a flat sheet, which means it sits better and stays put more reliably.\n\nIf you are comparing bonnets and one does not clearly state what the lining is made of, assume it is not silk. Good makers say so.\n\nGetting the fit right\n\nAn adjustable band is the difference between a bonnet you wear every night and one you give up on after a week.\n\nToo loose and it works its way off at some point in the small hours. You wake up with it somewhere near your feet and your hair back on the pillowcase. Too tight and you get a pressure line across your forehead and a slight headache. Neither is a good trade.\n\nThe adjustment on this one lets you set your own tension and leave it. A reasonable test is this. Put it on, then try to slide a fingertip under the band at your forehead. If it goes in easily with a little resistance, you are about right. If you have to force it, loosen off. If there is loads of room, tighten.\n\nFit also depends on how much hair you are tucking in. This bonnet measures roughly 26 x 24 cm (about 10 x 9.5 in) laid flat, and the maker says it suits short to long hair, curls and waves. It is not recommended for very thick or voluminous hair. That is honest guidance and worth taking seriously. If you regularly struggle to fit your hair into standard caps, you want more capacity than this.\n\nWho it works for\n\nShort hair benefits more than people expect. There is less length to protect, but short styles show bedhead immediately, and a silk sleep bonnet for women with cropped or bob length hair keeps the shape far tidier overnight.\n\nWaves and curls are the classic use case. Curl pattern is fragile while you sleep, and the usual damage comes from your hair being squashed and dragged across fabric. Containing it in silk preserves definition, which means less work with water and product the next morning.\n\nStraight long hair gets the friction benefit most clearly. If your ends look rougher than the rest of your hair, friction is usually part of the reason, and reducing nightly drag helps.\n\nAnyone who has just had a blow-dry or a treatment usually wants to make it last. Covering your hair is the simplest way to buy yourself another day or two before the next wash.\n\nThe scrunchie is not just packaging\n\nA matching silk scrunchie sounds like a throwaway extra. It is actually the thing that makes the bonnet easier to use.\n\nBefore you put the bonnet on, gather your hair loosely and tie it with the scrunchie. Low and loose, not high and tight. This keeps everything together so it goes into the cap in one tidy bundle rather than escaping in sections. It also means less rearranging when you are already half asleep.\n\nSilk scrunchies have a second use during the day. Standard elastics grip hard and leave a crease. A silk one holds with less tension, which is kinder if you tie your hair back regularly.\n\nLooking after it\n\nSilk is easier to care for than its reputation suggests, as long as you follow a few rules.\n\nWash it in cool water. Use a detergent made for delicates, not standard biological powder. You can hand wash it in a basin or put it through a gentle machine cycle inside a mesh laundry bag, which stops the band catching on anything.\n\nNever wring it. Press the water out with a towel instead, then lay it flat or hang it to dry somewhere out of direct sun and away from radiators. Heat dulls silk over time.\n\nSkip bleach entirely, and keep it away from hook-and-loop fastenings and anything with a rough zip in the wash. If you want it pressed, use a cool iron on the reverse side. In practice, hanging it to dry usually means you do not need to iron at all.\n\nWashing every week or two suits most people. If you use heavy oils or leave-in conditioner at night, wash more often, because product build-up is what eventually dulls the fabric.\n\nHow to compare bonnets sensibly\n\nFour things actually matter.\n\nFirst, the silk content. It should say 100% mulberry silk, not satin and not a silk blend. Satin is a weave, not a fibre, and satin bonnets are usually polyester.\n\nSecond, the momme weight. If a listing does not state it, there is usually a reason. Twenty-two is a good number.\n\nThird, what the lining is. Double layer silk means your hair meets silk.\n\nFourth, the fit mechanism. Adjustable beats fixed elastic every time, because heads and hair volumes vary enormously.\n\nPrice follows those things fairly predictably. A cheap bonnet is cheap because it is thin silk, satin or a mixed construction, and you will be replacing it.\n\nThe short version\n\nThis is a caramel bonnet made from two layers of 100% mulberry silk at 22 momme, with an adjustable band and a matching silk scrunchie. It measures around 26 x 24 cm (about 10 x 9.5 in) laid flat and is sold in one size.\n\nIt suits short to long hair, including curls and waves. It is not the right choice if your hair is very thick or very voluminous, and the maker says so plainly.\n\nWash it cool, dry it flat, keep it away from heat, and it will do its job night after night. The job is simple. Less friction, less roughing up, and hair that still looks like you styled it when you wake up.", "llm_summary": "A caramel-coloured sleep bonnet made from two layers of 100% mulberry silk at 22 momme weight. It has an adjustable band for fit and comes with a matching caramel silk scrunchie. Laid flat it measures approximately 26 x 24 cm (about 10 x 9.5 in) and is sold in one size. The maker says it suits short to long hair, including curls and waves, and does not recommend it for very thick or voluminous hair. Silk has a smoother surface than cotton, so hair moves across it with less friction. Care is hand wash or gentle machine wash in a mesh bag, cool water, no bleach, dry flat away from heat. Brand, weight, country of origin and detailed dimensions are not specified.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Rights Act 2015 consumer guarantees for faulty goods. Return postage on faulty goods is ours.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Mulberry Silk Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://mulberrysilk.uk/caramel-22-momme-silk-bonnet-with-scrunchie/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.uk/caramel-22-momme-silk-bonnet-with-scrunchie/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.uk/api/products/caramel-22-momme-silk-bonnet-with-scrunchie.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-12" }