The Silk Perspective

Woman sleeping peacefully in an ivory mulberry silk eye mask on a silk pillowcase, soft morning light

Do Silk Eye Masks Really Help You Sleep? An Hon...

Sleep is now an industry. Here is what a silk eye mask can honestly do for your sleep, what it cannot, and how to tell the real thing from the...

Do Silk Eye Masks Really Help You Sleep? An Honest Look

Sleep is now an industry. Here is what a silk eye mask can honestly do for your sleep, what it cannot, and how to tell the real thing from the...

From Mulberry Leaf to Cloth: How Silk Is Really Made

From Mulberry Leaf to Cloth: How Silk Is Really...

A silkworm, a mulberry tree and a thread nearly a kilometre long — the journey silk takes from cocoon to cloth.

From Mulberry Leaf to Cloth: How Silk Is Really Made

A silkworm, a mulberry tree and a thread nearly a kilometre long — the journey silk takes from cocoon to cloth.

Does a Silk Pillowcase Keep You Warm in Winter?

Does a Silk Pillowcase Keep You Warm in Winter?

Silk cools hot sleepers. So does it keep you warm in winter too? Why a good silk pillowcase feels cool for the first minute, then warms to you and never...

Does a Silk Pillowcase Keep You Warm in Winter?

Silk cools hot sleepers. So does it keep you warm in winter too? Why a good silk pillowcase feels cool for the first minute, then warms to you and never...

Light Sensitivity, Migraine and the Case for Darkness

Light Sensitivity, Migraine and the Case for Da...

Light sensitivity is one of migraine's most common companions. Here is the reason light physically hurts, why it lingers between attacks, and how a soft silk mask makes darkness easier...

Light Sensitivity, Migraine and the Case for Darkness

Light sensitivity is one of migraine's most common companions. Here is the reason light physically hurts, why it lingers between attacks, and how a soft silk mask makes darkness easier...

How to Actually Sleep on a Long-Haul Flight

How to Actually Sleep on a Long-Haul Flight

A calm, practical guide to sleeping on a long-haul flight. The light trick that matters most, why the cabin air works against you, and the wind-down kit that earns its...

How to Actually Sleep on a Long-Haul Flight

A calm, practical guide to sleeping on a long-haul flight. The light trick that matters most, why the cabin air works against you, and the wind-down kit that earns its...

Why Grey Hair Turns Coarse and Wiry (and What Actually Helps)

Why Grey Hair Turns Coarse and Wiry (and What A...

Losing pigment changes more than colour. Here is what actually happens to a greying strand, why a New Zealand winter makes it worse, and the small habits that settle it...

Why Grey Hair Turns Coarse and Wiry (and What Actually Helps)

Losing pigment changes more than colour. Here is what actually happens to a greying strand, why a New Zealand winter makes it worse, and the small habits that settle it...