Are they really much better than cotton? How to take care of them? How to take all the wrinkles out after a washing? Iron on high or low? Where to buy good ones? Thanks in advance for any feedback!

These threads might be of help to you:

Talk me into a satin pillowcase... (http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/showthread.php?t=50853)

Satin pillowcases that aren't polyester? (http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/showthread.php?t=52411)

Do Satin pillowcases "de-satin?" (http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/showthread.php?t=51326)

Thank you, snowbear for the links...very informative!

I do have a satin pillowcase...and I am sure it is polyester and I love it. I am not very good about taking care of delicate things, so I usually throw mine in with the sheets on "change your sheet" day. I don't iron, so they don't get ironed. I bought mine at a Fred Meyer's store - nothing special.

HTH!

GC4HH, ~BlueRose

Im really interested in getting on of these satin pillowcases. What is the best kind? silk? polyester? and is the only place you can get them ebay? I was thinking about making one :)

I got mine here about 5 years ago
http://www.tenderheaded.com/satpil.html
They have held up well and are easy care.

Mine make a huge difference. I wash them on the delicates setting with cheer for darks. To dry, I stick them in the dryer until just damp, then hang them or sometimes just fold them. They don't seem to need ironing.

I got mine at tenderheaded.com as well.

Bed, Bath and Beyond has poly satin starting around $15 - $20.

Hehe it was fun to come on a thread and see someone else linked to a thread I started :blushing: ... wasn't expecting that.

I got my first pair off ebay - they were made by hand by some seller and were decent quality, and about half price of what the shops were. I have a pair on my Christmas list now... :inlove:

I love them - they are so much better than cotton, smoother - my hair seems less oily after a night of moving about. When I was them I wash them in the machine with like colors, cold setting, and line dry them. I don't do much ironing so just slip them back on, they dry quickly. It's probably best to hand wash them but I don't make time for that, so use a gentle cycle.

I keep meaning to make a silk pillowcase out of an old silk shirt I've un-outgrown (it's too big now), but haven't gotten around to it. I have slept on acetate and/or poly satin for YEARS. They're easy to care for, and are GREAT for not only the hair, but for the face (they SAY that it reduces wrinkles, and that's an issue for me, as I'm in my late-thirties. My VERY late thirties...I'm forty-three.

Well I like satin anyway! I didn't know it could be good for the hair though. Won't it increase static? I might just have to search on ebay now for a pressie for my husband to buy me, I like the luxurious things like satin! :)

I like my satin pillow cases but sometimes I have a problem with them sliding out from underneath my head at night and causing a loss of sleep. I've been sleeping on cotton here lately, for just that reason.

To avoid wrinkles in the fabric I hand wash my satin pillow cases and then hang them up to drip dry. They seem to dry VERY quickly. I think the spinning action in the washer is what really hurts them- wrinkle wise. Hand wash, hang dry.

I got an email from jessicurl the other day, she now carries 100% silk pillowcases (http://jessicurl.com/100-Silk-Pillowcases-pr-641.html), good price too. I've been using polyester satin pillowcases for several years, I think I'd like to try a real silk one, maybe I'll get myself one for Christmas. :smile:

I only sleep on satin pillowcases now. I know that with cotton pillowcases my curls would end up matted in the morning, and it would take longer for me to detangle my hair with my fingers two, each morning.

Now it takes a few minutes for me me to detangle my hair in the mornings now, which is much better for me time-wise.