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Why BASK™ ?
Now that you understand the silk pillowcase benefits and the benefits of using silk scrunchies/silk hair ties for your hair.
You might wonder why do you want to buy your mulberry silk products from BASK?
Are you ready? 👇
First, let's talk about the our signature BASK™ mulberry silk fabric.
We use BASK™ fabric for all our silk pillowcases, silk scrunchies/hair ties, silk sleep masks and many more. All the BASK™ fabric is OEKO-TEX® Standard 100 Certified and our product class is Product class I: Articles for babies and toddlers. (The highest and safest level of product class)
What does OEKO-TEX® Standard 100 Certified mean to you?
The Standard 100 tests check for prohibited azo dyes, formaldehyde, nickel etc, and other chemicals that are harmful to human, and this check includes threads, buttons, zippers and linings used.
So, you can rest assured that products that passed the stringent check of STANDARD 100 by OEKO-TEX® is free of harmful substances. It stands for customer confidence and high product safety.
What does Product Class 1 mean to you?
For the silk fabric to be qualified as Product Class 1, the textile (every thread, button and other accessories, need to be tested for harmful substances and meet the most stringent criteria) so that the product will be safe for more intensive the skin contact of a textile product for even babies and young toddlers.
Pay extra attention to this, mummies or soon-to-be mummies. As a mummy ourselves, we understand how important this is. 🙌
Product class I: Articles for babies and toddlers
Product class II: Articles with direct contact to the skin
Product class III: Articles without direct contact to the skin
Product class IV: Home textiles
Secondly, our unique luxurious look that complements your bedroom and your style like no others.
Our unique formulas and our signature charmeuse weave for BASK™ fabric perfected pure mulberry silk with ultimate shine, softness and durability.
Our BASK™ mulberry silk fabric is
✔️ Incredibly soft. Imagine fluid buttery feel on your facial skin and hand when you touch it
✔️ Impeccably shiny and ravishing with our unique sheen. Sits nicely and on point in your bedroom, on your wrist, on your hair...
✔️ Exceptionally smooth. Non-grainy looking, unlike other silk fabric
✔️ Our unique weave that makes the silk fabric not easily snagged by fingernails, unlike other flimsy silk fabric, that's mean no more heart ache when you accidentally scratched your pillowcase
Check out our current colour swatches 💋 , we've taken great pains to test and develop gorgeous hues that will blow your mind
We use 6A grade raw silk for our BASK™ silk fabric production.
6A Grade mulberry silk has the longest silk fiber. The long strand is one of the important factors that makes the silk fabric much more luxurious looking, shiny and durable.
A comparison between BASK™ Pearl White Silk Pillowcase and silk pillowcase fabric from other brands.
As you can see, BASK™ silk is non-grainy, has incredibly smooth fabric surface and it also features unique luxurious sheen even under normal lighting.
Thirdly, check out the exquisite stitching and attention to details on our products.
A close up on the craftsmanship for our world-class 22 momme black silk pillowcase.
A close up on our navy silk hair ties. Could you spot the sewing edge at the connection?
For all our silk scrunchies and silk hair ties, a very generous amount of BASK™ silk fabric is used to create plenty of gorgeous folds in such a small hair ties.
The elastane we used is specially developed elastane that is highly elastic and highly durable to ensure it provides just the right amount of hold without being too tight or too loose.
The results: our silk scrunchies and silk hair ties are
✔️ comfortable to wear
✔️ hold the hair well without slipping down
✔️ doesn't stretch out or elongate easily
✔️ suitable for all hair types - be it thin or thick hair, straight or wavy hair, extra long or medium length hair
(long story, to be continued...) ☺️