Wake up fresh and youthful-looking from now on

For years we’ve been told about the power of getting our ‘beauty sleep’, but did you know that there’s a good chance you’re actually adding more wrinkles to your face while you snooze?!

The culprit is your pillow, and sadly, it could be ageing your skin. 

“Sleep lines are caused when people sleep on their tummy or on their side with their face squished into the pillow,” says Cosmetic Physician Dr Phoebe Jones. “Over years, this repetitive pressure and friction wrinkling up the skin results in ironing the wrinkles into the skin,” she explains.

“In young people who have good skin elasticity and volume in their faces, the effects aren’t as obvious and may resolve within an hour or two of waking. As we get older however, we experience volume loss and decreased skin elasticity so these wrinkles can become permanent,” she adds.

But, we’ve got to sleep, right? So what’s a girl to do? It’s simple: Upgrade your pillow. There’s such a thing as anti-wrinkle pillows and we’ve found the best anti-ageing pillow options in Australia for you to try.

#1 / The silk pillowcase

While Dr Jones’ top recommendation for preventing sleep-associated wrinkles is to learn to sleep on your back, her next best tip is to make the switch to a silk pillowcase. “You can still prevent those pillowcase-induced wrinkle lines by upgrading from a cotton pillowcase to silk. The slippery surface of silk pillowcases causes less friction between your face and the pillowcase, helping to stop the bunching of the fabric that causes the deep creases.” 

Over the last couple of years, silk pillowcases have proven to be a popular beauty secret of celebs like Kim Kardashian, Sophie Turner and Gisele Bundchen. Heck, this is why Zoe Foster Blake added one to her elusive Go-To Skincare range.

Good to know: Silk pillowcases also reduce frizz and don’t absorb moisture from your skin like cotton pillowcases, so your skin will look more glowing and hydrated, and your hair will be smoother every morning.

Three to try: SLIP Queen Pillowcase ($95 at The Iconic); LILY SILK 19 Momme Envelope Silk Pillowcase With Gold Piping ($73 at LILY SILK); THE GOODNIGHT CO. King Size Silk Pillowcase ($110 at The Iconic)