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These silk hair scrunchies are so much better for your hair
Goodbye breakage and tangling, hello fave' new accessory
Silk scrunchies, and satin ones too, can credit their popularity to two powerful motivations. Firstly, haircare is taking centre stage and people are more aware of the damage and breakage that comes from traditional hair bands and hair ties. Silk and satin scrunchies are gentler on the hair, minimise friction, tangling, snagging and breakage - oh, and they don't leave kinks in the hair either, bonus. They can even minimise frizz and static, particularly with the natural fibres of silk or cupro (vegan silk).
And the second motivation, is that while they work hard, they also play hard. The initial scrunchie revival may have bubbled up in student raves as edgy and hipster, but now the noble scrunchie has gone beyond ironic. With decadent styles and fabrics, huge oversized offerings and luxury prints, scrunchies are now one of the chicest ways to add a touch of character to your outfit. While we obsess over scrunchies in every fabric possible, fawning over gingham and melting over broderie anglais, silk and satin are our daily go-tos, our new normal. With plenty of opportunity to get creative too!
So whether you're looking for skinny silk scrunchies to match your hair colour and take care of your hair sight unseen, or giant statement scrunchies with bold patterns, to elevate your ponies, buns and your fits, there's something for everyone and every price point.
Best Silk Scrunchies To Buy Now
LilySilk Silk Hair Scrunchies - Avocado Green and Ivory
These 100% silk hair ties are made with Mulberry silk, a particularly refined type that gets a big thumbs up from us. They have an almost 5-star rating on Amazon with over 10k reviews, thanks to the brand's quality and affordable price point. They come in a range of neutrals, black, white and colours.
LilySilk Silk Hair Scrunchies - Ice Blue & La Terra Print
This patterned option from the brand is a little more expensive but will make the cutest accessory in either your hair, or on your wrist. It's a chic option that's far from a jazzy schoolgirl scrunchie.
Good Squish Badlands Frilled Silk Scrunchie
This is the treat yo' self moment. You won't be able to walk 25m without getting a compliment on this masterpiece. It's spenny, but it's a bringer of such joy and in the simplest outfit this scrunchie will make you look impossibly stylish.
Tabiger 6-Pack Satin Hair Scrunchies
On the other end of the price spectrum, this affordable satin set (in the chicest of shades) has pretty solid reviews, and costs less than a Pret Salad. Satin doesn't have all the benefits of silk, but in terms of being gentle on your hair it's up there.
Slip Pure Silk Skinny Scrunchies
If you're after the gentle care without the scrunchie vibe, these are for you. Coming in six hair tone shades, each pack of these has 4 100% Mulberry silk skinny scrunchies that will tie your hair subtly, securely, and with no tugging or damage. They work out as £7.25 per scrunchie.
Curlfriend Collective Warm Blonde/Honey Bronde - Hair Match Silk Scrunchies
Looking for a match for high-lighted or multi-tonal hair? These genius scrunchies from the Curlfriend Collective come in literal curl camo. With shades for warm blondes, cool blondes, auburn, deep brunette and grey; each pack comes with two tones.
Curlfriend Collective XL Pinstripe Silk Scrunchie
Curlfriend Collective's truly ginormous scrunchies make such a statement. From the boldest hot pink, to black and white pinstripe, the colours and prints balance out the giant playful ruffles of the scrunchie, to keep it on the chic side always.
BreezyTee Polka Dot Silk Twill Scrunchie Large
Breezy Tee's large scrunchies are completely biodegradable and come in recycled packaging with carbon-neutral delivery. The Black-owned brand designed the size of these with curly and natural hair gals in mind and they come in a range of colours and cute patterns including floral, polka dot and animal print.
If you're looking for something subtler, this midnight navy from the brand is certainly a grown-up take on a scrunchie, but big enough to make a statement.
Slip Pure Silk Large Scrunchies - Petal
These aren't cheap, but these 100% silk scrunchies are so darn cute. That striped one would never make it to our hair, it would stay firmly on our wrists where we could see it and fawn over it all day.
Kitsch Satin Sleep Scrunchies
These small scrunchies are best for those with fine or thin hair and make less of a statement than the XXL options. Five for £7 is a good deal. These satin scrunchies are a more affordable option than silk and provide many of the same benefits when it comes to being gentle on the hair and avoiding kinks. They're available in a mix of colours or all black.
Drowsy Sleep co Pillow Scrunchie - Damask Rose
This XXL pick comes in four colours and is a favourite of our Senior Beauty Writer Charlotte Bitmead, who says; "They don't give me a headache and you can lean your head back on the train seats!!! So they literally are a pillow (it's the small things)." Sold.
Kitsch Satin Pillow Scrunchie - 2 Pack
Kitsch also make a satin Pillow Scrunchie alternative at an affordable price point. Same train nap, but more change in your pocket.
Anthropologie Large Silk Bow Hair Scrunchie
This cute silk scrunchie covered in tiny bows was chosen by beauty assistant Lia Mappoura and is simply too twee for words. Just how we like it. "It's really good quality and fits twice around my short thin hair, while still looking scrunched."
This candy-pink duo is dreamy. It's so 80s. Somebody call Molly Ringwald we've got her scrunchies right here. While the organza option isn't as gentle on hair as the satin, it's still better than traditional hair bands and the pair worn layered together? I can't.
Slip Pure Silk Scrunchies - Daisy Set
Ok here us out. This set is a real splurge but they're just so so pretty! It's giving Portofino. You have a mix of slim and chunky scrunchies, a range of colours and patterns, and you'd never lose hair ties this pretty. It's an investment.
Elena Chabo is Cosmopolitan UK's former beauty writer, working on everything from buzzy celeb news and trending beauty, to sincere first-person reviews and engaging video content for social media. She also creates meatier features and expert-led how-to guides, for print and online. Her passion for Black beauty, textured hair, and the ways beauty interacts with culture, society, identity and relationships, quickly took over her writing career and led her into beauty journalism. Following an MA in Magazine Journalism in 2017, she cut her teeth across various roles at Stylist Magazine, before taking on a Digital Writer role at Good Housekeeping. It was here that beauty took centre stage and she launched and ran the site's first stand-alone beauty section. Remaining at Hearst, she joined the Cosmo beauty team in 2022. Find her on LinkedIn.
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