Fashionable High Thread Count Cotton Headband Masks With Built-In Silk Filter (5 colorways)

To cover the cost of making and shipping our masks, we are not able to apply discount codes to mask purchases.

• What You Need to Know
• Specs
• Shipping

• What you need to know:

  Designed to be fashionable, comfortable and easy to wear, this headband mask includes one layer of 600 thread count cotton and a built in filter of two layers of natural silk. To help you obtain a good fit, the masks have a cotton twill nose bridge placket containing a removable wire pipe cleaner so you can fit the mask around the bridge of your nose.  (See "Specs" tab for more details.) The comfortable headband and ties keep the mask securely in place while creating a fun, fashionable look.
  
  Our choice of this fabric combination was inspired by the study Aerosol Filtration Efficiency of Common Fabrics Used in Respiratory Cloth Masks published on April 24, 2020 in ACS Nano, the journal of the American Chemical Society, which found that, of the fabrics tested, a combination of one layer of 600 thread count woven cotton sheeting (which provides a mechanical filter) with 2 layers of natural silk (which provide an electrostatic barrier) achieved among the best results for filtering efficiency.
  
  
  
  
  
  The study concluded that a properly fitted mask made from high thread count cotton and two layers of natural silk "can potentially provide significant protection against the transmission of aerosol particles." You can learn more about this study on our blog.
  
  Although we based our fabric choice on the ACS Nano study, our cotton/silk masks have not been tested and we cannot make any representations about their effectiveness. Please also keep in mind that our masks are not intended to be a substitute for medical-grade Personal Protective Equipment.    
  
  We recommend that you wash your mask before wearing it and avoid touching it or your face once it is on. (See "Specs" tab for washing instructions.)
  
  Please remember that the decision to use this mask is solely your own and that use of cloth face masks is not intended to replace other recommended measures to stop the community spread of COVID-19, such as social distancing, washing your hands and refraining from touching your face. Follow the latest advice of the CDC and your own health care professionals as to how best to keep yourself safe.
  
  We also make a high thread count cotton headband mask without the silk layers.

• Designed and Made in USA

• Specs:

  • Our gray masks have a 600 thread count cotton outer layer with two middle layers of natural silk and, to protect the silk, an inside layer of white cotton which is a lower thread count to maintain maximum breathability.
    
  • Our leopard print mask has an inside layer of 600 thread count gray cotton with two middle layers of silk. The outer leopard print layer is a lower thread count cotton to maintain maximum breathability.
  • The black, blue and magenta headbands and ties, which keep the mask securely in place, are a soft 92% rayon/8% spandex jersey (made in USA). The sage green headband and ties are 92% recycled rayon/8% spandex (made in USA). The headbands have elastic sewn into the back seams to create a flexible fit.  The nose bridge placket is cotton twill and comes with a removable pipe cleaner (folded in half to give you a firm hold).
  • Our masks may be hand washed with soap or machine washed. Please remove the nose wire before washing.  If machine washing, we recommend you remove the nose wire and put each mask into a separate mesh laundry bag so the ties don't get tangled in other laundry. Keep in mind that machine washing and drying causes fabric to shed lint, so machine washing and drying may reduce the filtering effectiveness of a cloth mask. To minimize this, some wearers rotate between several masks or hand wash their mask in hot water with soap or detergent and air dry. Masks will dry over night.
  • We are making these masks to order and will only accept a limited number of orders of each color each week so that we can ship them as quickly as possible.
  • If the mask you want is "sold out," please contact us to place an advance order for the following week.
  • We are not able to accept returns of face masks except in the case of a defect.

  Designed and Made in USA 

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  Free shipping in USA. Contact us for international shipping rates. We are not able to accept returns of face masks except in the case of a defect. See our full shipping and return policy here.