{ "id": "large-silk-scrunchies-3-pack-black-apricot-champagne", "sku": "large-silk-scrunchies-3-pack-black-apricot-champagne", "title": "Large Mulberry Silk Scrunchies 3 Pack (Black, Apricot, Champagne)", "slug": "large-silk-scrunchies-3-pack-black-apricot-champagne", "price": 390.99, "currency": "ZAR", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-scrunchies", "category_label": "Silk Scrunchies", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.co.za/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/large-silk-scrunchies-3-pack-black-apricot-champagne/main-large-silk-scrunchies-3-pack-black-apricot-champagne.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.za/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/large-silk-scrunchies-3-pack-black-apricot-champagne/large-silk-scrunchies-3-pack-black-apricot-champagne-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.za/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/large-silk-scrunchies-3-pack-black-apricot-champagne/large-silk-scrunchies-3-pack-black-apricot-champagne-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.za/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/large-silk-scrunchies-3-pack-black-apricot-champagne/large-silk-scrunchies-3-pack-black-apricot-champagne-4.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.za/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/large-silk-scrunchies-3-pack-black-apricot-champagne/large-silk-scrunchies-3-pack-black-apricot-champagne-5.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.za/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/large-silk-scrunchies-3-pack-black-apricot-champagne/large-silk-scrunchies-3-pack-black-apricot-champagne-6.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.za/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/large-silk-scrunchies-3-pack-black-apricot-champagne/large-silk-scrunchies-3-pack-black-apricot-champagne-7.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.za/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/large-silk-scrunchies-3-pack-black-apricot-champagne/large-silk-scrunchies-3-pack-black-apricot-champagne-8.jpg" ], "description_short": "Three generously sized scrunchies in black, apricot and champagne, each wrapped around a strong stretch band that stays put from morning to bedtime.", "description": "The small annoyance nobody talks about\n\nYou pull your hair back a dozen times a day without thinking about it. Then you take the tie out at six in the evening and there is a hard kink across the length of your hair, a tender spot where the band sat, and two or three strands wrapped around the elastic that come away with it.\n\nNone of that is a disaster. It is just a small, repeated annoyance, and like most small repeated annoyances it is fixable for the price of a decent lunch.\n\nThe fix is to change what touches your hair. A standard elastic is a rubber core with a thin fabric sleeve, pulled tight into a narrow ring. All the holding force concentrates on a thin strip of hair. A scrunchie takes the same elastic and hides it inside a tube of fabric. The fabric is what your hair sits against, and if that fabric is smooth, your hair slides instead of catching.\n\nWhy silk, specifically\n\nNot all scrunchie fabric behaves the same way. Cotton jersey is soft to touch but has a slightly fuzzy surface at the fibre level, and it grips. Velvet grips harder. Satin made from polyester is smooth but can feel plasticky and holds heat.\n\nSilk is a natural protein fibre with a long, continuous filament and a naturally smooth surface. That smoothness is what reduces drag. It is the same reason people buy silk pillowcases. When your hair moves across silk, there is less friction than there is across cotton, so there is less tugging when you wind the tie on and less snagging when you take it off.\n\nMulberry silk, which is what these scrunchies use, comes from silkworms raised on mulberry leaves. The controlled diet produces unusually long and even fibres, which is why it is the grade used in most good silk bedding and silk hair accessories. The maker states the fabric here is 100% mulberry silk.\n\nA note on what silk does not do. It is a smooth fabric, nothing more. Choose it because it reduces friction and looks good, not because of anything else you may have read.\n\nSize is the decision most people get wrong\n\nWalk into any shop and the scrunchies on the rack are mostly small. They look neat in the packet. Then you get home with thick hair and find you need four wraps to hold a ponytail, and every one of those wraps is another point of pressure.\n\nThe scrunchies in this set are the large size, and the band stretches from roughly 10 cm to 22 cm, which is 3.94 to 8.66 inches. That range covers an enormous amount of ground. A thick ponytail usually takes one or two turns. Shoulder length hair of average thickness takes two. Fine hair takes two or three and still looks full because the silk fabric itself has body.\n\nHere is a quick test before you buy anything. Take your current hair tie, put your hair in your usual ponytail, and count the wraps. Three or more means you want a larger scrunchie. One means you could go smaller if you wanted a more delicate look, though a large one will still work, just a touch looser.\n\nWhich colour does what\n\nThree colours arrive in this set and they each have a job.\n\nBlack is the workhorse. On dark hair it vanishes, on light hair it reads as a deliberate dark accent, and it goes with everything in your wardrobe. If you only ever wear one of the three, it will probably be this one.\n\nChampagne is the pale neutral, a soft off-white with a hint of gold. It blends into blonde and light brown hair and looks quietly expensive against a cream jumper or a white shirt.\n\nApricot is the one with personality. A warm, soft peach that shows up clearly whatever your hair colour. Good for days when you want the tie to be part of the outfit rather than hidden in it.\n\nSilk has a natural sheen, which means all three catch the light a little. That is why a silk scrunchie reads as dressier than a cotton one even when the shape is identical.\n\nWho this set suits\n\nPeople with thick or long hair get the most obvious benefit, because the large size means fewer wraps. People with curls do well too, since a smooth band is kinder to the curl pattern when you unwind it. People with fine hair often assume a big scrunchie will be too much and then find it is the most flattering option they own.\n\nIt also suits anyone who ties their hair up before bed. A loose bun on top of the head, held with a soft wide band, keeps your length out of the way overnight without the hard dent a thin elastic leaves. This is probably the single most common reason people buy their first set of silk scrunchies and then buy more.\n\nIf you work out, these are fine for a gentle session but a grippy sports elastic will hold better during running or heavy lifting. Silk is smooth, and smooth means a little more slip.\n\nCaring for silk without fuss\n\nSilk sounds high maintenance and really is not, as long as you avoid two things. Hot water and the tumble dryer. Heat damages the fibre and the elastic inside.\n\nWash by hand in cool water using a detergent made for delicates. Swish, do not scrub. Rinse in cool water. Press the scrunchie between a clean towel to get the water out, never wring or twist it, then lay it flat to dry somewhere out of direct sun. It will be dry in a few hours.\n\nIf you would rather machine wash, put the scrunchies in a mesh laundry bag, use the coldest and gentlest cycle you have, and dry them flat afterwards. It is not ideal but it will not immediately ruin them.\n\nWash every week or two for everyday use. Hair oils and styling product build up on fabric and dull the sheen, so a regular wash keeps them looking new. Rotating all three means each elastic gets a rest between wears, which is the simplest way to make them last.\n\nGiving them as a gift\n\nHair accessories are one of the easier gifts to get right because there is no sizing to guess at and no allergy question about a fabric you can see. Three colours in a set means the person receiving them gets choice rather than a single decision made on their behalf.\n\nThe whole pack weighs about 30 g and the parcel measures 15.8 x 12.4 x 2.6 cm, so it posts easily and tucks into a larger box without taking up room. It works as a small birthday present, a thank you, or a filler alongside something bigger.\n\nA few honest limits\n\nSilk scrunchies are smooth, which is the point, but smooth means a slightly looser hold than a grippy elastic. If you need an absolutely immovable ponytail for sport, keep a sports band for those sessions.\n\nSilk also needs hand washing. It is a minute of work, but it is a minute you do not spend on a cotton scrunchie you can throw in with the towels.\n\nAnd the maker does not state the momme weight, the weave or the country of origin, so if any of those matter to you, that information is not available here. What is stated is the fibre, 100% mulberry silk, and the size range, 10 to 22 cm.\n\nThe short version\n\nThree large scrunchies, black, apricot and champagne, wrapped in 100% mulberry silk over a strong stretch band. The large size suits thick and long hair without multiple wraps, and still looks good on fine hair. Silk is smoother than cotton, so hair slides rather than snags, and a wide band leaves a far gentler mark than a thin elastic.\n\nHand wash cool, dry flat, rotate between the three, and they will stay smooth for a long time. Delivery is tracked to every province in 10 to 20 working days, free over R1800 and R250 below that, and you have 14 days from delivery to send them back unused and unwashed if they are not what you hoped.", "llm_summary": "A set of three large scrunchies made with 100% mulberry silk, supplied in black, apricot and champagne. Each scrunchie has a strong elastic band inside and a stretch range of roughly 10 to 22 cm (3.94 to 8.66 inches), described by the maker as free size and suitable for straight, curly, thick or thin hair of any length. The silk surface is smooth, so hair slides over it with less friction than over cotton or bare elastic, and the wide band is less likely to leave a hard dent than a thin tie. Packaged as a 3 count set weighing 30 g in a parcel of 15.8 x 12.4 x 2.6 cm. Momme weight, weave and country of origin are not stated by the maker. Hand wash cool, dry flat.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Protection Act 68 of 2008 consumer guarantees for faulty goods. Return postage on faulty goods is ours.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Mulberry Silk Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.za/large-silk-scrunchies-3-pack-black-apricot-champagne/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.za/large-silk-scrunchies-3-pack-black-apricot-champagne/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.za/api/products/large-silk-scrunchies-3-pack-black-apricot-champagne.json", "updated_at": "2026-11-04" }