10 Best Sleep Masks That Are Than Blackout Shades (2025)

When you’re on a a try-everything mission to fall (and keep) asleep, we flip to equipment like sleep masks. Each sensible and surprisingly fashionable (who doesn’t bear in mind Audrey Hepburn’s eye-conic masks in Breakfast at Tiffany’s?), we expect a sleep masks is a good addition to your self-care arsenal for a couple of causes. They’re nice at blocking out mild, usually are available a wide range of patterns and prints, and might help hold your skincare in addition to hold your face protected all through the night time (bye, bye pillow creases). They’re often a inexpensive funding than a set of blackout curtains, we’d add.

From weighted designs meant to assist soothe your worries to the softest mulberry silk coverings from a few of our favourite bedding manufacturers, we examined an enormous number of masks to (actually) suit your sleep patterns.

Our High Picks

Finest Weighted

Bearaby Terraclay Dreamer

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For Vacationers

Brooklinen Mulberry Silk Eyemask

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Finest Luxurious

Clementine Sleepwear NY Silk Sleep Masks

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Finest Weighted

Bearaby Terraclay Dreamer

“I assumed a weighted eye masks would take some getting used to, however the barely heavy really feel of Bearaby’s model helped chill out my temples to ease me into sleep,” says senior commerce editor and our tester Nashia Baker, a mixture sleeper who results in a aspect sleeping place most of the time. Baker additionally famous that the masks had a very sturdy blackout high quality too, which makes it a pleasant decide to catch some z’s. “It’s fairly thick, so I by no means have to fret about mild waking me up,” Baker added. “One word: It doesn’t have an adjustable strap, so it may be a priority should you’re not a again sleeper since it could actually sag once you sleep in your aspect.”

For Vacationers

Brooklinen Mulberry Silk Eyemask

Brooklinen’s mulberry silk masks is likely one of the most light-weight choices on this checklist, making it a superb journey companion. “Brooklinen sleep masks have traveled with me everywhere in the world,” says commerce editor Audrey Lee. “I at all times hold one rolled up in my journey package for flights and so they don’t irritate my pores and skin as others have previously.” Priced at just below $30, you’ve positively seen this sleep accent in a couple of of AD’s present guides—so you recognize we stand by this decide. “I’ve gifted a number of individuals in my life these eye masks as a result of they’ve an excellent really feel to them and aren’t tough like among the silk masks on the market,” Lee provides.

Finest Luxurious

Clementine Sleepwear NY Silk Sleep Masks

Clementine Sleepwear entered AD’s purview this 12 months due to its silk sheets we expect look finest as a part of an eclectic bed room. After testing extra of the luxurious model’s assortment, our editors had been rapidly drawn to their designer sleep masks—which we additionally elect as a internet hosting important. “My sleep routine has by no means been extra fashionable than once I’ve worn this Clementine sleep masks,” says Baker. “Regardless that there are impartial colours out there, the New York Metropolis-inspired print helps me evoke the fantastic thing about the concrete jungle as I catch some Zs.” Seems to be apart, she says the 100% silk materials is fairly arduous to beat: It’s pillowy delicate, contouring to dam out all mild, and easy to depart her feeling refreshed by morning. Silk addicts will even discover their silk boxers in our greatest loungewear lineup, should you’re wanting.

A Heavy-Obligation Possibility

Drowsy Moonlight Shadow Silk Sleep Eye Masks

Commerce author Julia Harrison, a chronically mild sleeper, swears by this masks for a deep sleep-quality improve. It’s a a lot thicker masks choice than its market counterparts. The massive velcro strap on the again helps hold it in place through the night time, which is a perfect fastening system for a fidgety aspect sleeper. Amongst Harrison’s makes an attempt at sleep aids—like melatonin, earplugs, and weighted blankets—that is the one she feels has made the best influence. She hasn’t discovered it to fulfill the skincare claims it makes (targets advantageous traces and wrinkles), however doesn’t care as long as she’s reaching good sleep.

Finest Plush

Lunya Washable Silk Sleep Masks

Lunya’s eye masks is our high decide to deal with your drained eyes to light cushioning that gained’t really feel such as you’re carrying a helmet. “The cloud-like polyester fill feels each mild and fluffy—like a sponge cake,” says Lee, a mixture sleeper who favored that the fill wasn’t overly dense like others she’s tried. “I might see this being a extremely good choice for every type of sleepers, particularly for the reason that plushy fill doesn’t really feel arduous towards your eyes, even when you end up in additional of a face-plant sleep place.” We additionally wished to name out that the masks has a thicker elastic band that sits securely in your head and like different washable silk merchandise from Lunya holds up effectively with a fragile machine or hand wash.

Most Adjustable

Dore & Rose Aura Sleep Masks

“I already like sleeping with a satin pillowcase because it’s light on my hair and pores and skin—this velvety masks is an added bonus,” Baker says. We actually favored that Dore & Rose’s masks is made from mulberry silk and has a soothing, delicate really feel that makes your sleep really feel like a luxurious expertise. “The adjustable velcro strap is one among my favourite options so I can get the match excellent,” Baker says. “And if that wasn’t already sufficient, the sleep masks has cutouts formed for eyes which are each light-blocking and really feel like cushiony pillows.”

Most Aesthetic

Slip Petal Contour Sleep Masks

“I already like sleeping with a satin pillowcase because it’s light on my hair and pores and skin—this velvety masks is an added bonus,” Baker says. We actually favored that Dore & Rose’s masks is made from mulberry silk and has a soothing, delicate really feel that makes your sleep really feel like a luxurious expertise. “The adjustable velcro strap is one among my favourite options so I can get the match excellent,” she says. “And if that wasn’t already sufficient, the sleep masks has cutouts formed for eyes which are each light-blocking and really feel like cushiony pillows.”

A No-Frills Choose

It took Lee a while to regulate to this serious-looking blackout eye masks from Manta, nevertheless it’s slowly grow to be one among her favorites due to its adjustability. “This positively isn’t the prettiest masks in my assortment however gosh darn it it really works,” she says. “The detachable reminiscence foam eye cups are designed so that you by no means get a peep of daylight with it on and I actually like which you could alter the top band to regulate how a lot stress is being utilized to your face.” The fabric itself—a breathable modal material—feels very cozy on the pores and skin and doesn’t irritate the fragile eye space, even with lengthy intervals of damage.

Extra AD-Authorized Sleep Masks We Love

Quince Mulberry Silk Magnificence Sleep Masks

You might also acknowledge Quince’s silk eye masks from our present guides, and we expect it’s really among the best offers you’ll discover on the market. “I actually love all my washable silk objects from Quince and this sleep masks is superb high quality for the value,” says commerce editor Lee. When you’re looking out for truly good celebration favors or constructing a customized gift basket for a cherished one, we extremely suggest including a couple of of those to your cart.

Ettitude CleanBamboo Sateen Eye Masks

Ettitude’s hypoallergenic sleep masks guarantees the luxurious really feel of silk with the cooling advantages of bamboo lyocell. And should you’re nonetheless not satisfied, simply know that AD contributor Sophia Herring mentioned in her overview of the model, “scorching sleepers, these with delicate pores and skin, or those that simply need to make a extra sustainable selection, give Ettitude a shot for positive.”

Eberjey Inez Washable Silk Eye Masks

Eberjey makes among the finest silk pajamas round, we love the superior high quality in addition to the big selection of colours and patterns out there. The model’s eye masks is one other plush design that’s akin to Lunya’s however has an ever so barely denser fill that makes it really feel weightier once you put it on. “I think about this is able to be an particularly good decide for abdomen sleepers as a result of slight cushioning,” Lee says.

How We Selected

When pulling alternatives for one of the best sleep masks, we figured nice bedding manufacturers would make nice sleep masks, so we began with our previous faithfuls: Brooklinen, Lunya, Ettitude. We additionally heard by means of the grapevine about manufacturers who got down to excellent the attention masks, like Manta. Lastly, we wished to check out Amazon’s high contenders, masks with deep cups and eye sockets for higher mild blocking, and some mechanically cleanable selections. Even sleep masks can get soiled, because it seems. Our high contenders didn’t battle to remain put over our nostril bridges, got here in a wide range of colours and patterns, and felt cool and cozy even at instances once we felt scorching and fidgety.

How We Examined

Name us your Sleep Week consolation advisors, right here to information you in the direction of one of the best sleep masks so as to add to your self-care arsenal. Whereas we put model on the forefront when compiling this checklist, among the questions we requested our testers had been about what drew them to their choice (did they know the model? Was it the fabric? The silhouette?) and the way the attention masks truly really feel in motion. We additionally made positive that we examined a wide range of kinds—from the weighted blackout design Baker examined to Lee’s silk Lunya quantity—and requested editors why these explicit kinds labored for his or her wants (Is it a very good selection for a selected local weather? Submit-shower? Excellent for lounging on the couch with a cup of tea and Netflix?). Testers additionally detailed essential notes in regards to the completely different supplies—cotton, cashmere, polyester, and so on.—and we highlighted standout info consumers ought to concentrate on, together with care directions, notes about how the robes have held up after a number of washes, in addition to any notes about pricing.