You might have seen my recent post where I was excitedly jumping up and down because of a recent mini-vacation my husband and I took. (If you didn’t you can see it by clicking here) I am still kind of floating on that “vacation high”. So yummy. I was looking through my pictures and I noticed a few shots of the little toiletry basket the have in the room of the bed and breakfast. I thought, “Why did I take pictures of that?” I had to think about it for a second then I remembered I was impressed with the BLACK towel that was in the basket. It actually said, “makeup” on it. Totally makes sense. I don’t wear that much makeup that soap and water doesn’t take care of it. Plus I don’t use anything waterproof. But I have experienced makeup that has not come out of cream colored towels so I thought a BLACK towel is a perfect solution. That is says “makeup” right on it is a nice little way to encourage guests to use IT when drying their face or wiping their hands during or after make up application. Black towels will hide any dark makeup that refused to come out during laundering and stain the towel.
A quick search on the internet revealed that there are several types of little black towels that have the work “makeup” on them. I clicked on a few links and the name Turkish Towel Company came up a few times. I also saw some little black ones that say “cosmetics”. I also saw a website where a savvy shopper bought some black wash clothes on sale (for much less than what I was seeing the other towels priced at) and had her mom embroider them with the word “makeup”. That seems to be the least expensive route. I am not really in the market for “makeup towels”. Sometimes I think things are cool/interesting/good ideas but I don’t want them or need them. As I said my makeup is not so tough that soap and water doesn’t just take it right off my face. So when I dry my face there is not enough residue black stuff to stain my towels. Although, that same savvy shopper was planning on putting them in stockings or including them as part of gifts. Now THAT is a good idea! Cute and useful stocking stuffers!
There really is a product for everything out there, huh? It always amazes me. So much stuff out there. So many great ideas (and some not so great ideas) for products!
I was a little disappointed last weekend, though when I used it one night and didn’t get a replacement. But . . . perhaps they didn’t have that many and they need to be laundered separately from the white towels. No biggie, it didn’t really matter, I was just a little surprised it wasn’t replaced. I still think it is a great idea to save the rest of your towels from getting stained.
Have you ever seen black “makeup” towels before? Can you see a use for them? They are a pretty good idea, huh?
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