Picture this: You’re meeting friends for happy hour and decide to take a quick shower to refresh. You turn on the shower and step in the moment the water hits the right temperature. You feel the warmth of the tiles beneath your feet and just like that, the weight of the day melts away. You start singing Beyoncé’s latest album in that wonderfully echoey bathroom voice of yours (that sounds croaky to everyone else, but perfect to you!). You even bust out a few moves, thinking about the fun ahead and the outfit you’ve laid out for the evening.
Then, you step out, reach for your towel, and gently pat yourself dry, already dreaming of cocktails. But as you move on to your post-shower routine and glance in the mirror… you look like you’ve been pelted by chalk dust or white paintballs. What went wrong?
Did Steve, the neighbour upstairs, finally decide to retaliate for all those shower concert sessions? Surely, the plumbing pipes haven’t been replaced by the milkman? But no, upon closer inspection, you realise your new, unwanted “white overall” is nothing but fluff. It hits you: lint. The towel betrayed you.
Not again, you exclaim. Not another shower, especially not after that Grammy-worthy performance. Now your mood is dampened, and you want to cancel everything. Hold your horses, we’ve got you. Not for the singing (you might need Beyoncé for that), but for making sure this never happens again.
Let’s start with why you currently look like you had a chalk bath:
Poor-quality towels shed and lint excessively. They're not just annoying, they're also less durable and absorbent.
Here’s the fix:
- Invest in towels that are at least 450 GSM or higher. These are softer, more absorbent, longer-lasting, and far less likely to shed.
- Wash towels before first use. This helps remove loose leftover fibres left from manufacturing.
- Wash towels separately from high-lint items like blankets to avoid lint transfer.
- Use the correct water temperature. Wash at or below 30°C to preserve the fibres and absorbency.
- Air dry towels when possible, it reduces linting.
- If using a dryer, always clean the lint trap before drying your towels to prevent cross-contamination. Remember what we said earlier about lint transfer, it applies here too!
The real game-changer you ask?
Look no further than our Velisse Towel Collection. Made with care, high GSM, and luxury in mind, it promises no fluff drama, no chalky white aftermath. Just smooth, clean confidence.
Right, back to the shower you go. But maybe skip the next solo concert. Steve’s listening… and next time, it really might be paint coming out of the taps.