Our Strategies to Get Makeup Stains Out of Towels
The quicker you act, the better your chances of eradicating a stain. Here are our recommended approaches for effectively getting makeup stains off towels.
Foundation Stains
Follow these easy steps to remove foundation stains from towels:
Soak overnight: Place your towel in a baking soda, laundry detergent, and warm water solution and let it soak overnight.
Rinse and wash: Rinse your soaked towel and run it through a hot cycle in the washing machine with laundry detergent and a little bleach.
Wash again if necessary: Run the towel through more wash cycles until it’s clean.
Mascara and Eyeliner Stains
Use these approaches to make getting mascara or eyeliner out of towels easy:
Blot with a paper towel: Dampen a paper towel with liquid dish soap and warm water, then pat the stain to remove clump remnants.
Apply liquid dish soap: Apply some liquid dish soap to the stain, rub it in, let it sit for 30 minutes, and rinse the towel with warm water, then repeat the process if the stain is still visible.
Try a grease stain solvent: For tougher stains, apply grease stain remover to the affected area, let it sit for 15 minutes, then rinse and wash the towel as usual.
Soak in a solvent mix: If the stain persists, mix some grease stain remover with liquid dish soap in warm water and soak your towel overnight before washing it as usual.
Lipstick Stains
Save your towels from lipstick stains with this proven technique:
Dab with rubbing alcohol: Pick off excess lipstick, then dab rubbing alcohol onto the stain with a paper towel until the mark starts to fade, using a clean section of the paper towel with each dab.
Add liquid dish soap: Spread some liquid dish soap over the stain with your finger without rubbing the stain, and leave it on for 20 minutes.
Rinse with hot water: Rinse the towel under hot water.
Wash immediately: Run the towel through a normal wash cycle with a little bleach and laundry detergent and repeat steps two, three, and four until the stain is gone.
Try a grease stain solvent: For tougher stains, apply grease stain remover to the affected area, let it sit for 15 minutes, then rinse and wash the towel as usual.
Soak in a solvent mix: If the stain persists, mix some grease stain remover with liquid dish soap in warm water and soak your towel overnight before washing it as usual.
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