All You Wanted to Know About Organic Towels...And Why they are Not So Important for Me Right Now

I believe in an organic lifestyle and specified this when I stayed at the Holiday Inn this

weekend. The hotel staff was considerate and they got me the best organic towels

available. In fact, they told me that the house cleaners would get me fresh towels if I

threw them (the towels, not the house cleaners) in the bath.

I did but then I got arrested for embezzlement (hey, maintaining an organic lifestyle is

expensive!).

Of course, I don’t know much about prison lifestyle (my first arrest and all that), but

something tells me that organic towels are unlikely to be part of the ‘experience’. Sigh!

Nonetheless, the arrest has not put me off my fascination with all things organic and in

particular with organic towels.

So while I am waiting to come up in court for my hearing, I thought I might share my

thoughts about organic towels.

Significance of Organic Towels

An organic lifestyle means not using chemical-items in your day-to-day life. As a result,

this also means eating organic food and wearing organic clothes and footwear.

If you are investing so much into an organic lifestyle, then organic bath and bedding

would also be a great way of completing your lifestyle. This bath and bedding material

contains natural fibres not treated with any chemicals, preservatives and dyes during

the processing and manufacturing.

On an average, a non-organic towel would contain more than 20 different chemicals like

colouring agents, stabilizers, perfuming agents, preservatives, etc. Now, organic bath

wear and towels are completely free of all chemicals. This is great especially because

skin is particularly soft, moist and porous when wet. You use your towel for only ten

minutes every day but the cumulative effect does count. In the end, organic, chemical

free bath linen would just mean that your skin and your body are free from extrinsic and

intrinsic chemicals.

Dear Lord, why did I not think of my sensitive skin before I transferred all that money to

my personal account?

It appears that I have some more time before I get to court. So I might as well tell you

about the materials most commonly used to make organic towels.

Organic Towel Fabrics

1. Organic cotton

This is probably the most popular raw material used to make organic towels. Organic

cotton is readily available and requires minimum processing to make luxurious bath

wear.

2. Bamboo

This is the latest material available on the market and towels are available as full

bamboo or in bamboo/cotton mixes. Bamboo has natural anti-bacterial properties,

grows by itself and is processed easily to make a super-absorbent towel.

3. Hemp

The next best alternative to bamboo and cotton is hemp and it is increasingly popular

with celebrities as well. Traditionally, hemp was used make ropes, sacks and other

industrial fabrics for heavy-duty use. Now, processing hemp can result in soft, pliable

towels that are durable, mildew-resistant and extremely attractive. Hemp towels are

super absorbent as well and can absorb more than 150% their weight in water.

4. Flax linen

The flax plant is the source for linen and it does not require fertilizers or pesticides. As

a result, the fabric is naturally organic. Linen is also very popular due to its super-soft

texture and absorbability.

Although organic towels are readily available, you should know that the material does

have a few drawbacks. Colour-selection in these eco-friendly towels is limited, and all

towels are roughly beige to brown in colour.

But considering that I have more pressing concerns to worry about right now, I think I

might shift organic towels to bottom of the priority list at least for the moment.

Oh, it seems it time for me to go!