I’ll check out the “Out White Brite”, I see Target carries it.
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We get towels from a hotel supplier, https://directtextilestore.com/. We have lost a few over the years but still have most of them from 3 years ago. We never use bleach or fabric softener on them, only Bac-Out (enzyme cleaner) and OxyClean. They are all white; however, I personally like colorful towels. We also provide peshtemals in different colors.
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I’m lucky in that my place seems to attract the natural types. Bit of eyeliner maybe. Haven’t ever had to deal with make-up or staining cosmetics or self-tanner.
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Oddly, it’s the natural cosmetics that are harder to remove. We get the natural types coming to the city and they use some awful healthfood store base that is really difficult to remove (though Dawn eventually gets it out). Otherwise, we have mostly lost towels because they were too much of a biohazard to clean 
, so we just threw them out. Then there was the colored hair spray and body makeup from some kind of crazy soccer match that we just gave up on. But, all in all, we haven’t had to replace much.
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What I meant is that the gals who book my place don’t seem to wear makeup at all, not even natural stuff. No one really wears makeup to spend the day at the beach or lounging around the house, which are the main activities of most of my guests.
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Had a bridal party who set a spray tan booth on the side porch. OMG the towels that were stained orange after their stay! Who wants to be a carrot on their wedding day. Anyway, eventually got the stains out, but now insist they bring their own towels if they are having fake tans.
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Another lasting disaster of 45.
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Snoozing our listings here. However when we had three rooms going, we had different colored towels for each room that matched the colors in each room. We put the towels in the guest room folded on the bed or hanging on a rod. We do put a few extras in each bathroom so no one ends up naked having forgotten their towel. (No ensuites) We buy Wamsutta Duet towels and they last well. When I know towels are clean, but permanently lightly stained, I rotate them into the family supply.
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I have found that light yellows and tans work well, last longer, and are bleachable. Bleach only ruins them if they soak in bleach, too much is used, or if it’s spilled directly on and not immediately washed off. With white all it takes is one good make-up smudge and the towel needs to be replaced.
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How dare you invoke 45 in a topic that shouldn’t have politics involved. 
(Sarcasm)
Are you one to believe the former White House Press secretaries or what he labeled “fake news” when questions turned to his fake tan.
The White House has said the president’s tan skin – even in the dead of Washington, DC winter – is he result of “good genes”, The New York Times said.
An article from The Washington Post in December 2019 said that former Trump housekeepers revealed he at one time required two containers of a particular brand of face make-up.
“The same rule applied to the Bronx Colours-brand face make-up from Switzerland that Trump slathered on – two full containers, one half full – even if it meant the housekeepers had to regularly bring new shirts from the pro shop because of the rust-coloured stains on the collars,” according to The Post .
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Hopefully he does not go after them for violating the NDA he made them sign
I’ve been using white exclusively for about 4.5 (of almost 7) years. I’ve hosted probably 500 guests in that time and I haven’t had to toss a single towel due to stains. I admit I sometimes think it’s not worth the effort since a new towel costs me $6.
My question is, what are you using to clean and treat stains?
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I would recommend white, but but one or two black towels for makeup. They have options on amazing for black towels that say “makeup” on them which are nice, and will help keep your white towels white!
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Since I have a cabin, I’m able to use “cabin” themed towels, etc and I did for the first year. One set was black and the other was primarily grey and white. But I bought the white towels from Walmart for the hot tub use primarily and put them in the laundry room. Low and behold, people would use those instead of towels hung in the bathrooms. I finally determined they liked white cause they “knew what they were getting.” Since then I’ve switched to all white.
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We use thick Turkish cotton white towels (Amazon). Black wash cloths with ‘Makeup’ embroidered on them (also Amazon), alongside individually packaged makeup remover. Oxyclean in each wash; Mrs. Stewart’s Bluing when the towels and sheets start to take on a yellow hue. A bar of lye soap to treat really tough stains.
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So I just went out and bought a dozen grey towels, wash clothes and hand towels because I have a large group coming for 6 nights and renting both cabins. I just worry about people using one or two white towels for a week and I am not going to do a mid stay clean. I am leaving the washer and dryers available and will unlock the linen cabinet so they will have access to more (white) sheets and even the white towels.
So even though I have no intention of changing from white, in this case I feel better about this group with grey. It will give me the option in the future as well. My listings are on the PCT and hikers often arrive pretty dirty after a few days on the trail.
RR
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Good idea about changing towels to grey at times. I often change my 2nd bedroom sheets from white when I know the teenager will be in it. Seems like a given there will be chips in the bed, remote lost in the comforter and a set of earbuds left!
You don’t get bleaching from the benzoil peroxide in the face products they use?
You sure that’s enough
JF
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Good point! That’s the other problem … they ruin my pillowcases! Maybe I should keep the white. Alas. 
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