NATIONWIDE — Since the Centers for Disease Control is reccomending the use of cloth face masks to help protect people from the coronavirus, a large variety of options have popped up online.
Cloth masks are not as effective as N95 respirator masks, but they provide a marginal level of protection from droplets. The CDC says cloth masks also help keep people who may have the virus from transmitting it to others.
Many companies have switched gears from their normal production to making face masks. Some companies are also giving back to health care workers each time they sell a mask.
1. Abacaxi
$30
Abacaxi makes cotton face masks with unique textiles. The masks have a filter pocket. For each one sold, funds are donated for an N95 mask for a health care worker.
2. Fanatics
$24.99 (3-Pack)
These maskes are branded with your favorite sports team logo. Fanatics also sells masks made from sports uniform fabric. Funds from each mask sold supports various nonprofit organizations.
3. Casetify
$15
These cotton mask are fitted with a filter. Each mask sold supports the donation of a mask to frontline health care workers.
4. VistaPrint
$18
Its masks come with a filter pocket. 10 percent of the sales support small businesses impacted by the coronavirus.
5. StringKing
$6.99
These fabric masks are double layered. The company also offers boxes of 50 triple-layered masks for $39.99 per box.
6. Vida
$10
Each mask has an integrated metal nosepiece. The masks come with a replaceable filter. 10 percent of proceeds support COVID-10 relief efforts.
$19.99
A filter and a nosepiece are sewn into each mask. With each purchase, the company also donates a mask for a health care worker.
8. The Collective at Indigo Style
$25
Each double-layered mask is made with colorful printed fabric.
9. Old Navy
$12.50 (5-Pack)
The prints and colors of each triple-layered mask vary by pack. Old Navy is donating 50,000 of these masks to the Boys & Girls Clubs of America.
10. Cub Coats
$12.99 (2-Pack)
These children’s masks are made with two layers of fabric, with a filter pocket.
11. Zazzle
$15.95
You can choose a printed decoration or design your own cotton face mask.
12. Alice and Olivia
$10
For every mask sold, the company is donating one to communities in need.
13. Arm the Animals
$18.99
For each mask sold, one is donated to California hospitals, medical facilities, and emergency workers.
14. Brittany Allen
$10-35
This Austin-based designer was featured on Project Runway. She is offering double-layered cotton masks.
15. Buck Mason
$20
This company also donates masks to essential workers.
16. Custom Ink
$30 (12-Pack)
This company offers a good deal if you are buying masks for a family.
17. Dear Kate
$30
The company’s masks are made from the same technology it uses to make its undies and activewear comfortable.
Etsy offers a large variety of masks from small businesses. Here are a few of them:
18. Etsy: Clothes Companion
$8.00
This company switched from making fashion for pets to fashionable cotton masks for humans.
19. Etsy: HandmadeByErinDesign
$10
This small business makes masks for children and adults.
20. Etsy: MainstreetX
$15
These masks include a filter pocket and come in three sizes.
21. Etsy: SpinnyShoppe
$11.95
This small business sells sponge face masks with mesh filters.
22. Hedley&Bennett
$22
This company has transitioned its sewing lines from making aprons in Vernon, CA, to making masks. For each mask purchased, one is donated to people working on the frontlines to fight coronavirus.
23. House of Nambili
$15
This company makes, colorful, cotton masks with African prints.
24. Love Your Melon
$10 (10-Pack)
This company switched from making hats to masks. The one-time use masks are made from surgical wrap and offer microbial barrier protection.
$50 (50-Pack)
For every pack of masks purchased, the company will donate personal protective equipment to medical workers and responders.
26. MaskClub
$13.99
This company has partnered with First Responders Children’s Foundation and Homedics. You can order one mask or subscribe to get a new mask each month.
27. May Designs
$22
These masks are created by Austin-based designer Mica May.
28. Oz+Õtz
$12
For every mask sold, one is donated to medical personnel.
$20
This company is offering limited edition sequined face masks.
30. Sewn by Sophia
$15
The company’s masks are made with 2 layers of nylon and spandex from its swim collections.
If you are feeling crafty, you can make your own no-sew mask using items you might find around your home.