The one step nobody checks
Go smell your towel.
That faint pool smell is chlorine, and in a lot of homes the shower is where you meet the most of it. Veil filters the chlorine out in the last few inches, before the water reaches your hair and skin. Full 2.5 GPM flow, and it twists on in about three minutes.
Brushed nickelWill it fit your shower?
Ten seconds is all it takes to know.
Look at where your shower head meets the wall. If it screws onto a pipe coming out of the wall, Veil goes on in its place — try turning the old head by hand, and if it moves, you're set. No tools, no plumber, nothing cut or drilled.
Two things are worth knowing before you order. Veil is a fixed head, so it isn't a handheld on a hose and it doesn't fit a tub spout. If that's your setup, email us first and we'll tell you straight rather than sell you something that won't work.
And if it still isn't right once it arrives, that's exactly what the 60 days are for. We refund you, and we don't ask you to ship it back.
How long a filter lasts
About 90 days for most people, though two things move that number.
The first is how much water goes through it. Two people showering every day will get through a cartridge faster than one person will.
The second is where you live. Water is different from one town to the next, so the same cartridge doesn't last the same everywhere.
It also doesn't simply quit on day 91. It fades, doing the most on day one and a little less each week, which is why we put a date on it instead of waiting for you to notice.
A new cartridge is $34, or $99 for a year of four, and it swaps out by hand in under a minute.
The specification, in full
| Product type | Wall-mount filtered showerhead |
|---|---|
| Filtration media | KDF-55, calcium sulfite, coconut-shell carbon |
| Rated flow | 2.5 GPM |
| Finish | Brushed nickel |
| Cartridge replacement | About every 90 days, per the manufacturer |
| Replacement cartridge | $34 each, or $99 a year for four |
| Installation | Threads onto a standard wall-mounted shower arm. No tools. |
Every figure above is a specification, not a result. We publish what the product is made of and how it is built, because those are things we can show you.
You will not find a chlorine removal percentage on this page. Most brands in this category print one. We will print ours when an independent laboratory with a name on it has run the test, and not before.
You already know what your water does. You just haven't blamed it yet.
The towel that smells faintly of a pool. The conditioner that worked for a month and then stopped. The shelf in your bathroom that keeps getting one more bottle, because the last one wasn't it.
None of that is your fault, and none of it is getting better on its own.
Now think about the last trip you took.
A week somewhere else. Same hair, same skin, same you. One morning you let it air dry and it just looked good. It felt softer between your fingers. The tight feeling after a shower wasn't there.
You probably told yourself it was the sleep, or the sun, or being away from your desk.
It was the water. Different water was the only thing that changed.
- my skin becomes magically calm and my hair gets so soft and light
- I can easily let my hair air dry in places with soft water and it looks nice but not at home
- whatever clothes I put on and my towels all got the chlorine smell
- I tried changing shampoos as well but no difference.
- I definitely noticed my hair feeling a lot worse when I switched apartments
Real comments from women in hair and skin forums, talking about water — not about Veil.
Then you came home.
By the second week it was back. The same frizz by lunchtime. The same tight skin after a shower. The same bottle that stopped working.
Nothing you did caused that. You just went back to the water.
Tomorrow morning is the same water as this morning. It stays the same water until something changes it.
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Your old shower head just doesn't cut it.
The shower head in your bathroom does one job. It sprays. It does nothing about what's in the water.
The city adds chlorine to that water by law. It runs over your hair and skin every single day. Then you rinse a $60 shampoo with it.
Veil filters the water before it reaches you. Three filter media — KDF-55, calcium sulfite and coconut carbon — cut the chlorine as the water passes through. Full 2.5-gallon-a-minute flow, so the shower still feels like a shower. Nothing else in your routine has to change.
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There's a filter inside the showerhead.
A filter sits inside the head and cleans the water on its way through. Swap it every 90 days.
2.5 GPM — the most flow US law allowsVeil vs. the showerhead you have now
| Veil | Regular | |
|---|---|---|
| Reduces chlorine* | ✓ | ✗ |
| Full 2.5 GPM flow | ✓ | depends |
| Filter you can change yourself | ✓ | ✗ |
| Brushed nickel, made to be seen | ✓ | ✗ |
| Softens hard water | ✗ | ✗ |
| Tool-free install | ✓ | — |
*Per manufacturer testing. That "softens water" row is honest. Only a whole-house softener does that. Veil handles the chlorine in the water that reaches your hair and skin.
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It was never your hair. It was always the water.
Your water is treated to be safe. Nobody promised it would be good for your hair.
The average shower is 8 minutes and more than 16 gallons. That's 16 gallons of treated water on your skin and hair before you've done anything else.
Then you spend the rest of the day undoing it.
Every product you own goes on after the damage. Then it gets rinsed off with the water that caused it. That's why nothing has lasted.
Veil fixes the water first.
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What can change when the water changes
Products that finally get to work."My conditioner stopped working" is the most common line we hear. It didn't stop working. It was fighting the water. Filter the chlorine out and a mask, a gloss or a leave-in gets a fair shot at doing what you paid for.
Hair that feels fuller and less brittle.Less "straw" between the fingers. Less frizz by lunchtime. Air-drying that looks more like it did on the trip. One filter user put it this way:
It took a few washes — about 3 or 4 — to notice a change, but now the softness is more consistent.
Color that may hold its tone longer.Fresh color gets rinsed in whatever comes out of the wall, every single day. Less chlorine in that rinse. That can mean fewer surprises between salon visits.
Less of that tight feeling after a shower."Skin so dry I feel taut even after lotion." Chlorine can strip skin of the oils it makes on its own. Less chlorine, less stripping.
Veil is a showerhead, not a treatment. What changes is the water. Individual experience varies.
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What people are saying about their water
My shampoo stopped working.
does anyone else's skin constantly smell like chlorine
I thought it was just getting older.
My dermatologist asked if I have a water filter. I didn't. Now I do.
I'd rather solve the cause than keep buying products.
Real posts from Reddit, Blind and Trustpilot — about water, not about Veil.
Better showers in three steps
Under 3 minutes. Renters welcome.
Here's the deal, plainly.
Veil is a small brand. We built it because the filtered showerheads out there either looked like plumbing or came with subscription fine print.
So no fine print. Veil reduces chlorine, per manufacturer testing. It does not soften water — no showerhead can, and we won't tell you otherwise. It ships with a real filter, at full 2.5 GPM flow, in a finish you'd choose on purpose.
Try it for 60 days. If your hair and skin don't feel the difference, contact us for a full refund. No forms, no questions, and we won't ask you to ship it back.
Three filters. Three jobs.
8-minute average showermore than 16 gallons eacha shelf full of products trying to undo it
KDF-55Copper and zinc. It reacts with chlorine as the water passes through, and it keeps working in hot water.
Calcium sulfiteNeutralizes chlorine fast, at full shower flow.
Coconut-shell carbonPulls out odor and organic gunk.
In the manufacturer's testing, Veil's cartridge reduces chlorine through its full 90-day life. We don't print a percentage, because every filter's number drops as it's used. Ours is built to last the 90 days.
Questions
Will it fit my shower?
Yes. Veil fits any standard ½" shower arm, the kind in almost every US home and apartment. No adapter.
How hard is it to install?
Twist the old head off, twist Veil on. Under 3 minutes, no tools.
What should I expect, and when?
The spray is the first thing you'll notice — it's strong. Give it a few washes. One filter user put it this way: "It took a few washes — about 3 or 4 — to notice a change, but now the softness is more consistent." Give it the full 60 days.
Does it soften hard water?
No. Only a whole-house softener removes hardness minerals. Veil reduces chlorine, per manufacturer testing. That's the part Veil handles.
I tested with a TDS meter and nothing changed.
Right — TDS meters measure minerals, not chlorine. Veil isn't a softener. Test with a chlorine strip instead.
How long does a filter last?
About 90 days for most homes. Very hard or very chlorinated water may run shorter.
How does the Filter Plan work? How do I cancel?
$99 gets you four cartridges shipped at once — a full year. It renews once a year. We email you before any charge. Cancel in one click from your account page. No phone calls, no hoops.
What if it doesn't work for me?
Contact us within 60 days for a full refund. We won't ask you to ship it back.
The hotel test
Ever come home from a trip with hair that felt better than it does at home?
Same shampoo. Same you. Different water.
Veil makes your water the good water. Sixty days in your own shower. If you can't feel it, tell us. Full refund, and we won't ask for it back.
Get Veil — $129.00Stop treating the damage. Fix the water.
Install Veil in 3 minutes and make clean water the first step of your routine.
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