Does The Brand Matter For Makeup Sponges

Your makeup sponge legit wants to impale you and science has proof!

Published on:iii December 2019, 16:46pm IST

That trusty footling makeup sponge of yours might just exist the nigh contaminated dazzler production in your kit, with bacteria crawling all over it.

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It's better to footstep out with patchy foundation instead of a pare infection. Image courtesy: Giphy

What's life without bold lippies and colourful eyeshadows, correct? Chalo, if not that–we bet a nude pink lipstick and a kajal-cum-liner are permanent features on your dresser.

Just no thing your relationship status with makeup, here is some disturbing news well-nigh your dazzler products that will make you lot put down that lip gloss right now!

Turns out, a vast bulk of makeup products such as beauty blenders, mascara, and lip glosses are contaminated with potentially life-threatening superbugs, including E. coli and Staphylococci.

And no, your favourite beauty brands have zip to do with information technology. It might actually be your mistake.

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 Here'southward what a latest study has to say…
A research published in the Periodical of Applied Microbiology, shows that makeup products are contaminated with potentially deadly bacteria because most are not being cleaned and are used far beyond their decease dates.

Bacteria that can cause illnesses ranging from skin infections to claret poisoning if used near eyes, mouth or cuts or grazes were found in nine out of ten of the products, said the researchers from Aston University in the UK.

This gamble is amplified in people with a weak immune organization, who are more likely to contract infections from opportunistic bacteria, they said.

"Consumers' poor hygiene practices when information technology comes to using makeup, peculiarly beauty blenders, is very worrying when you consider that we establish bacteria such as E.coli–which is linked with faecal contamination–breeding on the products we tested," said Amreen Bashir, who co-led the study.

Beauty blenders or sponges used to utilize skin foundation products were constitute to take the highest levels of potentially harmful bacteria, with the vast majority (93%) non having e'er been cleaned the researchers said. Yikes!

This was despite more than ii thirds (64%) of dazzler blenders existence dropped on the floor at some point during utilize, they said.

Hither'southward how you can save yourself from the harmful leaner
Nosotros ofttimes utilize makeup sponges moisture. What'due south actually worse is that we don't launder or dry them before each use, spreading bacteria on our face up along with foundation.

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Don't deny it. Rather, use that time to throw your beauty blender away. And if you lot buy a new 1, make certain you lot wash and dry it regularly. Oh, and your bathroom is non the right place to keep it fo'sho! Rather, shop information technology in an open merely dry environment.

As for your other products, that expiry engagement exists for a reason. Spending 500 bucks every iii months on a new mascara is much meliorate than rushing to the hospital with a deathly infection no?

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With inputs from PTI

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