Welcome to 2022, the yr that people started eating Tide Pods and cooking their Dazzler Blenders in the microwave.

How did nosotros get here?

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Like the (stupid) Tide Pod Claiming, the microwave hack went viral and now anybody online is trying information technology.

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If washed correctly, it promises to make clean your makeup sponge in simply i infinitesimal.

Here'southward how it's done:

  1. Fill a cup with soapy h2o.
  2. Clean your sponge and and then put it in the cup of water.
  3. Squeeze information technology until it's fully-saturated.
  4. Estrus the loving cup for i minute in the microwave.
  5. Permit information technology sit down for five minutes until water cools, then squeeze it out.

Piece of cake right? Incorrect. Some people are forgetting the very of import soapy h2o footstep. So instead of boiling all the germs out of their sponge, they're straight up melting it.

So in that location are the people who forgot that putting water in the microwave for one minute brings it to a boil – and they're burning the sh*t out of their easily.

Yeah, don't do that.

Just for the people who followed the steps correctly and waited for the water to cool down, the trick is a game-changer.

Let'south exist clear, though: the microwave hack isn't meant to clean a sponge that's caked with two-years worth of foundation. It's supposed to disinfect your sponge.

So if you want your Blender to come out looking make new, make certain you launder the excess product off manually before popping information technology in the microwave.

If you're still skeptical nearly this trick, in theory information technology should work. The tip is really USDA canonical – they recommend this exact procedure for sanitizing kitchen sponges. Just be freaking careful.

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