10 Absurd Things Women's Magazines Claim Are Going To Kill You

Makeup Brushes

Most women are aware that cleaning makeup brushes frequently is an essential step to avoid germs and harmful bacteria. This precaution is commonly taken as a way to prevent a terrible skin or eye infection. However, Good Housekeeping magazine shared with their readers a story of a woman who contracted a serious community-associated MRSA infection through her dirty brushes, and the virus attacked her spine. The woman stated that she caught it after borrowing her friend's makeup brush to cover a pimple, not knowing that something like this was a possibility.