Friends, we need to have a chat

A chat about tiny washing machines for your beauty blenders.

Earlier this year, an American beauty blogger by the name of Tiffany Lynette Davis unwittingly (or perhaps, wittingly) started the next social media beauty fad when she shared a video washing her beauty blender makeup sponge in a toy washing machine.

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The blogger toldHuffington Postat the time she originally bought the fully-functional replica appliance on Amazon for her doll house, but then had the brain wave to try washing her makeup sponges in it.

And here we are.

Without going into too much detail because I don’t want you to get too excited about the product, these mini washing machines workexactlylike a regular washing machine.

They have a spinning basket inside you can pop a sponge into before filling it with a small amount of warm water and gentle soap and setting on a spin cycle. The machines also have a drainage pipe.

It’ll cost you between $10-20 to get yourself one of these battery-powered machines and to be honest, they do look quite cute.

But… have we really reached a point in this world where it’s now necessary for one to own an absurdly small washing machine to wash one’s makeup sponge?

No.

We have not.

And if you truly believe you need one of these gadgets over hand-washing your makeup sponges and brushes for free and with minimal environmental impact, I’m sorry to say you’ve lost the plot.

Same goes for mini beauty fridges.

As in, the tiny mini fridges people are plugging in to keep their skincare cool, even though many skincare products aren’t formulated or haven’t been tested to be stored cooler than room temperature.