It’s been practically hammered into us since childhood.

But what if we told you the microwave was the best way to clean your Beauty Blender sponge?

We’re not kidding.

A Beauty Blender being held under a faucet

But the bane of any Beauty Blender owner’s routine is cleaning the darn thing.

So how can a microwave oven help?

We’ll tell you.

A smiling woman holding up beauty sponges

They used a small microwave-safe glass mug, and in the bottom they squirted some dish-washing liquid.

They then filled the jar halfway with water and put the soiled sponge into the water.

Next, they popped the jar into the microwave on full-blast for one minute.

According toCosmo, so you can get the sponges completely spotless, they had to do this process twice.

We are absolutely giving this a shot!