How Your Beauty Routine Can Keep You Healthy During Flu Season

Your makeup bag is a cesspool of dirt and bacteria, and it's one item we most commonly forget to clean. "Flu viruses are relatively fragile, so standard cleaning and disinfecting practices are sufficient to remove or kill them," Dr. Ronneberg says. To properly sterilize, the cleaning product should sit on the surface approximately 10 seconds. Or, if your bag is made of cloth, put it in the wash.