Cleaning Experts Say You Should Wash Your Pillow Cases Every Other DAY and Clean Your Make-up Brushes and Keyboard Every Week

IT'S officially Spring Cleaning season, but some of your everyday items might need a bit more attention than you realised.The cleaning experts at Mattress Online have revealed how often you should wash everything from your pillow cases to make-up brushes and work keyboard, and their answers might shock you.If you thought your house was squeaky clean, you may be surprised to hear that your make-up brush should be washed once a week - using a cleanser or shampoo.

Nasty bacteria calledstreptococcus can live in the bristles - causing a series of illnesses such as scarlet fever, impetigo and strep throat if it's not cleaned regularly.While your pillowcases should be washed every other day, and your mattress hoovered once a fortnight.Your keyboard should be cleaned once a week, to stop the spread of germs, and your face flannel should be washed after EVERY use.

Read on for their handy infographics about the things we should all be cleaning weekly, and those which can go a bit longer between washes.You may be surprised.In related news, these four common cleaning mistakes are actually making your home dirtier and could even leave your family ILL.

While these are nine housework errorswere ALL making, including scrubbing stains and only emptying the vacuum bag when it is full.AndTVs Queen of Clean has revealed her very surprising household hacks to The Sun Online such as washing your walls with fabric softener and polishing your cutlery with a POTATO.