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How much do you spend on hair and nails?

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Holyjolly · 30/11/2024 11:08

I am thinking of getting highlights done and in the past, only ever got haircut for something like £20-30. I have started to get grey hairs now so need to look at more options for hair care.
I am also intrigued by my colleague's getting beautiful nails done and tempted to get mine done.
I haven't had much hairs or nails done in the past and intrigued what I should budget for each month to get my hair and nails done?
What are your usual regular spend on hair and nails?

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Sunshinegirlgogogo · 01/12/2024 22:43

Hair once in 6 weeks 50 quid
I use sprayblond about three times a year to make it a little paler( despite every hairdresser I ever met telling me I would go bald. I am not)
Fingernails I do myself: metallic a t m so lasts forever;-)
Toenails about four times a year with shellac 25
My daughter colours my eyebrows at home
Rarely a massage at 70 an hour

Sanch1 · 01/12/2024 13:59

£75 on hair every 8-10 weeks, colour and cut. £28 every 3 weeks on gel nails. Just gone up from £25.

doodleschnoodle · 01/12/2024 13:53

I've never had my gel nails chip and I am not easy on them! I just get it removed when my nails have grown too much and there's enough unpainted nail at the bottom to annoy me, which is usually by about three weeks,

Femalefootyfan · 01/12/2024 11:48

OfDragonsDeep · 30/11/2024 13:57

For those who get gel/biab every 3/4 weeks do you find it lasts without chipping for that whole time?

Mine lasts really well, I’m just seeing growth now from having them done early in November and there’s no chips or anything.

Nannyfannybanny · 01/12/2024 08:34

How refreshing this post is! I have been waiting for the "I spend £200 a month on my hair" brigade!! I did let my hair go white during Covid, and yes,my DD loved it, and folk were convinced even the eventual hairdresser that I had highlighted. But I had to change the colours I could wear, I looked washed out. I've had skin cancer twice so have to be careful. My oldest DD lived in Tunbridge Wells where a cut and blow dry was normally an eye watering 3 figures (she coloured it herself) I've messed mine up in the past doing that,so no,it's my treat. I'm on a pension,we don't have holidays, rarely go out. Usually walking dogs on the beach, be unglamorous life style!

Jadebanditchillipepper · 01/12/2024 00:33

I do my own nails using nail wraps from places like Lily and Fox - they look like gel nails, cost a fraction of having them done in a salon and take maybe 20 minutes to do.

I have my hair cut only when it's getting out of control (maybe twice a year) and am letting it go grey by itself - whenever I have it cut, they always say what a lovely colour it is. I think grey hair is getting more fashionable. When I used to colour it, my roots would show within about three weeks and it was costing s fortune, so I decided to just let it go grey.

JBJ · 30/11/2024 23:54

A friend cut my hair for me last about 18 months ago and never had my nails done! I'm about as low maintenance as I can be I think.

Nannyfannybanny · 30/11/2024 23:38

I live in the SE, but go to a small local town for hair,lo lites every 2 months, (my naturally blonde hair went white,in the front, making me look washed out) it's around £50 at the moment.. nails i do myself. In the summer they are rubbish,do a lot of gardening, even with gloves, they get wrecked. I also change the colour depending on what I am wearing.

Speckyfourfries · 30/11/2024 23:30

£25 on gel nails, colour removed and then re done every 2/3 weeks.
Hair is £70 for a few highlights, cut and wash which i do 3x a year.

Do my eyebrows myself.

NordicwithTeen · 30/11/2024 22:45

I used to dye hair every 6 to 8 weeks (just roots would be between 100-150 with a wash and trim), nails usually around 35-60 depending on whether you are getting a basic manicure or gel nails, more for a pedicure.

I stopped doing all of that about 2 yrs ago and now find a student deal and spent about 40 instead and can't be arsed to dyebit or do my nails any more. Saving hundreds a month. Opt out of the rat race!

moonshinepoursthroughmywindow · 30/11/2024 22:43

I cut my own hair which costs nothing. I'm the only person I can rely on to do exactly what I want.

I like a shampoo and conditioner which cost about £8 each but tend to wait until they're on a special deal and then buy a few months' worth. I rarely use any styling products, but occasionally use a curl cream and/or a salt spray which also cost around the £6-£8 mark. I colour my own hair occasionally (I do like my natural colour, but fancy a change sometimes), using a home colour which again I try to buy when it's on a good offer, preferably about £5.

I've never had anything done to my nails professionally in my life. I keep them quite short because I do a couple of activities where they need to be short. I just use nail clippers for this and occasionally an emery board if there are rough edges. I don't always wear nail varnish, but when I do, it could cost anything from about £1-£10. But obviously one bottle lasts a very long time.

I have absolutely nothing against people who spend more, I just don't feel it's necessary for me.

SophiaRose91 · 30/11/2024 22:40

SNS nails every 3 weeks £30 and a trim, wash and blow dry every 6 months £45.
Brows shaped and tinted every 4 weeks £20 😊

LizzyLine · 30/11/2024 22:38

£100 on colour every month to keep on top of the grey (I wish I'd never started). An extra £60 every couple of months for hair Botox (making it straight) and similar for a cut a couple of times per year.

£30 every three weeks on shellac for fingernails (used to do acrylics, strongly recommend shellac over that). Plus £30 roughly every two months for pedicure (normal not shellac).

OnlyHerefortheBiscuits · 30/11/2024 21:55

Mum trims my hair every four to six weeks. Not a trained hairdresser or anything...she just gets some scissors and takes an inch or so off 🤷🏼‍♀️ I return the favor.

Nails - nothing. I use nail clippers and keep them short.

When I was getting highlights regularly I would put away £40 a month into a pot to serve this every three months. But it ruins hair and I've now stopped it all.

LadyPoison · 30/11/2024 21:52

£160 on hair every 10 weeks but nothing on nails as I’m a silver jewellery maker and I’d wreck a manicure the first morning at work.

Pippy2022 · 30/11/2024 21:51

Hair - £50 once a year
Hair Dye - supermarket job, £12 every 3 months
Nails - £0. Don't bother at all. What a waste.

WearyAuldWumman · 30/11/2024 21:51

TheBeesKnee · 30/11/2024 11:12

Hair 1-2 times per year costing £70-150 depending on what I get done. The hairdressers are always annoyed and tell me I should be coming back every 6 weeks 🙄

I never get my nails done but it feels like everyone I know does, and they're spending c.£40 every 3-4 weeks.

My cut and colour are now about the same price as yours. I'm trying to stretch it out as long as possible. At the moment, it's 8 wks or more, but that's really becoming unfeasible for me. Firstly, the price has jumped since Covid; secondly, I'm now retired. If "my" hairdresser moves on, I'll be switching to someone more local and colouring my hair myself.

I might work up the courage to tell the hairdresser that I'll be getting a cut only in future.

I do my nails myself - usually only file, but sometimes a polish. I dye my eyebrows myself. If I have a special event, I get my eyelashes done at Superdrug's for a tenner.

HowNowBrownCow2 · 30/11/2024 21:49

Hair £90 every 8 weeks
Brows £10 for wax and tint every 4/5 weeks (trained beautician friend)
and I used to get nails done but stopped recently and just keep them short and painted. Use a glossy top coat and quality polish and they look great!

Sheepsandcows · 30/11/2024 21:46

DIY haircuts and I just file my nails back. I am 'poor' though by MN standards though (just low paid part time work as I have several children with SN). I spend some money on hair care though.

StandingSideBySide · 30/11/2024 21:44

£0
I used to get my hair cut every few months, I’ve never coloured it once it started going grey
I stopped during the pandemic and now it’s just long and Obviously grey.

I don’t pay for others to do my nails but then I don’t like nail varnish.

Teebles007 · 30/11/2024 21:40

£150 for hair, highlights and cut every 6 weeks. Surprised at how little many pay for their hair.

PeloMom · 30/11/2024 21:32

can you google salons around you to get an idea? I’m shocked by the low prices here in the thread as 10+ yrs ago in London I was paying around £200 for low lights and cut, £50-60 for non gel mani pedi.

Bewareofthisonetoo · 30/11/2024 21:28

Hair £45 a week on a blow dry, keratin treatment every 3 months £250. Box yrs every other week about £10 a time plus trims every so often so over a year would be about £4,000z
Nothing on nails apart from nail varnish from time to time I hate ‘done’ nails

Allmarbleslost · 30/11/2024 20:23

£35 every 3 weeks on nails and a haircut 3 or 4 times a year at £50 a time. I colour it myself.

DottyBaguette · 30/11/2024 20:14

Hair every three months or so, approx £80-£100. Never had nails done, just shape and polish myself.

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