How much or how little do you spend on self care, beauty and grooming?

[PamelaTodd]

Obviously going to be different for everyone, but I’m just curious and trying to reset my own perspective. I struggle a bit to justify spending on myself at all.

In a typical month, what would you spend on creams, shampoos, treatments, hair styling, products, etc?

Not a lot as funds don't allow unfortunately. I get my brows waxed for £6 every few months and shape them myself in between.

I cut my own hair as that saves £40!

Shampoo + conditioner I just use Alberto Balsam stuff at £1 each.

I don't buy much makeup- just wear under eye concealer and mascara on a daily basis.

I do make sure to buy a good face wash (neutrogena brand) at £5 each time and I buy a fairly expensive face moisturiser from Holland and Barrett (£17.99) but only buy it when it's 'buy on get one for a penny' or 'buy one get one half price.' Lasts me ages.

If I could I'd get my haircut regularly and brows done more regularly alongside nicer shampoo and conditioner and a massage, manicure & pedicure regularly! I can dream!

Ooh and I'd get my legs & down below waxed regularly too. So I can stop cutting myself with a shitty razor every week!

I spend probably £50 a year on products - includes makeup. Hardly ever wear makeup.
Buy bog standard shampoo, bog standard baby cream as makeup remover.
Most fancy products are full of crap chemicals.
Spend £30 twice a year on a hair trim. That's it.
I spend more on "products" for my babies (Aveeno) than I ever would for myself.

£7 eyebrow threading
£20 pedicure
£25 haircut (£50 every 2 months)
£10-£20 products

I reckon I spent £15 last year on make up (£10 on two new nail varnishes, and £5 on an experimental bottle of tinted moisturiser).

I think I also spent £15 on skin care which was a very unusual amount for me (normally less), but let's go with it.

I use soap which comes to about £9 a year because I like nice soap.

Shampoo and conditioner I reckon I spend £25 a year on.

Then razors I think I buy maybe one £4 pack a year.

Haircuts I should get done every ten weeks. In reality twice a year so that's £18 a year.

Perfume I get through one £18 bottle maybe every 2.5 years so that's what, £7 ish a year.

So totting up that's: £93 a year. So £8 a month?

That's more than I thought. TBF the skin care stuff and make up I bought will last me at least another 2 years... So then I think it would be nearer £6 which seems closer to what I would expect.

Do people really keep makeup for years and years. I can be a right scuzz, but that is minging, think of all the bacteria!

creams, shampoos, treatments, hair styling, products: a typical month = 0.

I guess over a year it's like... £3?
+£18 once a year haircut.

“Think of the bacteria” (when keeping make up for years)

When you use make up once, you will transfer lots of bacteria, cos there are more bacterial cells in your body than human cells. Should you change make up every use?

I am far more concerned with the frivolous use of single use plastics.

Hair every 8-10 weeks £70
Chiropodist every 3-4 months £27
Shampoo,conditioner,cleanser,moisturiser,shower gel etc about £10 pm
Shellac toes £22 every 8 weeks or so
Make up I usually buy 1-2 a year from birthday/Christmas money.
I wax/tint my own eyebrows, nair my own bikini line

I get my hair done every 6 weeks, half head and styled then 6 weeks after full head and styled (full head and styled £90, I get my styling products from them about another £20 but lasts ages )
I buy my make up probably every other month at about £20
Shampoo and creams probably £15 every other month
I get my nails done about 5 or 6 times a year £32

Deep muscle massage is about £55 - every 3 months or so

I get my hair done every 6 weeks, half head and styled then 6 weeks after full head and styled (full head and styled £90, I get my styling products from them about another £20 but lasts ages )
I buy my make up probably every other month at about £20
Shampoo and creams probably £15 every other month
I get my nails done about 5 or 6 times a year £32

Deep muscle massage is about £55 - every 3 months or so

I get my hair done every 6 weeks, half head and styled then 6 weeks after full head and styled (full head and styled £90, I get my styling products from them about another £20 but lasts ages )
I buy my make up probably every other month at about £20
Shampoo and creams probably £15 every other month
I get my nails done about 5 or 6 times a year £32

Deep muscle massage is about £55 - every 3 months or so

I get my hair done every 6 weeks, half head and styled then 6 weeks after full head and styled (full head and styled £90, I get my styling products from them about another £20 but lasts ages )
I buy my make up probably every other month at about £20
Shampoo and creams probably £15 every other month
I get my nails done about 5 or 6 times a year £32

Deep muscle massage is about £55 - every 3 months or so

I get my hair done every 6 weeks, half head and styled then 6 weeks after full head and styled (full head and styled £90, I get my styling products from them about another £20 but lasts ages )
I buy my make up probably every other month at about £20
Shampoo and creams probably £15 every other month
I get my nails done about 5 or 6 times a year £32

Deep muscle massage is about £55 - every 3 months or so

I get my hair done every 6 weeks, half head and styled then 6 weeks after full head and styled (full head and styled £90, I get my styling products from them about another £20 but lasts ages )
I buy my make up probably every other month at about £20
Shampoo and creams probably £15 every other month
I get my nails done about 5 or 6 times a year £32

Deep muscle massage is about £55 - every 3 months or so

Facemask once a week £1

Hair mask once a week £2

Tub of body scrub £5-8, buy one about every 6 weeks or so.

So around £16 for stuff used on a regular basis.

Makeup as and when, shampoo and conditioner as and when, so £10-30 for stuff depending on what's needed.

I don't dye my hair, don't get it cut often, don't get my nails done, I don't have other treatments.

Not a lot really.

I buy a lot of it in bulk when it's cheaper priced (I'm studying, so stock up when I get a loan installment) so I have about 6 months worth in at the moment.

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About £20 but used to be about £60-70. I used to use products like Dermalogica, Clarins, Redken, Goldwell, MAC and get my hair cut and coloured every 6-8!weeks at £85, brow wax every couple of weeks.
Finances won't stretch as far now so had to swap to cheaper products. I use Superdrug face wash, dye my own hair and wash and condition it with Treseme. I still buy Mac foundation but need to find a good blusher dupe which I'm still yet to find. I've swapped my MAC brow pencil for an MUA one.

About £20 but used to be about £60-70. I used to use products like Dermalogica, Clarins, Redken, Goldwell, MAC and get my hair cut and coloured every 6-8!weeks at £85, brow wax every couple of weeks.
Finances won't stretch as far now so had to swap to cheaper products. I use Superdrug face wash, dye my own hair and wash and condition it with Treseme. I still buy Mac foundation but need to find a good blusher dupe which I'm still yet to find. I've swapped my MAC brow pencil for an MUA one.

About £20 but used to be about £60-70. I used to use products like Dermalogica, Clarins, Redken, Goldwell, MAC and get my hair cut and coloured every 6-8!weeks at £85, brow wax every couple of weeks.
Finances won't stretch as far now so had to swap to cheaper products. I use Superdrug face wash, dye my own hair and wash and condition it with Treseme. I still buy Mac foundation but need to find a good blusher dupe which I'm still yet to find. I've swapped my MAC brow pencil for an MUA one.

About £20 but used to be about £60-70. I used to use products like Dermalogica, Clarins, Redken, Goldwell, MAC and get my hair cut and coloured every 6-8!weeks at £85, brow wax every couple of weeks.
Finances won't stretch as far now so had to swap to cheaper products. I use Superdrug face wash, dye my own hair and wash and condition it with Treseme. I still buy Mac foundation but need to find a good blusher dupe which I'm still yet to find. I've swapped my MAC brow pencil for an MUA one.

FenellaMaxwell thank you very much - that’s genius! I will definitely try it - my local supermarket was out of it yesterday so it must be a very popular product.

The £1000 budget is not a surprise to me knowing what a variety of treatments are available nowadays for hair, face and body care. I suspect that’s where most of the money would go towards, not actual products. By the time you add membership to a nice gym or personal trainer, the odd thread vein or hyperpigmentation removal, toning and so on ...

Ihopeyourcakeisshit I use ivy and olive oil. There’s something in ivy that’s good for cellulite treatments, I can’t remember exactly what but when I looked into it I was satisfied enough to try and create a basic home made treatment. I was going to make it a bit more elaborate in time but never quite got around to it. I don’t know the exact quantities but I buy a bottle of Berio organic olive oil (not sure if it is 500 or 750ml) pour it in a large pirex bowl and in it I add fresh roughly chopped young ivy leaves - enough leaves so it looks full but so that the leaves remain covered by the oil. I place the bowl on top of a large pan with enough water so it doesn’t touch the bottom of the bowl as in Bain Marie cooking method. No lid as it would cause condensation and you end up with water drops in the oil. I let it cook very slowly for about 2 hours and regularly check if the water in the pan needs topping up. I would do this during a marathon cooking session otherwise, knowing me, I forget I have something on the hob. Then I let it sit overnight to infuse further and in the morning I drain the oil through a sieve into a measuring jug. You have to squeeze the leaves to take away as much of the oil as possible then discard the leaves. You will end up with less oil than you started with because some of it ends up stuck to the leaves. I then decant some of it into a small glass bottle and the rest back into the original glass bottle after removing the plastic top. And top up the small bottle as needed. A lot of faffing around, I know. I guess it might be possible to use dry ivy leaves instead of fresh. I would imagine you can also make some sort of ivy extract to mix with a basic lotion as a regular treatment but I’m not sure how. Or grind dry ivy leaves into powder then mix with other things to make a body mask, I haven’t explored that yet. You can of course use a different oil or add some other essential oils to the mix but I wouldn’t know which are meant to be good for cellulite.

I also do a treatment with a seaweed product from Bleu & Marine (found it on Amazon and I like a lot of their other masks). It stinks but the results are good, put it on, wrap cling film over, wear a loose jumpsuit and go about my business for half an hour then wash off.

I think massaging the skin makes most difference with this blasted cellulite, the products not so much. Some are better than others but I only have 2 legs, 1 purse and only so much patience to experiment. The Clarins massage method is impractical for everyday so I just do the best I can without traumatising skin too much (prone to broken veins I think so don’t want to get that problem as well). I am sure regular in salon treatments would be the easiest and most effective cellulite treatment provided time, inclination and money are available.

Thanks for that Branster
Might try the shortened version and see if I can get ivy extract or something.
Start doing it over Autumn/winter in the hope I have summer ready pins.