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How much do you have 'done'?

131 replies

GreenYodaFace · 06/05/2025 22:21

I have eyebrow and leg wax every 4 weeks
Hair coloured and cut every 8 weeks
Botox every 4 months
Have a spray tan, nails ,make up done for special occasions.

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ShyTed · 06/05/2025 23:11

Hair every 6/8 weeks
Nails 3/4 weeks
Leg wax 4/5 weeks
Botox 5/6 months
Lip filler 2/3 years
Semi permanent brows 2 years
Back & shoulder massage 4 weeks
Brow/lip waxing - when needed (I do it myself)
LVL couple times a year (I do it myself)

NamechangeJunebaby · 06/05/2025 23:13

Hair dye from a box about every five weeks, paint my nails once a week, toe nails about once a fortnight. Give myself a facial each week, and a pedi once a month. DH trims my hair and I go to a hairdresser once a year. I’ve had a proper bikini wax three times now. Love the feeling after but it’s £48 now and that seems like a lot for an hour of pain. And it is bloody painful. I just shave everywhere else.

And I pluck my huge massive chinny whiskers whenever I see them 😁

Latenightreader · 06/05/2025 23:13

coxesorangepippin · 06/05/2025 22:46

A pedicure every two months

A haircut once a year

That's it

Having had my first pedicure a couple of weeks ago I definitely agree with your order of priority.

Oceangrey · 06/05/2025 23:14

Just haircuts and balayage about every 6 months (long curly hair and no greys yet).

Occasional pedicure if my feet start looking weird.

I do look fairly groomed I think. I paint my nails and wear makeup. I'm almost 40 so at some point I might try botox but I don't think I need it yet. So, pretty low maintenance for now.

Oceangrey · 06/05/2025 23:15

Oh yeah and bikini waxes before holidays!

AusBoundDD · 06/05/2025 23:15

Eyebrows waxed every 3 weeks
Leg & bikini wax if I’m going on holiday (~ 2x/year), otherwise I just shave
Lash lift & tint every 2 months
Gel manicure every 3 weeks, although this is a habit that I’m aiming to stop both to benefit my wallet and my nail health
Gel pedicure every 6 weeks during spring/summer
Trim & balayage approx. every 3 months

troppibambini6 · 06/05/2025 23:18

Haircut every few months
lip, chin and brow wax every couple of months and a brow tint
hydro facial every few months
gel nails and gel pedicure 2 weeks/ 6 weeks
Botox every three months
jaw/cheek/ chin/ wherever needs help filler (no lips!) once a year

Gattopardo · 06/05/2025 23:23

I used to do some of this shizzle before, when I had money. Now I’m on a limited budget I don’t pay anyone else for it.

I especially don’t miss 3-monthly foils. They never suited me anyway, natural hair colour is always the best. I do cover grey hairs though, although I colour (and cut) my own hair, it’s curly and long so no need for razor sharp cutting, and box dye is now so much better. If I’m feeling lavish I get one of my kids to cut it for me 😂

Epilate my own legs, underarms etc - so quick and costs nothing. My kids do same.

we have a home gel nails set up and can do really good ones now, including fancy arty decals. It costs nothing except maybe £15 a year on new polish.

I wouldn’t get fake lashes, I don’t like how they look and they wouldn’t be compatible with my contacts anyway - recipe for infection.

doodahdayy · 06/05/2025 23:24

Nails done once a month and hair cut and coloured every 3-4 months. I think those 2 things make a difference to looking more put together and I’m glad I can afford it but I don’t find any other treatments necessary or appealing

Hamandpineapplepizza · 06/05/2025 23:25

Hair cut about 3x a year. Thats it.

I just prefer spending my money/time on other things. But my lovely grandma always liked to look very "done" and it made her very happy, and my daughter is very drawn to being glamorous too. The world would be boring if we were all the same

(I think I would always hope people would avoid toxins/sunbeds/plastic surgery though, I wouldn't be doing things that risk my life unless it was medically required.)

MsNevermore · 06/05/2025 23:28

I colour my own hair every 6 weeks - have done for the past decade.

Taught myself to do my own dip-powder gel nails at home.

Wax my own legs and bikini area.

When I was still living in the U.K. I would go to a salon to get my nails done and a home-based lash tech every 2 weeks for a lash extension infill…..but here in the US prices for lashes are INSANE 😵‍💫😵‍💫 More than triple what I paid in the U.K., so my lashes are bare and sad

notaclue · 06/05/2025 23:30

Colour/cut every 6 weeks and have my nails done while foils are on. Can't be arsed with anything else

ItGhoul · 06/05/2025 23:31

I get my hair cut every 8 - 10 weeks and coloured every 5 or 6 months.

I get dip powder nails done every three or four weeks.

That’s pretty much it. I shape my own eyebrows and do my own hair removal. No fake tanning either - I’m naturally extremely pale and I like that. No pedicures as I hate people touching my feet, so I paint my own toenails.

I intend to get Botox soon but I’ve never had it before.

lovegoodlovegood · 06/05/2025 23:33

Haircut every 9-12 months and that’s it for stuff I can’t do

do my eye brows (they’re tattooed anyway so just pluck)
dermaplane myself

NormasArse · 06/05/2025 23:34

I have my brows and lashes dyed every month; haircut every two months.

At home, I put a coloured glaze on my hair about every 10 days- it blends the white hair in with the naturally red hair.

Shave my legs once a week… if necessary.

That’s it.

I’m fucking gorgeous n’all!

bramblefoot · 06/05/2025 23:34

Nothing. I've never dyed my hair, have always cut it myself and am happy with it. I get occasional comments on the fact I have nice hair so have possibly simply lucked out there.

The rest i definitely haven't lucked out on but still don't do anything and have never been to a salon or nail bar etc, never had a facial or fake tanned. I paint my nails myself if I want them done which is once in a blue moon in the summer if I've somewhere nice to be.

Im approaching 40 now and do feel broadly happy with myself, but can imagine in the future potentially looking into a small amount of botox or having my hair professionally coloured once the grey starts to kick in. I don't trust i could do a decent job of dying my own hair.

isitmeamithedrama · 06/05/2025 23:34

Botox every 4-5 months
nails monthly
hair cut and coloured every 10weeks
eyebrowms threaded when I remember it’s been 5months and there’s barely any change in them

SchrodingersTwat2 · 06/05/2025 23:34

I have my hair cut once a year.

BedBathAndBeyonce · 06/05/2025 23:36

Hair high and low babylights + cut 3/4 times a year
Botox 2/3 times a year

I buff and file my own nails.
Paint my own toenails.
Pluck own eyebrows.
Springy threading tool thingy on ‘tache.
Epilator on legs and underarms.

That’s it. Would love massage dreams

Viviennemary · 06/05/2025 23:36

GreenYodaFace · 06/05/2025 22:21

I have eyebrow and leg wax every 4 weeks
Hair coloured and cut every 8 weeks
Botox every 4 months
Have a spray tan, nails ,make up done for special occasions.

Are you a royal or a film star. That's high maintenance. Or am I out of touch with reality.

SchrodingersTwat2 · 06/05/2025 23:38

I don't dye my hair but am enjoying having a few white ones after 50 years of people asking me if my (black) hair is dyed!

Sockmate123 · 06/05/2025 23:38

hamsterchump · 06/05/2025 22:50

Nothing, I am fully DIY, I cut and colour my own hair (last professional cut and colour 15 years ago when I was 20), use Philips Lumea IPL, I've never had a spray tan or wax or nails or makeup, let alone Botox, etc done by anyone.

I'm not at all crunchy or alternative and wear makeup, have styled hair every day etc but I've never really seen the appeal in having services like this done by other people, I find it boring, awkward, often disappointing and expensive so prefer to do it all myself.

Is the Lumea good? Is it painful?

BlondiePortz · 06/05/2025 23:40

I use soap, shampoo & deodorant I have better uses for money

Ph3 · 06/05/2025 23:41

I get a Brazilian every 6 weeks,
gels every 2 weeks, gel pedicure every 4 weeks, LVL every 6 weeks, environ facial every 4 weeks, eyebrows wax and tinted every 2 weeks, caci every 4 weeks, hifu every 3 months and ultherapy every 15 months. My hair I only cut and do a baleage every year.

Ponderingwindow · 06/05/2025 23:41

I cut my own hair about every 8-12 weeks. I trim my nails and push back my cuticles.