Girls/ Women, how much do you spend on yourself in average per month on beauty treatments, makeup, hair, clothes etc…

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Not sure if this makes a difference, but I am from Essex so have been bought up around imagine being quite important and I do love to look good, I was about 16 years old when TOWIE started so I have been bought up with that sort of lifestyle in a way, but I’m not to the extreme. I am still very natural looking, I’ve had 2 children and let myself go a little so I have decided I want to get back to how I used to be as I just feel so down about myself.

So currently I take mounjaro which I plan to only use until January, I no longer get my nails done as I prefer them looking natural now, I only get my hair done 3 times a year, I get Botox twice a year, I get nice makeup but I don’t wear a lot and use it rarely, I buy good hair products and I have just decided to get 1ml of lip filler to make them a bit plumper but this will only be once a year as I don’t like the fake look, I just like to look fresh and new! I don’t get any facials, I don’t spend on expensive face creams, I don’t wear designer, I get a lot of my clothes from vinted, body stuff etc, I don’t tan, I don’t have extensions either, apart from one time I tried them and they went horribly wrong, but working it all out I probably spend approx £200 a month on myself, probably a bit more at the minute because of the mounjaro which is temporary. My husband thinks this is outrageous and always comments on how much I spend, but I do work full time, I earn my own money but he is the main earner and earns very well but thinks I overspend.

The reason I am asking is because I am hoping others can say how much they spend each month on theirselves in hopes I’m not that bad!!! I get I don’t need Botox, don’t need lip filler, don’t need my hair done, but then I would just feel so unhappy in myself, and I enjoy pampering and I like to feel good!

Also not asking for judgement here as I know some people will just be dead against this. So just responses from those actually responding to what I have asked please. Thank you x

I’m over 50 if it makes a difference .

Haircut twice a year. Moisturiser and £4.99 tinted moisturiser for day wear with mascara. Night moisturiser. Spend about £100 on clothes every 8 months probably.

I’d rather spend my cash on fun stuff ie going away/restaurants/holidays.

I read that the other way - that she would keep gym, spf and brows if she had to make cutbacks?

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not sure how much a month but I get Botox twice a year , do my own brows etc and roots I have hair extensions so about 60 to refit them every 8 weeks , not intested in nails or big lips but I’m big on self care I get a massage when I feel I need one and micro needling , spent years putting myself last I also don’t wear or buy make up

Hi OP,

i live in Essex/London borders and where I live people spend a fair amount in how they look. I certainly don’t go for the overdone look but in comparison to other posters here I spend a lot. I’m happy in the way I look but I guess I’m high maintenance in comparison! I have three young children and I’m certainly spending more since having them, I also earn a good wage so can afford to do it, I’m almost 40.

botox 3x per year at 450 per time
treatment for melasma roughly £800 p year
hair extensions refit 3 times a year at 250 per time
hair cut and dye 3 times a year about 200 per time
gel nails once a month 40 per time
Pilates membership 140 pm

I spend quite a lot on clothes but I have always been really into fashion and clothes, I’d say that is my hobby. Me and my husband have about £700 pm to spend on ourselves each after all our bills and childcare and I use that exclusively on my commute/ work lunches (mostly making sure I have enough protein) /beauty and clothes.

Apologies, did not type out properly. I meant if I cut back I would prioritise gym, spf and eye brows. Those things make me feel/look best x

£200

Thank you @Judystilldreamsofhorses, and apologies @ThisLemonBee for misinterpreting! Makes much more sense now.

£10 a month on box dye, £30 a year on a hair cut. I buy the pump bottle Pantene shampoo and conditioner but the whole family uses it because I hate having thousands of bottles in the bathroom. Don’t wear make up. can’t wear false nails, varnish or eyelashes in work anyway and I don’t agree with messing with your face especially as it can so easily go wrong. As for buying clothes I’ve just had my 3rd child and lost over a stone so have dropped a couple dress sizes but it’s my birthday next week so I’ve asked for vouchers to treat myself to some new jeans.

£260 10mg mounjaro
c£300 on clothes from Vinted but I buy and sell so most of it sits in my account and gets recycled
c£20 cosmetics
c£35 getting roots done by my friend

once every couple of years I get eyebrows and eyeliner semi permanent makeup for about £500

no other cosmetics treatments.

Beauty treatments - one haircut every couple of years (c. £25). I am lucky though in having long, thick, wavy hair which can be allowed to do its own thing.

Make up - nothing.

Clothes - about £200 a year. But I knit and have a wool habit...

Sundries - lip salve (£4 a year), shampoo and conditioner (my share of the family shop - we all use the same).

I do buy relatively expensive toothpaste (Zing), but maybe that is medical because it has definitely helped my teeth.

So, per month - very, very little!

I promise you I don't look any worse than most other women my age - people sometimes even compliment my hair and skin.

I get my hair cut maybe once or twice a year, £25 a time. I don’t have it coloured, though sometimes do it myself with a box dye. I wouldn’t ever have Botox, mounjaro or fillers. Skin products tend to be whatever moisturiser with spf is on sale. I don’t use a serum. What’s it for? I only wear limited makeup if I’m going out. I don’t like coloured or “done” nails. I don’t have my brows done. Clothes are generally second-hand, maybe £200 a year, tops. £200 on beauty and style a month sounds like a lot to me.

Nothing whatsoever. I have no issue with anyone else's choices to spend their money on, it's simply just not for me.
I've never had my nails done, never had my eyebrows done, never had a wax etc.
I do look feminine, I'm not a hippy or anything (Nothing wrong with that) and do take pride in my appearance, I just consider the beauty lark not my scene.
DSD is a beautiful young lady and very glamorous indeed, I can appreciate how certain beauty treatments do have their desired effect.
I have begged her not to have her lips done, I really don't like that. Although I have no right to insist on this as she's now 18 and can make her own decisions

Do you trim your own hair @MorrisseysMisery ? Would you include deodorant as a toiletry expenditure? Clothing replacement, such as socks and undies?

About £450 a year
£150 dentist
£50 trainers
£100 haircuts
£150 clothes.
Toiletries and skincare, I get for Christmas

To add, I meant nothing high end on the skincare/makeup/hair care front. Gym membership. New clothes infrequently (and not as often as I’d like!). I could easily spend a lot more and would if I could!

I get my hair cut once a year - local lady who comes to the house - £20.
I get a pedicure once a year before our holiday - same lady - £20.
I dye my hair at home once every 6wks - £6 for a box dye.
I paint my own nails at home, I have over 100 nail varnishes as I used to be an Avon lady and I liked to buy every colour!
I also have far too much makeup for the same reason but I only wear it if I'm going into the office (1-2 times per fortnight) or out for the evening (about once a fortnight) so what I have will last me pretty much forever!
Avon multipurpose cream for face/hands/body - £4 for 400ml which lasts for months and months as I rarely have time to use it anywhere except face/hands. It's lovely though! Available in several fragrances e.g. coconut, cocoa butter, watermelon, cherry, etc.
I don't understand why anyone in their 30s would get botox, lip fillers, etc. I'm 46 and I wouldn't want it.
I do buy clothes, mostly from Sainsbury's, Asda, Tesco, Amazon or Vinted. Not sure what I spend in a year but it's not much.

my lovely dentist of 10 years assures me, the supermarket toothpaste is as good as the expensive stuff, and says most of the adverts that tell you,you can grow enamel,etc are rubbish. I didn't count this or shower gel, I don't consider them to be beauty products.

Nothing really. I've got clothes hair twice a year. No make up. Eyebrows only if going somewhere on holiday. That's it really.

Spend what you can afford and want on you. I'm 50 botox every 12 weeks filler weight loss injections hair and nails easily 250 per month. My bills are paid and I have been Mum for 24 years so why not. I get hisband and adult kids to buy me vouchers for my aesthetics for birthday and Christmas kitty

Hi, I’m 71 and I haven’t given up yet! Profhilo, Botox, filler when needed so average 150 a month, hair cut and colour every eight weeks-£170, liberty beauty box subscription £10 a month, clothes average at about two hundred a month, make up/ perfume/ body creams, etc., about £80 a month. My friends and acquaintances are sadly dying with frightening regularity so I enjoy primping and preening in the relatively short time I have left. Each to their own, of course, I have lots of friends who do nothing but soap and water and take as much enjoyment from that as I do from my extensive grooming

Is any of this helpful to you, OP? I can't see how it would be.

In what sense? Time-wise or money-wise?

Close to zero

i don’t do treatments and make up. I cut my hair myself because I get so pissed off with hairdressers who can’t cope with its gentle wave /curl. Clothes are for Christmas and birthday presents

I don’t think I look bad- focus on healthy eating and exercise ( usually anyway )