How much do you spend?

[GreenMarigold]

I am interested to see what everyone spends on their hair and beauty routine. I think I spend a relatively modest amount but always feel that even that is too much.

I spend £48 on a haircut every 3 months and around £30 on at-home skin and hair care products a month. I don’t have any treatments or have my nails or brows done.

I am in my early 40s now and starting to feel like I need to start investing a bit more so I don’t look quite so run down! I do have some budget spare but just feel guilty spending it on me!

I spend around £200 a month on hair make up and clothes all together. Although, I’ve been spending a bit less recently as I lost some weight so could get back into old clothes.

I do have some budget spare but just feel guilty spending it on me!

Why?

Well there’s always other things aren’t there? Buying something extra for the kids or to improve the house, or simply having a bit more of a buffer in the bank.

Following with interest as I need to spend a bit more on me. Previously got haircut once a year and fed up of being a mess!

I spend about 100 on hair per month...need colour and then cut every two months. 30 on eyebrows etc every month. That's it. Very little makeup and never nails . But always the hair!

I get the sentiment you are feeling, I think, @GreenMarigold. I sort of resent spending the money on these things.

I'm not particularly low maintenance but I do my own hair, cut and colour (even make my own hair tint out of foodstuffs!). I use quite a bit of different skincare and hair product items but each item is less than £15 and they last months. Make up lasts me a long time, although I wear it every day only my lip products need reapplying throughout the day. For this reason I try not to buy too many different varieties of the same thing.

Sometimes I feel that is too much but I know all the things I use do make a difference so continue. Thing is when they get good results you want to. I do have the odd panic now and again when an item is out of stock or I worry it will be discontinued however I usually find alternatives. Which makes me feel a bit dependent on the products which is the aspect I don't like. I like to feel more care free but then there's a lot of things I like that I'd certainly miss if I had to go without.

I'm a guy and have no head hair so can't comment on that but, for skincare, it depends on your trying to achieve. I think a lot of people overspend on the wrong parts of their skincare regime and it can become a waste of money.

We're saving for a big holiday so I actually sat and worked out my skincare spend last month (I tried to paste in my excel table but it went wonky):

Cera Ve Moisturising Lotion - £16.50 every 3 months.
Cera Ve SE Soothing Cleanser - £22.50 every 4 months.
Dermatica Tretinoin - £24.99 every month.
Hada Labo Hyaluronic Acid - £18.99 every 3 months.
Garden of Wisdom 23% Vitamin C - £12.00 every 2 months.
La Roche Posay Cicaplast - £18.00 every 3 months.
Paula's Choice 2% BHA Exfoliant - £34.00 every 8 months.

Total: £58.70 per month (average).

It is a lot but each product in my regime deals with a specific issue in my skin and I tend to avoid catch-all general products. I go for the active ingredients that my skin needs and I find the best way to get most of it for the best price.

Figure out what your priorities are; hydration, lines, hyperpigmentation, redness etc. Then match them to the active ingredients you need and shop around for the best stuff to buy. If you can't spend more, spend smart.

Hair (cut & colour) every 3 months
Eyebrows every 4 weeks
Nails every 3 weeks
Pedicure 4-5 times a year

So maybe a couple of hundred a month?

Things I do myself:
Haircut (every 4 months) + trims (every 2nd month)
Hair colour (twice a year)
Manicure (every Sunday)
Eyebrows (they don't need much doing to them, I just pluck a few stray hairs out about once a month)
Facial and body peeling

Things I pay for:
Laser hair removal (about £800 annually)
Podiatrist (about £650 annually)

I think that's about it as far as beauty treatments go.

I probably spend around £200 a month on clothes, makeup, skincare and perfumes. I spend a lot on quality leather bags, but I only buy very few annually. But they still amount to around £1000 per year.

£20 on Dermatica
£40 on Byoma cleanser, moisturiser and serum
£30 on hair (average as it's £90 every 3 months)
£20 as guess on make up
£40 on Botox (again monthly average)
£30 guesstimate on shampoo / body moisturiser random stuff in boots

Don't get nails or eyebrows done

Absolutely nothing until last year when I bought myself the Harrods beauty advent calendar. I've maybe used about half of the things that came in it 😆😆

I spend about £50 having my hair cut and highlighted every 3 to 4 months.
I spend between £20 to £30 each month getting my nails done.
My eyebrows are threaded every 4 to 6 months at £11 a time.
I don't have any fillers or facials as I have good skin and try and keep it that way.
I believe that self care is important and provides a confidence boost. 😁

Around 30-40 pounds every three months for hair cut and straightening. Sometimes I do highlights for like 20gbp.

£69 for my haircut every 8 weeks
£65 for hair colour and roots 4 times a year
Elemis skin products - far too much money but wonderful results - I’m early 60s - face wash, night and day moisturiser- plus an exfoliant and face mask which lasts an age
No costs for nails or eyebrows

Biggest expense is hair but I wear that 24/7 so eh. Cuts every 6 weeks averages about £70 a month.
All other skincare, toiletries etc. are drugstore brands or prescription so total £30 a month max, including stuff to do my own brows, nails, hair dye etc.

Beauty isn't really my thing though, it's clothes and shoes that are my downfall!

Cerave eye cream 12€ x2
cetaphil cleanser 18.50€ x2
avene skin recovery cream 19€ x2
clarins bb cream 34€
mac studio fx 30€
Lrp spf50 19.50€ x2

hair 80€ at Christmas (!)
brows 15€ at Christmas!
Works out at about 24 a month

Growlybear83 very tempted to do the same and get a beauty advent calendar this year

Is that for a month?