Between hair, makeup, nails, hair removal, fashion, and skincare, a girl could go BROKE.
Well, I'm not quite broke, but thanks to mint.com and it's constant reminders that I am over budget for fucking EVERYTHING, I realized I really need to cut down on the personal care items because I am bleeding money to be (kind of) pretty.
Not that I'm necessarily high maintenance. After all, I only wash my hair twice a week and hardly ever do any actual "styling," but I do do some things that I have come to realize are just unnecessary.
I have always done my own nails because I feel that I can do a much better job than anyone else ever could, basically because my middle fingers are crooked and have to be filed just so to make them appear less crooked. At least it's not as bad as having a crooked penis.
Crooked finger, not saying fuck you:
Plus a few years of doing my own acrylic nails in high school did a lot of damage to my nail beds and again, my nails have to be filed and painted just so to disguise that. However, do I really need to be paying $9 a bottle for nail polish? Especially when I have like 50 bottles already? No. That is going to stop.
For the last two years, I have been getting my hair highlighted every 8 weeks. Well, after two years of that, my hair is looking a little dull and fried lately from all the damage.
Very fried hair:
In addition to dropping a couple hundred bucks every two months to have this done, it's also frying the shit out of my hair. So this weekend, I am going to have my hair dyed back to my original color and give it (and my wallet) a little break.
Since going to the Dominican Republic a year and a half ago, I have also been getting my fur waxed. It's nice not to have to worry about shaving all the time, but honestly, I go every 5 weeks and drop $80. Is that really necessary? After all, it's not like I have a boyfriend who cares about that.
Facials will be purchased only as a groupon. No more expensive trips to Sephora unless to buy the key makeup brands I can't live without (i.e. Bare Minerals). I have enough lotions and creams to probably last me a lifetime anyway. With all the lotions I have, I could be pickled in retinol until I'm 80.
Basically I need to stop hemmoraging money for the sake of beauty, because let's be honest, I'm kind of fabulous anyway.
And I need to start focusing on paying off my bills and saving money for things that really matter, like my 30th birthday celebration coming up in a little less than 6 months. I'm thinking of going skydiving. And really, experiences are so much more important than looking flawless anyway (not that I have ever in my life looked flawless).
What beauty routines do you spend WAY too much money on?
I realized I was spending too much money on tanning. Oh and it's sorta bad for you, I guess. But mostly because of the money.
ReplyDeleteI am pasty and possibly the whitest I've been since jr high. Hopefully this gives me the same youthful glow I had back then... right?
I love to throw money at beauty products, especially nail stuff. Get me into a beauty supply store of any kind and I will leave with all the nail polish, decals, art pens, and fancy new clippers. I like to tell myself it's okay because I'm not blowing money on mani/pedis but honestly it might even out.
ReplyDeleteI am such a beauty product whore, it's really bad. Luckily I have a friend who does my hair on the cheap, and even when I do splurge for highlights, it's only like $50 (don't hate me.) And please do the skydiving thing so I can realize my dreams through you, because let's be honest, I am way too much of a wuss to ever do it.
ReplyDeleteUgh, nail polish is evil. I should probably own part of Essie and OPI by now. Mascaras are also my downfall. I feel the need to try every.single.one as soon as it hits the market. I'm Ulta's dream customer: an easy sell.
ReplyDeleteOh and MAC ... don't even get me started on why I think I need to spend $30 on foundation that looks EXACTLY the same on my face as the $10 Neutrogena one.
I'm actually really cheap when it comes to beauty products, hair and makeup. I buy drug store stuff and rarely do my nails. I do get fairly regular pedicures, but that's it. I was just saying to myself this morning that I need to start spending more money on my face, skin and hair and less on clothes I'm too fat to wear. I need a facial in a BAD way.
ReplyDeleteBut yeah... no more nail polish for you. I said so.
$80 for a wax? That is absolutely insane (but you know how I am when it comes to money). I'm actually getting a facial on Wednesday thanks to Groupon and it will be my first so I'm scared and excited at the same time. I keep having flashbacks on Samantha on SATC when she gets a chemical peel.
ReplyDeleteAs for what I spent money on beauty wise.....um, nothing. I buy makeup at Ulta where they take coupons, go to beauty college to get my hair cut or use Great Clips coupons, color my hair, do my nails or buy pedi/mani combos on groupon. Since coloring my own hair and keeping it near my natural color I've actually gotten more compliments than when it was highlighted.
I just did a major budget over-haul and mani/pedi was first on my list of things I am overspending on. I am terrible at doing it myself, but am looking forward to having more cash-muney.
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