To wonder how people will afford their many beauty treatments?

Love that last sentence hollysteers!

I do think it is very different if you are retired and can afford it- but it concerns me that mums who now have to make difficult choices abotu feeding children- are also addicted to false nails, eyelashes, slug eyebrows, facials, botox, hair extensions, etec, etc.

Expensive creams are a waste of money and facials are temporary. I’m happy with a large jar of Vaseline. It removes my waterproof mascara too. Long gaps between hairdresser visits, the roots covered with root spray.
I will pinch here and spend there. Nothing will stop me going out for meals or theatre trips, but the teabag will be used twice (or even three) times.
Slug eyebrow wearers should remember that the eyebrows are sisters not twins.

Much also depends on how kind nature has been to us. i.e. some of us have very thin hair which needs a good cut, or very bushy eyebrows which needs a good shaping from time to time. I found a Boots face cream which actually performed better on my face than an expensive £52 one which was way to greasy as recommended by a beautician who would have got a good commission cut from it. We live and learn.

Had my hair washed, cut and blow dried by my hairdresser who has a salon in her garage. £10. This was yesterday.

Never have facials, nail treatments, spa days, anything like that. Don’t wear make up.

I think I am low maintenance!

I know young pretty girls whose lips now resemble a ducks bill, like the actress on Emmerdale, also have to be stick thin so when dressed in all black look formidable, why they are so insecure they feel the need to do this is unfathomable. The salons keep taking the money. No matter how hard up people are, a lot of them seem to find the money for piercings, tattoos, hair and fillers. I blame a lot on the trashy tv shows that rely solely on looks, give me a natural looking girl that isn’t obsessed with their looks.

I am not high maintenance, never have been. Don`t like or drink alcohol, eat very good organic home cooked food. Result is that I have lovely smooth skin and bright eyes, strong nails and shiny hair. I would rather have my safety savings for future care of my own choosing and in the meantime, if I need an item, I buy the best I can afford, which is probably cheaper than a few months worth of high maintenance pampering.

One excellent hair cut every six weeks. Cost £20 and she books me in for an hour

Just can't help it. I so feel for young people (and old) who find themselves having to decide between eating or Heating, and for their kids too. But just can't help noticing that those inteviewed on TV, time and time again, saying how desperate they are, have, false nails, flase eyelashes, very expensive hair dos, etc.

I hear you. I'm one of these high maintenance people who no longer can afford it all! microblading, hair highlights botox and fillers. I earn decent money but with the skyrocketing costs of living, I have to make compromises. I often look for cheap deals online but again, a cheap deal often comes with compromising the quality of the product which is a NO NO. I found a solution that I'm actually very happy with so far. I get my treatments done with a supervised trainees that uses high quality products. sometimes I pay nothing, sometimes the price is heavily discounted ( only the cost of the product used ). My friend told me there is a platform that will launch in London to connect people to these beauticians for free. I just wish I lived in London as I will be using it all the time

I don’t know anybody who has many beauty treatments !

Whatever makes people happy, I suppose? People will prioritise whatever is important to them.

I tried false nails in the 90's but hated the feel of them and will never ever let anyone touch my nails or my eye brows. I do have coloured hair, but other than that am completely natural with no intentions of following trends.

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Oh I do really, REALLY, hope to see women, and some men, looking natural again. Especially with no false eyelashes or too-long fake nails, and eyebrows where they're actually meant to be - as in where nature put them!!!
I shall but dream as no doubt those addicted to all that stuff will find a way to get it done!
The next fashion trend should be to go natural and be proud of yourselves properly!!

Perhaps I should acquire some given the state of my nails after a week’s gardening!

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Stick on nails? Nooooo!?

I was thinking of trying some - anything!!

When lockdown began and cinema, theatre & meeting friends for a meal were not happening I decided to use my " pocket money" on a weekly bouquet of flowers from a florist that had just opened locally. I have had great pleasure from that but , as life is opening up gradually, I have cut my flower delivery to fortnightly. I will certainly not be spending money on my nails or on my non existent eyebrows. I do have my hair cut & coloured every 6 to 8 weeks & will not stop that.

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I love my 6 weekly facial & have been going to the same lovely beautician for 20+ years. Have my eyelashes dyed too & I’ll do it as long as I can afford it.
4 years ago, after managing to stop a 40 year nail biting habit, I also had gel nails done as a one off. Well (lockdown aside) I’ve been going 3 weekly to have them done since!! I absolutely love them and it’s my main extravagance, keep them short though - I couldn’t cope with pointy “claws”!!!
I don’t wear make up & use basic Nivea moisturiser.
I do worry about the lips/eyebrows look of a lot of younger girls these days - particularly for those who do something permanent which they can’t undo later & may regret?

That was quite offensive*Canadian gran* why on earth would you think that people who have treatments or spend money on themselves will end up getting the government to pay for their care?
Like someone said upthread,you'll have different priorities ,will what you spend money on mean you have to go cap in hand to the council for a care home place.Or will you like most of us have sorted finances to cover both?
Judgemental of women who take care of themselves ,thats a new one !

It's all about priorities. Personally I would prefer a warm home to several yearly holidays. But I know people who really live for their breaks and weekends abroad and always have something booked to look forward to.
I also know people who are happy to live on credit or to have practically nothing in their account coming up to pay day, whereas that would totally unnerve me.

You can tell what I am like from this comment by my OH when watching tv

“What is she doing”
“Painting her toe nails”
“WHY?”

I wear no makeup or perfume, quick hair trim every month at £12, wear jeans every day - we have 3 big dogs and they love me natural!

Stick on nails? Nooooo!?

I believe in making the very best of ones assets! However some women have to realise that the "high end" expensive rubbish they have done to them doesn't make a jot of difference to that achieved by either budget or natural treatments!! Mother nature has decided at the get-go who is blessed with trouble free hair/skin/nails etc and good health. The two don't always collide in the same body! Falsies of any type are a fad and a whim and women should realise this too, I'm out in mind of a wonderful lady is used to work with in 1972 my first job, use sported dyed black hair and a huge black "beauty spot" on her cheekbine, all matching with massive thick black brows.....she was well into her 50s then, times were different and honestly she didn't do herself any favours, an absolute stunner in her youth but she had failed to evolve. Are these young gal going to still be plastering on the thick makeup and falsies into their dotage? I stoppedmy gel nail treatment in first lockdown and now sport cheap as chips stick on falsies à là 90s! And you know what? They're brilliant! Dunno why I allowed myself to be seduced in £30 every three and half weeks for what looks exactly the same!! And cost literally pence per week. So put away all the ridiculously priced(all pays for advertising hype you know?) And try Aldi own daydream a loreal looked likey and honestly same benefits as £66 jar lancome I've used up to lockdown!!!

Finding it difficult to believe some of the prices for hair cuts that are mentioned on here. I was horrified when, back in London - a couple of years ago (pre-pandemic)_, my local High Street Hairdresser charged me £35, for wash and trim (which took her about ten minutes).

Down in this seaside town I found a hairdressers which do the same for £14.00 for cut only (I shampoo it at home before going), - just walk in - no need for appointments. Does it just as well. Think this will go up to £16.00 shortly, (it was £12.00 before the Pandemic).

I visit the hairdresser 3 x a year and pay £24 - £28 for a trim. Colour my own hair at home around £6 a box. Use an epilater for hair removal. That's it. I don't do my nails never have.
My dad always said you have to cut your cloth to what you have. I think he meant you choose what you can afford. Some people might want lobster in restaurants others prefer egg and chips at home and have botox, manicures etc. Life is about choices really

I was in the hairdresser's one time, listening in to the chit chat between the young staff members. One was bemoaning how hard it was for young people to get on the housing ladder these days.
As the conversation continued she said her boyfriend wasn't at work that day, he was having a full-day session in the tattoo parlour, at a cost of several hundred pounds.
"Ah, but that's an investment," they all nodded and agreed... ?