Things you refuse to pay for

Alizarin

bedpotato wrote: »

I cut my own hair

I pay £15 a pop for my haircuts, but don't get my hair cut more than twice a year. Plus my hairdresser is mobile so comes out to my house. So I save money on petrol and parking, and she does dry cuts so I don't have some random person washing my hair (hate how violently they do this in salons!) or spending ages drying it (my hair is very long and I can blowdry it in about 3 mins. I've never understood how it takes 15 mins in salons!)

suki1964

MrsE wrote: »

Its not all that, you could get the same effect at home with a good scrubbing & some rich cream. Its not a patch on a proper pedicure.

You're joking about leaving the underarm hair right?:eek:

Hell I leave mine alone as well unless Im wearing something that it would show through. Right now its bloody freezing and hair is natural insulation :rotfl:

Hair removal - do myself - when bothered. Epilate legs and bikini but hubbys razor for the pits. Ive gone for waxing a few times this year and tbh I find I get a better longer lasting finish with the epilater. Eyebrows I do myself now I have contacts and can see what Im doing :rotfl:

Hair - I cut my own fringe and do my own colouring. I hate the time wasted sat in front of a mirror in a hair dressers being talked over and generally ignored whilst colour is developing. And it grows out just as quick if Ive paid £30 to the £5 home kit. Get a dry cut to keep the shape every 4/5 months. Never paid for blow drying or anything because my hair is so fine and greasy I have to wash daily as bed hair is not a good look for a woman of my age

Nails - I do myself. I cant abide chipped untidy nails so will do them maybe twice a week. Always carry a file and buffer. I have paid to have them done as a treat when in London - and they have lasted all of 24hrs so to me a complete waste of money. I wouldnt have false nails ever. I had one done as an emergency repair before I went on holiday and it totally wrecked my real nail taking about 6 months to recover

Scrubs - I do myself - in the shower daily whilst waiting on the hair conditioner

Facials - do myself. Im so allergic to everything Id be worried I would have a reaction

I have seen a chiropodist this year as I was given a voucher for Christmas and I hated it. Dont like feet at all and dont like people touching mine so a really cringing experience and have gone back to doing my own

The only fake tan I use is a bit of faux tan mineral on my face. I hate fake tan. It never looks natural with streaks, and orange bits and places where its washed off and tide marks ( from what I have observed from looking about me). Oh and holiday skin on my legs for the summer

Pretty low cost as a whole but getting more time consuming the older I get and the more work needed

nikki2804

I paid £20 last month for a cut/blowdry and finish. Previous hair cut to this was in February ... I don't heat style it very often and its not been dyed in around 4 years so its in good condition.

I am lucky though, I am a trained beautician (even though I don't work in a salon) so:

Hair removal: I normally wax the underarms/bikini and shave everywhere else

Eyebrows: shaped/tidied when I notice they look untidy. I try to tint them once a month.

Eyelashes: tinted at the same time as my brows.

Facials: super sensitive skin so I prefer using natural products for a bit of a pamper.

Nails: I try to give myself a weekly manicure/pedicure. I normally have Minx or Shellac on my nails.

Scrubs etc .. I'm still using ones that I got in a Bodyshop glitch ages ago!

I dont like fake tan, I always go orange!

I look at it this way, i have all the products, I may aswell use them on myself.

My one weakness is highend make up however I dont go over board.

I have 1 foundation, 1 powder, 2 eyeshadow pallettes, gel eyeliner, 3 mascaras (one is a Chanel tester), 2 blushes (one powder, one cream), 1 concealor, 2 lipsticks and one highlighter. Mostly MAC, Chanel or Dior BUT I feel that if I invest in more high end products I am less likely to have a tonne of make up that I wont use as I can't afford to buy it all the time.

I am lucky though that one of my friends goes travelling at least 3 times a year so when he is in the US I get him to pick up make up over there as its cheaper .

Starrystarrynight

Never in a million years would I think of cutting my own hair! However, I do my own manicures and pedicures and I also pluck my eyebrows. I can tint my own eyelashes and brows but find it hard to do a good job so I tend to go to the local college where it's about a third of the price in a salon. I had a prescription facial at the college, too. My skin felt so great that I bought the products the student used online and now do my own facials. As for fake tan, I think that Dove Summer Glow can't be beaten and it's frequently on offer in the supermarkets or Wilko.

bratz81

Haircuts, get one about every 6 months while I'm growing out heat damage
blow dries, never heat style my hair so don't do this.
updos, do myself
wedding makeup, have booked someone to do mine next year as I want to look special and not be stressed
massages, occassionally if I get a voucher
manicures, generally do my own, but will be having my nails done for my wedding
spray tans, never had one, not bothered
pedicures, do my own
facials, do my own
body scrubs do my own

Hair removal obv do my own as well

NickyBat

Personally i would never dream of cutting my own, i enjoy going to the salon twice a week and getting it done, i do however colour my hair as i prefer the colour i use.

I'm lucky that i have good strong nails so i do my own manicures etc but i do buy good lacquer to do them with.

Don't need my eyebrows doing as i am fair and they hardly show up and my skincare regime is all Liz Earle and sometimes i use Gatineau moisturisers which are quite expensive but i like them.

I don't ever begrudge money i spend on myself, i'm a working mum and all things considered i deserve it, i don't look on them as luxuries they are essentials to me.

Chuzzle

nicolax wrote: »

sometimes it just nice to sit back, relax and be papered

Just had to say this made me chuckle... any particular preference as to what sort of paper???:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Gingernutty

I love being papered too......:rotfl:

I'm hirsute. Very. :embarasse

Hair - I keep mine in a short style that needs cutting once a month £30 - £40.

Eyebrows - I pluck daily - If I leave it over the weekend and I'm in a hurry for work on Monday, then I just carefully shave my forehead with those dinky little bikini razors. :eek:

Beard and moustache - they're getting darker as I get older and heading towards the menopause - I can still just about get away with shaving every other day. :eek:

Feet - A chirpodist visit once a quarter where the poor girl sets about my feet with a scalpel and what looks like a Dremmel (it's like going to the dentist ) - £30

Dye - Head now and again when there's a special offer on. Baby blonde covers the white hair and blends it in with the red. No more than £10 for two packets.

Eyebrows and eyelashes - again when I can be bothered with little kits you can get in Boots for about £7 each - they'll last about 6 months each.

The skin - contact dermatitis, rosacea AND keratosis pilaris. Seriously, I have to be careful with what I put on there and even when I am I look like a plucked chicken with goosebumps.

No wax (irritant), no depilatatory creams (allergic) and no epilators (I'm a coward for pain) - that leaves shaving.

The fur - the armpits have to be shaved every three to four days as sometimes I can wear quite gauzy blouses you can see through - the rest? Nah. That's just too much shaving gel to waste.

As a very pale redhead a lot of the laser treatments are unsuitable for hair removal and the attempt at electrolysis was just downright horrible. :eek:

Moisturiser - again whatever is on special on top of what ever I've been prescribed this month.

Scrubs - I've got a pair of those scrubby gloves that dangle off shop shelves nearly everywhere.

No make-up and no jewellery (guess who's allergic to chromium?) Nickel allergies are just too, too common these days......:p

Premium brands are also hit and miss - A lot use ginger (irritating and brings me out in a rash) - Me. Allergic to ginger FGS!

Oh and zits. I used to blitz those zits with Oxy until they changed the products, so now I'm on Boots own brand (the one that looks like the Clearsil knock-off). I did have a go with a Soap and Glory self heating scrubby mask thingy but it was too hot and irritating.

The 'down there' hair - stays. It gets a trim now and again.

Empty_pockets

Women spend thir money on some right bloody rubbish.

As a Yorkshireman i don't spend on....

Haircuts
Tea
Coffee
Sugar
Soap
Heating
Clothes
And I certainly don't pay for someone to trim my short n curlys. Bloody weird if you ask me.

**Juice**

I'm totally hit and miss about this stuff - I try and leave my hair (colour and cut) until it's absolutely desperate to have done. Anything else - nails, pedicure, waxing, facials etc I get done randomly when I feel like it. I get my brows threaded every few months and maintain in between.