STYLETHREAD -- LET'S TALK SHOP!

bluediamond · Dooney & Bourke

How much you you spend montly on personal care?

gingembre1 · Kate Spade

Oh, are we counting gym fees? I guess dance team fees count too then... Umm... I spend between $145 and $200 a month. YIKES!

JoceyBaby23 · Gucci

Prob around $150. I am a product whore and my gym is pretty expensive. (not a good combo)

KaffeeKlatsch · Marc Jacobs

Wow! Not much compared to you gals! But...I don't go to the salon ever...or the gym...I just get my exercise with my toddler and keep my hair the same most of the time. I don't get manis or pedis cause they just wouldn't last on me. And I use mostly drugstore products with some MK thrown in since I sell the stuff.

So I probably spend less than $20 unless I go nuts and get some new makeup.

Dizzy · Marc Jacobs

It used to be about $150 a month. Now it's well under $20 (including feminine products). Y'all, I feel so ugly some days -no mani, no pedi, no facial, home hair color, cheapo self-tanner (when I remember to apply it). At least I have free gym membership from school or I'd be fat too

-- Edited by Dizzy at 17:12, 2006-02-09

bluediamond · Dooney & Bourke

I forgot to add my yearly tanning expenses, its about $90 for 3 months not including two bottles of lotion at $45 a pop. Boy, i guess its way over $300....

greendiamond · Marc Jacobs

$150-$200. Luckily my mother in law is an aestitian (sp?) so that saves me tons, because my hair color, cut, and nail maintenance is free! If it weren't I'd be spending closer to $400. YIKES!

My two favorite stores are Sephora and Beauty First, so that really racks up the cost. Oh, are we counting vitamins? That will up it too. Good god, I spend a ton on personal care!

-gd

needsfashionadvice · Kate Spade

My gym is only $16 a month because my work pays for most of it and I don't spend more than $30 on hair care/skin care a month so I probably average about $50/month.

Liz · Kenneth Cole

JoceyBaby23 wrote:

Prob around $150. I am a product whore and my gym is pretty expensive. (not a good combo)

Ditto. And I hardly ever go to the gym, but won't cancel my membership because then I will be admitting to myself that I will never have abs like pre-baby Gwen Stefani and will just have to be content with my abs looking like present with-child Gwen.

I just can't let the dream die for some reason.

halleybird · Hermes

usually less than $20, and not even that. BUT every 10 weeks or so, I get my hair cut & colored and my eyebrows waxed, which runs me about $130.

small fry · Chanel

hair cut/color/ brows waxed 66.00 My hair products it last me a while so I buy them every 8 weeks they run about 31.00.Other stuff I would say about 20.00(face cleanser, body lotion etc. )

-- Edited by kaykay at 08:07, 2006-02-10

lilyann · Dooney & Bourke

Id estimate about 50.00 a month- easy.

Lilykind · Hermes

Um...$225...and that's going without manis, pedis, regular waxing, a facial and the haircuts every 6-8 weeks like I should. Meaning I still look like crap 75% of the time . I still cheap out on tons of things (shampoo, body stuff is all drugstore). I should note that $110 of that is my gym...but still I never realized how expensive my taste and living in LA can get.

NCshopper · Hermes

Somewhere in the $50-$100 range.

I get a haircut ($40) every 6-8 weeks and other than that I'm pretty low-maintenance. My prescription skin care stuff drives the cost up.

Chloegirl · BCBG

Less than $20. I'm pretty low maintenance and do it myself as far as beauty regimens. Well, except for trimming my hair. I do let a professional do that! So the estimate goes up to $50 for the months that I have to get my hair cut, but that's probably the highest I get up to.

Jahni · Dooney & Bourke

I would say probably around $150 for gym, tanning, mani, pedi, and other random stuff.

I'm really lucky, my mom owns a salon so all of my hair care and eyebrow waxing is free, if that weren't the case I'd probably be WELL over $300 just in products and dye jobs alone...

theotherjess · Chanel

I spend hardly anything in the beauty department. Every once in a while I get new makeup but it's usually from the drugstore or MAYBE something from Sephora. I don't really cut my hair all that often because they always cut it too short. Last time I went I had it cut like bex's hair and it looked soooo cute (for once, a haircut I liked!), but I want long hair for the summer, so no haircuts for right now. I haven't waxed my eyebrows in forever, either (which I really should, I guess). So between $0-$20 a month. I honestly would rather spend my $ on clothes and food than beauty.

bumblebee · Coach

i think i'm somewhere around $250/month on average, and most of that is hair appointments--i go for a cut and highlights ever 6-8 weeks and gym and exercise classes. i never get waxed anymore and only occasionally go for a mani/pedi, maybe once a month or so.

bex · Chanel

oh wow.... lets calculate and divide, shall we?

approx. $1000 on hair appts in a year

approx. $500 on manicures

approx. $250 on pedicures

approx. $250 on facials and massages

and i think i'll stop there... because i am at $166 per month and i haven't included any products or gym memberships or yoga class fees....

ack!

kenzie · Chanel

I spend the most money on products for my hair and that's only b/c I have to because of how long and ridiculously thick my hair is. I use a bottle of conditioner a week and a bottle of shampoo every two weeks. I also use a bottle of Ocean Waves a week. I probably spend around $70 just on hair products. I use Brilliant Brunette shampoo and conditioner.

Other than that, I don't really spend a whole lot. I'm not really into make-up and I'll only buy it if I run out of something. I do love lipgloss, though. I still don't buy that very often. I also don't get manicures, unless it's a special occasion b/c I would just wreck it. I usually give myself pedicures, so that's cheap.

As for anything else, I don't really do anything regularly in a salon. So, I think that I probably spend around $100, including the aforementioned hair products.