cost of female beauty/upkeep?

[Anonymous]

I think the problem is that young women have to spend more to figure out what works for them. It’s not just maintenance, eg buying the same shampoo over and over. It’s trying a new moisturizer and then realizing on your skin, it pills.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:$75 a month means she's using too much product when she applies it. She needs to look for dupes of her products that are cheaper also - Trader Joe's sells dupes, as does the local chain drugstore, Target, etc.

This. She shouldn’t need to buy each of these things every month. TJs products are good products done for the private label, so they are high quality. A teenager also doesn’t need as much skincare as an older person. This is a good time to teach her that influencers are almost always sponsored and their purpose is to get impressionable people to buy. You should buy her the basics (shampoo, conditioner, deodorant, toothpaste etc) and she either spends her own money on the other or you give he a sum of money that’s discretionary each month that is for all things (eating out, clothing, etc) and it’s up to her if she chooses to spend it on makeup. There are a billion YouTube videos out there on dupes for higher end products and you don’t need 15 blushes or lipsticks. One or two will do.

Yep - at 17 if she doesn't smoke, wears sunscreen, drinks water and gets decent sleep she shouldn't need much skincare at all.

Uh, what? Has everyone in this thread lost their minds? Teens need a lot of skin care help because of TEEN ACNE.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think the problem is that young women have to spend more to figure out what works for them. It’s not just maintenance, eg buying the same shampoo over and over. It’s trying a new moisturizer and then realizing on your skin, it pills.

older women, too!

[Anonymous]

So once you figure out what works for you, do you have a sense of how much you spend monthly on stuff for your hair and face?

Is it more like $25/month or $150/month?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So once you figure out what works for you, do you have a sense of how much you spend monthly on stuff for your hair and face?

Is it more like $25/month or $150/month?

It can be nothing or $1000 - it's determined largely by your budget! I think you are on the right track giving your daughter a clothes and beauty allowance, and letting her figure it out. She can supplement with a job, if she wants to. Let her learn how to prioritize and ration limited resources.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:$75 a month means she's using too much product when she applies it. She needs to look for dupes of her products that are cheaper also - Trader Joe's sells dupes, as does the local chain drugstore, Target, etc.

What do you think is a reasonable amount?

As an example, I use organic coconut oil to moisturize my body (not face) and deep condition my hair. It's from Trader Joe's. One jar lasts me half a year, if not longer. It's the best moisturizer I've ever used in over four decades.

Coconut oil doesn't absorb into my skin at all it just lays on top of it making me look greasy and shiny not everyone can use this it's even worse in my hair it won't rinse out.

[Anonymous]

You don't buy a lot of those things monthly so I think $25-$30 is totally reasonable for that age. Shampoo and make up lasts a long time too.

[Anonymous]

We do $100/quarter for beauty products. That's $33/mo. Plus she has $200 quarter for clothes, including shoes and winter coats. She also does a lot of thrifting and then she sells what she is no longer wearing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So once you figure out what works for you, do you have a sense of how much you spend monthly on stuff for your hair and face?

Is it more like $25/month or $150/month?

It can be nothing or $1000 - it's determined largely by your budget! I think you are on the right track giving your daughter a clothes and beauty allowance, and letting her figure it out. She can supplement with a job, if she wants to. Let her learn how to prioritize and ration limited resources.

She's off to college in 6 months and will be on her own for spending money for things like that. I'm just trying to help her figure out what is a reasonable budget.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So once you figure out what works for you, do you have a sense of how much you spend monthly on stuff for your hair and face?

Is it more like $25/month or $150/month?

It can be nothing or $1000 - it's determined largely by your budget! I think you are on the right track giving your daughter a clothes and beauty allowance, and letting her figure it out. She can supplement with a job, if she wants to. Let her learn how to prioritize and ration limited resources.

She's off to college in 6 months and will be on her own for spending money for things like that. I'm just trying to help her figure out what is a reasonable budget.

I think $25/month would be more than generous, if you're paying for it - and when she wants to spend more, she can save or work for it. If you want to be even more generous, $50 a month should cover everything she needs and then some.

[Anonymous]

The price of drugstore items has gone up - so ten bucks maybe gets one makeup item, if that. However, each item should be lasting much more than a month. I think thr poster with $100 a quarter is in a good place, and if your daughter wants to try more fun makeup, she gets a job.

Does she have certain expensive products that she likes? Maybe post them here as we can suggest dupes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So once you figure out what works for you, do you have a sense of how much you spend monthly on stuff for your hair and face?

Is it more like $25/month or $150/month?

It can be nothing or $1000 - it's determined largely by your budget! I think you are on the right track giving your daughter a clothes and beauty allowance, and letting her figure it out. She can supplement with a job, if she wants to. Let her learn how to prioritize and ration limited resources.

I think spending $150 or so twice a year at most for makeup would be fairly generous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:$75 a month means she's using too much product when she applies it. She needs to look for dupes of her products that are cheaper also - Trader Joe's sells dupes, as does the local chain drugstore, Target, etc.

This. She shouldn’t need to buy each of these things every month. TJs products are good products done for the private label, so they are high quality. A teenager also doesn’t need as much skincare as an older person. This is a good time to teach her that influencers are almost always sponsored and their purpose is to get impressionable people to buy. You should buy her the basics (shampoo, conditioner, deodorant, toothpaste etc) and she either spends her own money on the other or you give he a sum of money that’s discretionary each month that is for all things (eating out, clothing, etc) and it’s up to her if she chooses to spend it on makeup. There are a billion YouTube videos out there on dupes for higher end products and you don’t need 15 blushes or lipsticks. One or two will do.

Yep - at 17 if she doesn't smoke, wears sunscreen, drinks water and gets decent sleep she shouldn't need much skincare at all.

Uh, what? Has everyone in this thread lost their minds? Teens need a lot of skin care help because of TEEN ACNE.

Not all teens have acne. My sister and I never did, my brother struggled for a long time.

[Anonymous]

Please buy CLEAN products. We are surrounded by too much toxins already, they contribute to diseases of inflammation and hormonal problems.

I am very low maintenance and use very few (and very little) products, but I buy non-toxic, clean products that are more expensive.

Probably about $50 a month just for myself, for a minimalist routine. I have no problems buying the same for any child of mine. I don’t want to contaminate them while they’re so young.

The thing is that teens want to experiment, do of course it will cost more to try additional products. That would be fine with me too - my only requirement is that they only have clean ingredients.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Does she have certain expensive products that she likes? Maybe post them here as we can suggest dupes.

Naturium Sensitive Skin Body Wash seems to be one of the pricer items. $13

Makeup Remover - Garnier Micellar Cleansing Water. not expensive, maybe $4

LaRoche Posay Purifying foaming cleanser-- about $15

Native shampoo and conditioner. About $10 each so $20

so that's about $52 right there.