How much SA women are splurging on hair, nails, eyebrows and skin treatments
How much should you spend each month on beauty? From brow shaping to facials, we asked five Adelaide women to reveal their beauty budgets.
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With the pandemic up-ending our ability to splurge on overseas holidays, many people have redirected their discretionary budgets to self care, but how much are they actually spending on beauty treatments?
Latest national economic statistics reveal that we didn’t hold back – some women are spending up to $1900 a month.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics found spending in the personal services industry, including hairdressing and beauty salons, grew by 15.4 per cent – the fastest quarterly growth ever for that industry.
With a wide range of services available and the beauty industry booming, we asked five Adelaide women what they spent on self-care each month.
ANDREA ARANIBAR
Restaurant manager, The Alchemists Kitchen
Age: 32
Estimated beauty monthly spend: $1120 – $1970
Andrea Aranibar used to travel overseas at least five times a year. After Covid saw borders closed, she decided to redirect her income to a different form of self care – beauty and skin treatments.
With her excess time and money, Ms Aranibar decided to tackle a skin condition that she had been battling – rosacea with the help of the Advertiser’s winner of SA’s Best Skin Specialist, Sabrina Watts from SKIN Aesthetics Clinique.
After an initial $200 skin consultation, Ms Watts put Ms Aranibar on the road to recovery.
Now Ms Aranibar indulges in a cocktail of skin treatments from $170 detox facials to $500 radio frequency skin needling, all in the name of a flawless complexion.
“(Self care) is extremely important,” Ms Aranibar said, “I feel like you’re more confident.”
A staple in Ms Aranibar’s self care routine is her eyelash extensions which she religiously gets done once every two weeks, at $75 each time.
“I will never get rid of them,” she said.
As a former Jetstar ground crew member, Ms Aranibar said that having her eyelashes made getting ready for her red-eye shifts bearable.
“I would just put on my foundations and that’s it, all done.”
Working in the bustling hospitality industry can leave your hair fried from the constant high ponytails to the heat in the kitchen, so to prevent damage Ms Aranibar stops at her hairdresser once a week for a $55-$65 blow-dry.
“I feel good when my hair is clean,” she said.
So what’s the official breakdown?
ANDREA’S BEAUTY BUDGET
Skin consultation = $200 (one-off)
Detox facial = $170
Skin needling = $350-$500 (per session, about one session a month) or
Radio frequency skin needling = $350-$500 (per session, about one session a month)
Skincare products around $80
Other spending
Weekly blow-dry = $55 a week straight, $65 a week for curls
SNS manicure = $50
Lip injections = $50 ($600 for 1ml, once every 12 months)
Anti-wrinkle injections frown and forehead = $50 ($300 once every six months)
Eyelash extensions = $150 (twice a month, $75 each session)
Estimated monthly total = $1120 – $1970
MATHILDE WARNE
Law clerk
Age: 24
Estimated beauty monthly spend: $772 – $1372
As a law clerk Mathilde Warne relishes her down time, making time for her daily skincare and make-up rituals as well as treatments and appointments.
“As part of my self care, I like to attend to these different aspects of my health and beauty,” Ms Warne said, “They help me to feel refreshed and I can also express myself creatively by changing my hairstyle or trying new make-up and nail trends.”
Keeping the changes coming, Ms Warne is always sporting a new nail colour, $60, or hairstyle for $317.
BEAUTY BUDGET
Haircut – cut, colour, blow dry = $317
Eyebrow and eyelash lift and tint = $150
SNS manicure with tips = $60
Laser hair removal underarm/bikini = $60
Skincare products = $500 for six months of products
Make-up products = $500 for six months of products
Teeth whitening = $600 for treatment and $15 once a month upkeep
Estimated monthly total = $772 – $1372
JACINTA SIZE
Support worker
Age: 24
Estimated beauty monthly total: $225
Jacinta Size has a job that constantly places her in high-stress situations. To help her be the best version of herself at work, Ms Size takes time to step back and relax, usually in the form of a $75 full body massage.
“I love my routine because it allows a bit of me time,” Ms Size said.
“It breaks up the stresses life throws at me.”
BEAUTY BUDGET
SNS manicure = $55
Pedicure = $35
Full body massage = $75
Haircut = $60
Estimated monthly total = $225
SARAH EASSON
Legal assistant and law student
Age: 23
Estimated monthly beauty spend:$240
As she juggles study at law school and her work as a legal assistant, Sarah Easson ensures she takes moments out of her schedule to decompress and pamper herself.
“I practise self care because it helps me to relax and feel good about myself,” Ms Easson said.
Ms Easson enjoys expressing herself through her often vibrant nail colours, a spend of $50 a month.
BEAUTY BUDGET
Manicure = $50
Laser hair removal underarm/bikini = $30
Haircut = $90
Skincare products = $40
Make-up products = $30
Estimated monthly total = $240
ROSIE BYRT
Research assistant
Age: 24
Estimated monthly beauty spend: $145
After taking acne medication roaccutane for a year and a half, Rosie Byrt has been forced to strip down her skincare and beauty routine to the bare basics, which she said has worked miracles.
“I’ve found that less is more and the more simple the product is, the less likely I’m going to have a reaction,” she said.
Despite her simple routine, Ms Byrt still stresses the importance of self care and taking the time to indulge yourself.
“Roaccutane made my skin sensitive to the sun and extremely dry, so I now prioritise moisture and SPF,” she said.
BEAUTY BUDGET
Haircut = $75
Skincare products = $40
Make-up products = $30
Estimated monthly total = $145
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