The Cost of Beauty

It is truly amazing how much someone will spend on products to make themselves look beautiful. Woman and girls today are willing to pay extraordinary amounts of money on their nails, hair, eyebrows, make-up, and more. How far or how much are some of these woman willing to pay for beauty?

Acrylic nails cost anywhere from $30-$40 dollars. But these nails do not last forever; they look good about two weeks, then one must get them filled-- purchasing the whole package will cost another $30 or $40. The entire package includes the fill, the nail polish color change, the top coat, the filing, and the extra designs one might want added.

Extra designs usually cost around five dollars per fingernail, and on all ten nails, that adds up to around $50 on top of the $30-$40 already in them.

Let's just say that someone just got the regular nail kit at $30 and refilled them every two weeks for a year. The total cost for acrylic nails adds up to $720. That is because one is looking at about $60 a month on acrylic nails. These prices are outrageous.

Make-up is another beauty tool that costs so much money. Buying foundation, powder, bronzer, concealer, eyeshadow, eyeliner, mascara, blush, and lip gloss or lipstick adds up in a hurry. All of these beauty items cost around six to eight dollars a piece-- much more at department stores. You must buy these products at least every three months. Bought all at once, the price tag is about $63.

Not only do girls and women get their nails done and buy make-up, they also get their hair done. They dye their hair and cut it-- sometimes all at once. It cost around $70-$80 to get your hair dyed and $30 to get your hair cut (far more in a larger community). That adds up to about $110 every two to three months to get your hair done. Do thatsix times a year, and you will be spending around $660  On top of that, if you get your eyebrows waxed every two weeks-- at about $10-12 per session-- and you're looking at another $120 a year.

This is just an estimate of the cost of beauty. On an annual basis, all these products and services add up to about $1013. This is an appalling amount of money, though it might not seem like it at the time.

Therefore, we should ask ourselves before spending our money whether it is really worth it.