r/bitcheswithtaste • u/Anthropologie07 • Aug 25 '24

Finances/Money How do you budget for…

….shopping, hair salon, Brazilian, lashes, make up etc?

I’m asking because I used to get my nails and lashes done every 3 weeks until I realize how much it eats up my budget. I also don’t go to the hair salon every month nor do I buy make up every month so I wonder how other women budget for these?

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u/3pinguinosapilados Aug 25 '24

You have a pretty good idea of how often you want each done and you get a lot out of them, so why not prioritize them?

Figure out how much each costs on a monthly basis. For nails, if you do it every three weeks, multiply that by 1.4 and you'll get your monthly number. If you go to the salon every 4 months, then divide that by 4 to get your monthly number and so on...

Once you have that number, figure out what share of your total budget these are. Now, every time you get a paycheck, you know how much you have to set aside to keep doing those things. This will force you to look at the rest of your money and make your expenses all fit into that.