Let’s
face it. As much as I like to deny it, looks
can sometimes be important. But beauty
treatments, to me at least, have less to do with the beauty side, and more to
do with having a few hours of pampering with the phone turned off, where
nothing else matters.
Problem:
beauty treatments are expensive
Solution:
don’t go to the professionals
In
the past few years, I’ve realised that student salons and spas are just as good
as professional places, will take longer (more relaxation time!) and cost WAY
less.
As a
direct price comparison, last year I spent ₤87
from my birthday money on a haircut, facial, and eyebrow wax at a high-end
salon in London. This year, I’m getting
a haircut, facial, and manicure and will be paying ₤28 pounds.
The
haircut is free because I will be a hair model for a student hairdresser. The facial, at ₤18
pounds, and the manicure, at ₤10,
are cheap because student spas don’t charge for labour, only materials.
Total
savings: ₤59
Hair
modelling opportunities can be found by searching “free haircut” or similar key
words on local internet posting boards such as gumtree in the UK or kijiji in
Canada. Searching for student spas in
your area will turn up results for cheap beauty treatments.
(Note:
the cheapest thing would, of course, be to not get any sort of haircut or
beauty treatments. But I’m unwilling to
give up my yearly birthday pampering)
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