Are you gals "high maintence" or not?

[mccartygirl]

Being the only real high maintenance girl here I don't think you gals are a bunch of slobs. I think it's great that everyone does their hair color at home. I don't color my hair but if I did I might try it at home. Just different thoughts on things. I do my DD pedis at home. I'm in trouble because 2 she loves getting her nails done!

I was going to get a personal trainer a few months ago, way too expensive in our area. $70/hour! I thought that was ridiculous for me to pay since I know what to do. Did it before had DD, I can do it again. Plus 1/2 the personal trainers at my gym are fat. How can I take someone serious when they're trying to get me in shape and they're in worse shape than I am?

[Fizgig]

I figure it's not really about money, it's about effort. I'm kinda like Shawni - I do my hair, makeup, nails, and try to dress nicely yet on a budget. I shop the sales, buy mostly classic pieces that stay in style, and take care of my appearance. Maybe once or twice a year I'll get a manicure or a pedicure, but usually I do it myself and only to go the salon for haircuts.

For skin care, I've found some really good drugstore products that I think are better than the expensive things I've tried sometimes in the past.

Most of my friends color their hair, but I just cannot handle dropping $100+ every six weeks.

[baselle]

Originally Posted by mccartygirl

I was going to get a personal trainer a few months ago, way too expensive in our area. $70/hour!

Wow, you mean that something's cheaper in Seattle? Geez! Only 60$ for us.

[contrary1]

definately not. used to be...........but had a moment years ago when it just hit me .............both time & money could be saved if I made some changes.
Decided to ditch the contacts for my glasses...........stopped coloring my hair and quit with the make up. What a liberating feeling. I've never thought I wanted to go back, for me, all those things would be a waste of my time..........and money.

[kashi]

I love makeup but don't wear much of it, get my hair cut and colored a few times a year, like to wear nice-looking clothes in public, love shoes, have never had a manicure or a pedicure, and would rather be wearing my pajamas right now.

[Ima saver]

I have always colored my hair, for over 30 something years. It costs me about $6, so I guess I have saved a lot of money if people are paying $100. Wow!!

[naturallyadiva]

I do not consider myself high maintenance. Im in college and I see the girls walking around with Coach this and that. I refuse to pay that much money for anything. Me, I do not walk around like a bag lady but I always shop sales and clearance racks. I love the thrift store as well. Im an accessories freak so that helps me out with changing the look of my outfits. I also use Ebay when buying clothing for myself. I have family members that are beauticians so if i need a trim or color i can get it for free. Mani's and pedi's are not my style. I have all the stuff here to do my own.

I love make up as well. But believe im not paying 12 dollars for foundation. I always check Target because they have their make up own clearance. I found some revlon foundation for 2.64 originally 10.00! And big lots as well.

[seaar2000]

No I am not high maintence. Do not have my nails done, color my own hair, when I do buy clothes they better be 75% off. A couple a weeks ago I went into Meijer and they marked all their tops down to $2.00 each. Bought about 14 of them. I feel like a queen. Haven't bought myself clothes in a LONG time. Get my haircut about five to six times a year but go to a beauty school that cuts it for $7.00. Won't cut my own hair or I would look like a shaggy dog. Get my hair permed about two to three times a year. Also, done at the beauty school. When Big Lots were going out of business I bought alot of there shampoo next to nothing. I'm I high maintenance? NO! But, I can say I do look nice all the time without the high cost!

[Thrifty Ray]

Ima Saver...I just had a funny thought....those friends who are high maintenance, and have to have shoes that match their purse and vis-versa...Heck, there are alot of days Im lucky if my socks match...lol (right now I am wearing one halloween bootie (bright orange) and a black knee sock)

Socks could be a whole blog on their own!!!

[bharman]

I guess I'm medium maintenance. I do my own fingers and toes... I used to get pedi's but I decided that they didn't do it "up to my standards" and it got expensive. I'm a perfectionist about my nails. I do my fingernails 1-2 times per week and my toes every two weeks. I spend money on good base and top coat but always use a coupon at Ulta (at least $3.50 or 20% off), but I usually find the color nail polish on sale. I only use OPI because it lasts longer. I do my fingers clear and my toes colored.

I get my hair done 4 X's per year at around $65 a pop for cut and color from my neighbor. She does a wonderful job.

I wear make-up whenever I leave the house. I sell Arbonne, so I use those products and get them at 80% off.

I always buy clothes on sale but at Gap, Old Navy or Macy's. I probably spend $600 a year on clothes. I have to dress nicely for work, and I just really like clothes and shoes.

So, I guess I always keep myself looking nice but at a fairly low cost.

[BCHGRL]

It depends on whose standards you compare me against. If you are comparing me to my mother-in-law I am high maintenance. She wears sweats to work. I wear business/business casual. I own more than one skirt and one pair of heels. Comes with the territory of having a job in business. She is a caretaker at a home with mentally disabled.

If you compare me to my mom, I am a low maintenance kind of chick. She used to accompany me on business trips. One trip, she forgot her cosmetics, so we had to go 2 hours to her house to get it before we started our 6-hr drive. If I go to her house to stay the night I might bring a toothbrush of my own and borrow her clothes since we are the same size, but she brings 2-3 bags to my home and she already keeps quite a bit of beauty supplies here. I love her to death though!

I USED to get my nails done, USED to get pedis, USED to buy clothes, jewelry, etc. I ditched all that when I became a homeowner. Don't ask me why, other than I just realized that I don't need all that. Maturity I guess. At 27, my financial habits are completely different than how I was at 23 years old!

PS - My wedding is one week and two days away!!! I will for sure be high maintenance that day!

[BCHGRL]

I forgot to mention that when I gave up all that high maintenance stuff, I also lost 30 lbs (when I decided to live a disciplined life and not be so self-indulgent). I actually look much better now than I did when I was high maintenance!

[joesbaby]

i guess im more like..low cost high maintence..i like to look nice if i go out or to work. but..i cringed when my mom bought me a new dress last week for $60. but i love the dress, and its the first new thing ive had in months. i have lots of clothes and i get most of them cheap. i have lots of makeup, but ive got them cheaper. but mom also got my hair done for my birthday..it cost her about 100 for a perm and a cut. but i wont have to have my hair done again for about 2 yrs.ill let it all grow back out and donate it again to locks of love. so im saying, im med maintence.

if that is such a thing. lol.

[zoe]

Definitely not... With kids it's hard to find the money and motivation to spend on clothes and looks, you can always find something more important! But when I go out of the house I try to scrub-up as best I can...

[Ima saver]

Ray, that is funny about your socks not matching. I only buy one color, black, to wear in the winter to keep my feet warm.
One thing I would have to go and buy if I was traveling and left it at home, is cold cream. I have been washing my face and putting cold cream on it since I was 15. I don't know if it has helped, but I could pass for 10 years younger.

[nanamom]

I keep pushing back the age where I will start wearing make up on a regular basis. I earned my grey highlights. If you are looking hard enough and close enough to see my wrinkles then you had better be closely related or my DH may have something to say to you. My wardrode is getting a much needed remake as I sew and have been given or inherited alot of material so that is free except for the electricity for the machine. I do require hot hot water for an occasional bath (the rest of the baths can be just very warm) but since we don't pay for water, just to heat it that isn't much. Now about time I am a bit higher maintenance. My DH spends lots of time with his best friend (me) and that is great. We dont' have to be spending money, walks and board games and library movies or reading th eBible together or talking or... Then there is the time spent opening my door and holding my coat and I guess I am high maintenance, just not expensive mantenance.

[Ima saver]

I think my husband would have liked it if I spend more time and money on my appearance. He loved to go clothes shopping with me and sit while I try on clothes.

[PrincessPerky]

My DH is the one who buys all my clothes! Though I have only tested him on the 'watch me try on a billion things' before kids, I don't think he would like it now with three kids pestering him!

[frugalfarmwife]

Low, low low maintenace here! I did my days of high maintenance and have found that other things are more important. I buy thrift store for clothes and shampoo on sale. I work at home on the farm so would just ruin expensive clothes

kj

[Tree0164]

I am medium maintenance. On a daily basis I don't wear make-up, and usually my hair is towel dried. My usual wears are jeans and a sweater. When I do go out I usually dress up, put make-up on.