Everyone wants to look their best all the time. You feel better about yourself and life in general when you look good. Unfortunately, things that are good for your appearance may not always be good for your pocketbook. To keep yourself in good shape physically and financially you’ll have to find a way to control the costs of haircuts and beauty products.
Clip Coupons – Coupons are a great way to cut costs on more than just groceries. Coupons for beauty products are always prevalent in the coupon circulars from local papers. And some hair salons, such as Great Clips or Custom Cuts, will mail coupons to their customers.
Visit New Salons – New salons are often eager to build a new client base quickly. Store opening specials provide a great opportunity for you to check out a new salon and get a good price.
Learn to Cut Hair Yourself – Now, I’m not suggesting you attempt a complicated layered cut on your own hair, or anything crazy like that. However, if you have young boys who have a basic cut, you can learn to cut it yourself with a good pair of clippers.
Shop Sales at Beauty Supply Stores – By stocking up on your favorite shampoo and/or conditioner, you can use high-end products without spending high-end amounts of money. Beauty Brands, for instance, offers a semi-annual sale that features the liter-sized bottles of shampoo and conditioner. Try to buy enough to last you until the next sale.
Change the Way You Dispense Your Products – Using a pump-dispenser to get a little extra mileage out of your lotion products. Remember that a squirt or two is all you really need of most products and they’ll last much longer.
Go Natural – Many different items in your pantry can be used as beauty products too. Instead of purchasing expensive eye creams, why not try using cucumber slices to relieve puffiness around your eyes? Sugar can be used to make a gentle face scrub. A quick search on the internet will reveal plenty of natural ways to improve your appearance.
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1 Salon Beauty and Beauty Products at Frugal Prices | Recession Hacks // Jul 14, 2008 at 7:38 pm
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2 NH Mom of 3 // Jul 15, 2008 at 9:58 am
One of the ways we’ve saved on cuts is to make appointments at the local beauty school vs at a salon. The students are supervised and we’ve always have good luck!
You can also sign up for email coupons ($1 off an adult cut is usually what I usually receive) from chains like SuperCuts.
My hubby keeps telling me to pick up some clippers to do his hair and the boys, but I just don’t want that pressure! LOL
3 Scott @ The Passive Dad // Jul 15, 2008 at 6:11 pm
My wife has cut my hair since college and I love it. We have gone through two clippers in 15 years and saved hundreds if not thousands on my haircuts. I have gone to get my haircut over the years, but hate to wait and don’t enjoy tipping when I didn’t care for my service. My wife would never let me touch her hair, and I wouldn’t, but imagine the savings that could be had
My wife also cuts our kids hair.
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