Wedding day beauty prep

In the UK beauty treatments are much more affordable (which is arguably bad because the lovely people working in the beauty industry definitely aren't paid enough!) so here the cost is considerably less off putting.

I'm able to do my own nails which saved me a lot and my appoints for my hair (which only needed a trim!) and eyelash extensions would have come to around £70, but I ended up having to cancel both those appointments as I had covid in the run up to the wedding

Honestly I would just compartmentalise the costs as part of the overall cost of having a wedding!

I wax my own brows, dip my own nails, do my own spray tans. That's how I'm with you, I'd love to be one of those girls who look flawless 24/7 but I'd much rather have experiences. Doing it myself allows me to feel/look a bit nicer without going broke! I wish I could have extensions, can't quite justify that one yet lol

My typical splurge on myself is getting my hair done every 6 weeks, so I'll be going in a few days before the wedding to get it freshly dyed. I'm fortunate enough to have pretty long hair, so I don't need to worry about extensions! As far as everything else goes, I'm purchasing some reusable fake nails to put on myself at home the night before. I'm too hard on my hands and I've messed up any manicure I've ever gotten, so I don't trust that I won't mess something up setting up on Friday. I'll probably add a pedicure to my hair day though.

If I had extra money I probably would've tried to get 2 or 3 facials in the months leading up. I've just been trying to keep up with my skincare routine at home better than normal lol.

I'm getting my nails done for the wedding, but I usually just do my own. Same goes for my hair, I'll usually just get a major chop, let it go until it's grown out and I get sick of it, then repeat the whole process over again. Plus I have bangs, so that pretty much guarantees my eyebrows are an afterthought lol. Makeup is my one indulgence, but most of the stuff I use doesn't need to be replaced often enough that it becomes a major expense.