What Beauty Routines Are Worth It To You?
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Here's a fun little question for today: what beauty or self-maintenance routines actually feel worth it to you these days?
I'm thinking mostly about recurring appointments and upkeep like hair color, facials, Botox, massages, manicures, waxing, lashes, laser treatments, etc. — but I'd also love to hear about anything else that takes regular time, money, or effort and still earns a permanent place in your routine.
Do you:
- color your hair or get root touchups regularly?
- get massages, facials, or other wellness appointments?
- do Botox or other anti-aging treatments? (here's a link to our last discussion on “aging intentionally“)
- keep up with manicures, lashes, waxing, threading, or similar salon maintenance?
- have any standing appointments that take real logistical effort but still feel worth it?
- used to do more upkeep than you do now?
I feel like my own routines have changed a lot over the years. This is partly because life got busier, partly because priorities changed, and partly because aging itself changes the equation. I still love the idea of regular massages, for example, but I get them very irregularly. I used to thread my eyebrows every 6 weeks or so, but one of the strange “perks” of aging is that there's simply less hair growth to manage. Other maintenance issues went away due to choices I made — my laser hair removal worked so well that I almost never think about shaving anymore.
Have your routines changed over time? Have you streamlined things intentionally, or are there services/products you now consider absolutely worth the upkeep?
I get my hair cut about 3 times a year. Otherwise, nothing beyond day-to-day stuff (shaving, home blow out, make up). I’m on the verge of adding a Botox routine, I think. (but it’s so expensive!) Also really tempted to try home eyelash extensions. I hate having to go out for things like that
Same—I refuse to do anything that keeps me on a maintenance schedule. I do get a somewhat expensive moisturizer that I doctor with almond oil. This is the one regular expense I’m ok w.
The only thing I schedule are hair cuts & colors.
Used to do weekly manis and summer biweekly pedis, but got good enough at DIYing during Covid that now I don’t really like getting them done professionally anymore. Someone here described it as “a dentist appointment for your nails” and that is so true.
Oh, that’s how I feel, too! I like my hairdresser a lot so I’ve gotten more comfortable with her, but it’s still a chore. I don’t enjoy staying still while people touch me. I got a massage once and felt completely awkward (and my brain would not shut up) the whole time.
Getting my underarms waxed. I stopped shaving my legs after a year or so in my teen-age years, and I never really needed to in the first place. I didn’t know that the underarm hair would grow back so light and fine –so I can go much longer between waxes than I used to when I shaved.
It’s totally worth it, because my esthetician and I have known each other for so many years now, and she does my eye brows for free!
I’m pretty middle of the road, I think?
I get may hair cut and colored regularly, but it’s mostly because i am covering grays in my early 40s. I use a root spray to stretch out visits, and I probably go every 8 weeks or so.
I also get a monthly manicure. Nothing wild – just a gel overlay on my nails and a solid color. I was a nail biter for years and my natural nails are really flexible, so geting the overlay has improved the way my hands look and just makes me feel good.
Otherwise I am just doing home maintenance for skincare, etc. At 42 I’ve decided that bigger interventions aren’t worth it to me.