Hi Everyone!
As the new year approaches, I thought I would review my 2019 beauty expenses since I don’t plan to make any beauty purchases in the month of December.
Check out my previous beauty expenses posts:
2017 | 2018
My 2019 Beauty Budget
| Category | Estimate | Actual |
| Skincare | $600 | $700 |
| Primers | 120 | 100 |
| Foundation/Powders/ Sprays | 120 | 225 |
| Concealers | 100 | 150 |
| Eyeliners | 60 | 20 |
| Brows | 100 | 100 |
| Mascara | 100 | 50 |
| Lips | 0 | 90 |
| Blush | 0 | 40 |
| Highlighter | 0 | 75 |
| Bronzer | 0 | 50 |
| Miscellaneous | 600 | 350 |
| TOTAL | $1800 | 1950 |
For my estimated costs for 2019, I didn’t include a section for lip products, blushes, bronzers, highlighters, eyeshadows, nail polish or hair because I already had a lot of things that I wanted to finish before buying new products in those categories. I ended up buying products in the blush/bronzer/lip/highlighter categories though…oops! The miscellaneous section includes hair products, makeup tools, makeup removers, etc.
As you can see, I went $150 over my proposed budget of $1800. I’m going to do my best to get the skincare category from $700 to $500.
My 6 most expensive beauty purchases of 2019:
- Tula Illuminating Face Serum – $83.30 (15% off, bought on TULA Canada before they got rid of the Canadian website)
- Dermalogica Special Cleansing Gel – $73.95 (15% off, bought during Sephora VIB Sale)
- Giorgio Armani Fluid Sheer – $58.65 (15% off on Armani-Beauty.ca)
- Clé de Peau Concealer – $55 (more than 40% off, bought at Shiseido Warehouse Sale)
- Kiehls Creamy Eye Treatment with Avocado – $51 (20% off sale at Kiehls.ca)
- Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Flawless Finish Setting Powder – $49.30 (15% off, bought during Sephora VIB Sale)
Most of my purchases were from Sephora, the drugstore or a brand’s website (e.g. Kiehls.ca, Giorgio Armani Beauty, Smashbox). I only purchased a few items from Winners this year. I’ve tried to cut down on the makeup purchases from Winners because they’re usually discontinued items that I can’t review on Instagram or my blog.
Did you have a beauty budget this year? Did you stay under budget or go over like I did?
Love,
