Hi Everyone!
Today, I’m reviewing my beauty expenses for 2022. I know we’re more than half way through 2023, but I realized that I forgot to do last year’s beauty expenses.
Check out my previous beauty expenses posts:
2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021
My 2019 Beauty Budget
| Categories | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | TOTAL SPENT (from 2017-22) |
| Makeup | 1300 | 1600 | 1100 | 70 | 250 | 650 | 4970 |
| Miscellaneous | 250 | – | – | 160 | 30 | 400 | 840 |
| Skincare | 450 | 500 | 700 | 230 | 90 | 550 | 2520 |
| Total | 2000 | 2100 | 1800 | 460 | 370 | 1600 | 8330 |
| Planned Purchases | 21% | 50% | 70% | 85% | 78% | 40% | – |
| Impulse Purchases | 79% | 50% | 30% | 15% | 22% | 60% | – |
As you can see from the graphs, I started spending money on beauty products again. There was a significant decrease in 2020 and 2021 because of COVID. The majority of the skincare purchases were the Kiehl’s Ultimate Strength Hand Salve and First Aid Beauty KP Bump Eraser. I’ve been lucky enough to receive skincare products to review. So I haven’t bought many skincare products for my face, but somehow I spent $550 on things like hand cream, body scrubs and pimple patches.
My 6 most expensive beauty purchases of 2022:
- Sephora Collection PRO 8-piece Brush Set – $92.80
- Charlotte Tilbury Eyes to Mesmerize Cream Eyeshadow Trio – $70.20
- Clinique Take the Day Off Cleansing Balm (Value size) – $52
- Uoma Beauty Say What?! Foundation – $50
- Youth to the People Dream Eye Cream with Vitamin C and Ceramides – $49.60
- Anastasia Beverly Hills Soft Glam Palette – $48.80
After seeing how much I spent last year on makeup and skincare, I’m actually quite surprised. It didn’t feel like I spent that much on beauty products. Since we’re in August 2023, I can say that I’ve actually tried my 6 most expensive purchases and I like all of them. I think I’m starting to prefer powder or cream foundations though, so I probably wouldn’t repurchase the Uoma foundation. I like all of the other products though. I haven’t opened the Clinique Take the Day Off Cleansing Balm, but I’ve used it in the past. I really like the Sephora Collection PRO brushes. They’re so soft and fluffy. The ABH eyeshadow palette is a classic, I still need to use it more. I haven’t used the Charlotte Tilbury Eyes to Mesmerize shadows as much as I’d like. I chose more smokey shades and I’ve mostly been going out during the day and prefer to do a natural eye look in the morning.
I’m interested to see my beauty expenses for this year. I think I’ve bought more clothes than beauty products, but we’ll see what happens in the next few months when the Sephora sale and Black Friday/Cyber Monday sales come around lol.
Love,
