# Ladies. What do you spend a month on skin care? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 22, 2012, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-what-do-you-spend-a-month-on-skin-care/641803 "2012-11-22T04:27:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![brainstall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@brainstall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brainstall)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2012, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-what-do-you-spend-a-month-on-skin-care/641803/21 "2012-11-22T14:02:06Z")
I am a faithful, longterm, daily user of Lubriderm lotion on my face, but that’s the limit of my skin care routine. It costs about $10 and I buy one every few months or so, so that would put my budget at about $3 or less per month. ---
**Author:** ![kiz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7feea3/32.png) [@kiz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiz)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2012, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-what-do-you-spend-a-month-on-skin-care/641803/22 "2012-11-22T14:10:13Z")
Jar of organic virgin coconut oil twice a year, if even that? Greatest face/body moisturizer in the world, IMHO. It goes for about $10 at our local health food place. I use knockoff Olay wipes every evening. They go for maybe $6 for a package of 40? I could get double usage by cutting them as somebody upthread mentioned, but I’m lazy. In the morning I just splash cold water on my face. Every few months I’ll buy a tube of generic facial scrub to use in the shower. Maybe $5? I stopped using name-brand products and such a few years ago (I used to be a diehard Origins fan, btw) when I realized that it was silly to pay that much money when there was a reasonably good, less expensive alternative. That’s how I discovered coconut oil. ---
**Author:** ![perfectparanoia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a5b964/32.png) [@perfectparanoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/perfectparanoia)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2012, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-what-do-you-spend-a-month-on-skin-care/641803/23 "2012-11-22T15:13:31Z")
Let’s see 5 bucks every three months for a scrub, 20 bucks every three months for facial moisturizer. Averaging up about 10 bucks a month. I actually get enough free samples of hand lotion to last me for that. I only use it once every couple of days and only in the winter. ---
**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2012, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-what-do-you-spend-a-month-on-skin-care/641803/24 "2012-11-22T15:45:05Z")
$15 a month maybe. I use a [facial bar](http://www.lushusa.com/Fresh-Farmacy/00077,en_US,pd.html?start=1&q=fresh%20farmacy) from Lush twice a day, some toner with [tea tree](http://www.lushusa.com/Tea-Tree-Water/9999900405,en_US,pd.html?start=1&q=tea%20tree%20toner) oil in it and [sunscreen](http://www.neutrogena.com/product/oil-free+moisture+spf+15.do) on top of that. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2012, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-what-do-you-spend-a-month-on-skin-care/641803/25 "2012-11-22T15:54:31Z")
I’m prone to breakouts so I buy special cleansing soap for sensitive skin, and it seems to help. About $8 per month. ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2012, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-what-do-you-spend-a-month-on-skin-care/641803/26 "2012-11-22T16:37:46Z")
I use Caress body wash on my face, it’s about three bucks a bottle. I recently bought a little tub of spme sort of skin cream for an itchy, dry patch of skin behind my knee. It was $7.50, and I expect it will last 6 months or more. I am not high maintenance. ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2012, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-what-do-you-spend-a-month-on-skin-care/641803/27 "2012-11-22T16:46:37Z")
It probably works out to about $35/month, excluding cosmetics. ---
**Author:** ![MLS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@MLS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MLS)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2012, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-what-do-you-spend-a-month-on-skin-care/641803/28 "2012-11-22T16:49:52Z")
It’s part of our normal budget for plain, ordinary soap. I prefer Ivory. In the winter the skin on my legs gets really dry and I buy some cocoa butter as moisturizer. That’s about it. ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2012, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-what-do-you-spend-a-month-on-skin-care/641803/29 "2012-11-22T17:57:29Z")
Maybe $15? I use knock-off face wipes and knock-off good moisturizer on my face. My body gets some kind of body wash and store brand cocoa butter lotion. Now and then, I go nuts and buy some awesome stuff at Lush. They have spectacular after-Christmas sales. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2012, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-what-do-you-spend-a-month-on-skin-care/641803/30 "2012-11-22T18:06:02Z")
I buy a pump bottle of Clean and Clear for three dollars and it lasts a few months for my daughters and me. I made a jar of body scrub with coconut oil and brown sugar last year for my daughter and we’re still using that. It was around ten bucks total. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2012, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-what-do-you-spend-a-month-on-skin-care/641803/31 "2012-11-22T19:19:16Z")
My face wash and toner are maybe $10, but I refill them less than monthly, so it probably works out to $5/mo. I don’t use moisturizers (have oily skin; yes, I’ve heard folks say even people with oily skin should moisturize, but whatever), and I have dark skin, have only been sunburned once in my entire life (yes, I’ve heard folks say even dark skinned folk should wear sunscreen, but whatever) so I skip that whole deal. ---
**Author:** ![Waenara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@Waenara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waenara)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2012, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-what-do-you-spend-a-month-on-skin-care/641803/32 "2012-11-22T22:24:45Z")
I use Philosophy brand lotion ([Hope in a Jar](http://www.sephora.com/hope-in-a-jar-therapeutic-moisturizer-for-dry-sensitive-skin-P12091?skuId=503110), the version for dry sensitive skin). A 2oz jar is $52 (Canadian). In the past I’ve never used anything that expensive. However, the first jar I bought lasted me for two years (I only use a tiny dot on my finger for my entire face). So it averages out to $2.16 per month. I also use Philosophy brand exfoliating scrub (I can’t find it on their website right now). I bought a really big bottle, and I only use it about once per week, so I’ve had it for about a year and I have at least 2/3 of the bottle left. So I’d guess it will average to $1-$2 per month. I don’t wear makeup very often, but I use [Neutrogena oil-free eye makeup remover](http://www.neutrogena.com/product/oil-free+eye+makeup+remover.do); I usually buy it on sale, so about $5 per bottle, maybe one bottle per year. I also use [Cetaphil cleanser](http://www.drugstore.com/cetaphil-gentle-skin-cleanser/qxp16824) to remove makeup on my face; I buy the biggest bottle (16 or 20 oz) for about $10, and it lasts me at least a year. I don’t usually use lotion on my body, but in the winter when my skin is dry I use [Shea butter body butter](http://www.thebodyshop-usa.com/non-visible-categories/bbb-products/body-butter-shea.aspx) from The Body Shop. It’s $19 for a tub, and assuming I use one per year (I actually probably don’t use that much), that’s $1.58 per month. So all together for skin cleansers/exfoliators/lotion I probably spend an average of maybe $7 per month. ---
**Author:** ![brainstall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@brainstall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brainstall)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2012, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-what-do-you-spend-a-month-on-skin-care/641803/33 "2012-11-23T00:38:40Z")
So now I have to ask, **DummyGladHands** , what do you use for skin care that costs a $100 a month? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-what-do-you-spend-a-month-on-skin-care/641803.md?page=1)