saving money on manicures

I  LOVE gel manicures, they lasts forever and considering the chores that I have to do, normal manicures chip after the first day. But, gel manicures comes with a price. At my new favorite place, it was $18 for single color and if you want to add another color, it's $3 extra. That's $21, plus another $4 tip to make it a nice $25. My gel manicures usually lasts me 3 weeks.  For a year's worth of manicures, that's about $433. Wow, numbers do at up. I actually don't enjoy spending at least an hour at the salon, having nicely manicured hands is what I'm addicted to. I find it soothing to have my cuticles and the dry skin around my nails clipped off. For some reason, it makes my fingers feel lighter.

I'm know a lot of ways to be frugal, most of the times, I just lack the discipline. I've been spending a lot of money on new clothes. I don't feel so bad because I do shop on the clearance tab (online, I hate brick and mortar shopping) with additional discounts off and free shipping of course. So, for the price of one shirt, I get 3. But, that's still money out of my wallet and my over all saving abilities.

So, to make up for spending money on new clothes. I decided to do my own nails and save $25 this time. It's just regular nail polish, so I probably have to redo it more often. It won't cost me any money, just time. Well, that's not all true. I picked up a bottle of Essie a few weeks ago at TJ Maxx on sale for $4.99. It's not a deep discount. There are many nail supplier stores that sell to the public and one that I used to go to sells it for $3.75. Another way to save money without coupons.

The colors: Essie-Tour de France.
SallyGirl Brand- gold flakes

This trend is pretty popular, I love it.

I got this gel manicure, lasted a little over 2 weeks.