If there’s one thing a woman will spend her money on it’s on herself. Each year the average woman in the UK spends around £2,000 on pamper products that she believes will help her look good. The beauty market is huge and ranges from clothes, cosmetics, hair care products, nails, spa treatments and aromatherapies. But with hard times hitting us all and the future not promising to be brighter for some time, is there a way to maintain a general sense of well being and continue to look good?

Without doubt beauty products and cosmetics come at a price and some can be so expensive that it would have to be pretty justifiable to blow the weekly grocery budget on a small pot of anti wrinkle crème. Thankfully the market for beauty products and cosmetics is so vast that the difference in cost from one end to another is literally huge. With this in mind looking good can be done on a budget.

When it comes to taking care of your hair, your skin and even your health there are a few things you can do that are completely free. The first thing you need to do is to have an understanding of how you body works, what it needs to function and then adapt a sensible approach. Changing your dietary habits and exercising regularly are fundamental musts when it comes to taking care of how you look and more importantly how you feel.

Basic hygiene is something that should be carried out every day and is step one of the cheapest beauty regime of all. As far as products go you do not need to fall into the trap of buying the most luxurious just because a top A- Lister is in the advert. Choose wisely and look out for those lesser known brands that can do just as good a job if not better.