第1768期:The price of looking and feeling good

How much do you spend on looking after yourself each month? We all like to look and feel good, so it's nice to spend money on ourselves sometimes! You might spend your hard-earned cash on visiting the hairdresser, a gym membership or pampering yourself with a massage.你每个月花多少钱照顾自己？ 我们都喜欢看起来和感觉良好，所以有时花钱在自己身上很好！ 您可能会将辛苦赚来的钱花在理发店、健身房会员资格或享受按摩服务上。When it comes to hair and beauty, the average UK household spends just under 2% of their budget, according to personal finance experts, Nimble Fins. That's about £38 a month if you have an annual salary of £30,000. Areas that were looked at in their survey included toiletries, cosmetics, and related electrical appliances, like hairdryers.根据个人理财专家 Nimble Fins 的数据，在美发和美容方面，英国家庭的平均支出不到预算的 2%。 如果你的年薪为 30,000 英镑，那大约是每月 38 英镑。 他们调查的领域包括洗浴用品、化妆品和相关电器，如吹风机。However, it seems that some people spend much more than that. The booking app for all things aesthetic, Pamperbook, carried out a survey in 2022 of 900 UK salons and freelancers. The results found that female clients who use the app spend, on average, £1,000 per month. The survey showed that the most popular treatments were lashes and lip fillers, while customers frequently visited hair salons for a blow dry.然而，似乎有些人花的钱远不止于此。 2022 年，针对所有美学事物的预订应用程序 Pamperbook 对 900 家英国沙龙和自由职业者进行了一项调查。 结果发现，使用该应用程序的女性客户平均每月花费 1,000 英镑。 调查显示，最受欢迎的护理是睫毛和唇部填充物，而顾客经常去美发沙龙吹干头发。But it's not only women who spend money on beauty. Though men and women visit spas more or less equally, according to the International Spa Association, or ISPA, men spend more on treatments. A national survey in 2019 found that male participants spend more on massages and facials per year than women – £501 to £445. Garrett Mersberger, head of the ISPA, said: "Men are more aware that it's not just a thing I go to to get pampered. It's an actual lifestyle choice with benefits to my body, my wellness."但花钱美容的不只是女性。 根据国际水疗协会 (International Spa Association, ISPA) 的数据，尽管男性和女性去水疗中心的次数大致相同，但男性在治疗上的花费更多。 2019 年的一项全国调查发现，男性参与者每年在按摩和面部护理上的花费高于女性——501 英镑至 445 英镑。 ISPA 负责人 Garrett Mersberger 说：“男性更清楚，我去这不仅仅是为了得到宠爱。这是一种实际的生活方式选择，对我的身体和健康都有好处。”Whether you tend to spend money on these things or not, it can certainly feel good to treat yourself every now and then!无论您是否倾向于在这些东西上花钱，时不时地犒赏一下自己肯定会感觉很好！词汇表look after 护理，善待hairdresser 理发师gym membership 健身房会员pamper 精心护理massage 按摩toiletries 洗漱用品cosmetics 化妆品electrical appliance 电器hairdryer 吹风机aesthetic 美的salon 美容院，美发店client 客户，顾客lash 睫毛lip filler 丰唇blow dry 吹发spa 水疗中心treatment 护理facial 面部护理lifestyle choice 生活方式的选择wellness 健康treat 犒劳