Americans have tightened their budget belts and settled in to ride out this economic downturn, giving up things that are considered non-essential pampering of ourselves. But you don't have to give up everything you enjoy, you just need to know where to find pamper services are provided cheaply.
You don't have to look past your local beauty college to find manicures and hair cuts and styles done cheaply. The student nail salon at most beauty colleges offer hand pampering manicures for a fraction of mainstream nail salons.
Hair cuts, perms, colors and styles can be done by beauty college students fro a fraction of the cost at most hair salons. You don't have to worry about the results you will have at a beauty college any more than your usual apprehension of going to favorite salon. A certified hair or nail tech/teacher is on premise, supervising the beauty college students as they pamper you.
Check out your local beauty college, see what pamper services they provide cheaply. You just might see some of your old hair salon friends there pampering themselves cheaply as well.