Cardi B Drops $1,200 on Her Hair and Nails in a Single Sitting
Celebrities have the means to spend a lot more on beauty rituals that the average person, but even though that's common knowledge, it's still pretty shocking when actual dollar amounts are revealed. Cardi B took to Instagram this weekend to share how much she spends on her nails and hair — and she's not complaining.
"We getting more expensive boo boo," she says in the caption of the video, which appears to take place in the backseat of a moving vehicle. "Lemme tell y'all motherfuckers something. It's getting more and more expensive — nah, for real — it's getting more expensive to maintain us women," she starts.
"You know, this is not the early 2000s and shit where you give a bitch $100 to get her motherfucking hair done, nails done, her eyebrows done, whatever. Nah. Let me tell you something — like, bitches is not getting the $17 full set with three free nail designs, motherfucker," Cardi says, noting that she not only gets gels, she gets Swarovski crystals on her gels. "So that about there is like about $200, feet and nails. You know what I'm saying?" If I'm being honest, I do not know what she is saying. I've never dropped more than $80 on a mani-pedi appointment, but that's just me.
As for hair, Cardi reminds us that "We're not in the era where bitches do the blowouts, you know what I'm saying, or the sew-ins and shit. No, a bitch want the whole full-lace wig. The wig is about $800, $500, it really depends where you get it from," she says, adding that the styling fee will run you another $200 to $300. "So just on that is $1,000. So what's good?"
That's actually less than some sources have reported about wig- and extension-based celebrity hairstyles. Back in May, stylist Kellon Deryck told Page Six that the super-long look, of which Cardi is rocking a purple version in the video, can run as much as $6,000. So at $1,000, perhaps Cardi is actually getting a deal.
Hair and nails aren't the only beauty splurge Cardi has made. Not long after posting the cost-breakdown video, she shared another video of herself using those crystal-coated fingertips to break into some crab on a private jet. And what is she biting down on that crab with? According to her caption, "Good veneers."
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