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As someone who's beauty-obsessed, it's not hard to overspend. I'm not alone. According to a 2017 survey by online beauty retailer SkinStore, most American women spend up to $300,000 on face products alone in their lifetimes. 

With new product launches, massive sales and a wave of new trends each year, beauty expenses easily add up. But if you're on a budget (who isn't?), you're probably always on the lookout for money-saving tips. Here are four ways I save money on beauty products.

On a Sunday afternoon several years ago, my wife and I sat at our kitchen table, staring glumly at a budget I'd worked up for us.

Even though we were both attorneys at the time, the numbers were ...  less than great. My wife worked at a small law firm, and I worked as a government attorney—good jobs by most standards. But I carried a hefty debt load from law school, and those monthly payments took a serious chunk out of our budget. 

If you have a Parent PLUS loan you’re trying to pay off, chances are you hear the word “no” a lot.

Some of the key protections and perks available to student borrowers are off limits to parents who borrow for their children’s education. That includes student loan forgiveness and income-based repayment. At least, that’s the conventional wisdom ...

You could have filled the courtroom of the U.S. Supreme Court with all the things I didn't know when I started law school.

Chief among them: A law degree is the second most expensive graduate degree in the United States. Law students graduate with an average $140,616 in student loans. 

Ever dreamed about how it would feel to just hand your loans off to someone else? Of course. We all have.

A surprise Good Samaritan probably isn't going to step in and take over your loan payments, but in certain situations, transferring your loan balance may actually be possible. 

A Twitter war recently broke out after author and financial guru Jean Chatzky tweeted out: “By the time you’re 30, you should aim to have 1x your annual income set aside for retirement.” 

She even went on to say that by the time you’re 40 you should have 3x; at 50 it should be 6x; at 60, 8x; and by retirement, 10x. As you can imagine, everyone fired back. And not in a good way.