Budget used · Skincare Intelligence
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The split,
not a worksheet.
Monthly ceiling. Already committed. What's used this month. Protected floors. Flexible money. Annual reality.
Where these numbers come from
- Ceiling and committed
- Yours, typed here. Nothing is observed, and nothing is checked against a receipt.
- Used this month
- Estimated from what each product costs and how often you use it — the same figure the routine board reports. A planning number, not an invoice. A bottle that outlasts the estimate makes this number wrong in your favour, which is the direction we would rather be wrong in.
- Floors
- The lines that are not cut first. Sunscreen is a volume problem before it is a product problem — a good one applied thinly protects less than a cheap one applied properly — and barrier care is what makes everything else tolerable. Both lose last. Scenarios only move what is left once committed spend is set aside.
The month, in figures
Monthly ceiling
$180
Already committed
$84
Used this month
$42.67
Flexible money
$96
Annual reality
$2,160
Allocation architecture
One month's ceiling under Balanced desk, in proportion. The bar and the list below it are the same six figures — the numbers are there for whichever of the two you read.
- 1. Cleansers & basics: $26.88, 15% of the ceiling.
- 2. Treatments & actives: $28.52, 16% of the ceiling.
- 3. Barrier & moisture: $35.20, 20% of the ceiling.
- 4. SPF & sun care: $30.56, 17% of the ceiling.
- 5. Professional / clinic buffer: $42.24, 23% of the ceiling.
- 6. Restock & contingency: $16.60, 9% of the ceiling.
- Cleansers & basics$26.88
- Treatments & actives$28.52
- Barrier & moisture$35.20
- SPF & sun care$30.56
- Professional / clinic buffer$42.24
- Restock & contingency$16.60
Scenario
Balanced desk protects Cleansers & basics and Treatments & actives. Floors are funded in this architecture.
Allocation
- Cleansers & basics$26.88 · floor $20.00
Floor funded
Cleansers, simple moisturizers — fund these before prestige actives
- Treatments & actives$28.52 · floor $25.00
Floor funded
One lead active (BHA, retinoid, azelaic…) — not a multi-serum pileup
- Barrier & moisture$35.20 · floor $30.00
Floor funded
Ceramides, occlusives, repair creams — highest ROI often under $30
- SPF & sun care$30.56 · floor $25.00
Floor funded
Daily SPF + reapply volume; expensive ≠ better if you under-apply
- Professional / clinic buffer$42.24 · floor $40.00
Floor funded
Consult fees, peels, injectables buffer — not a quote
- Restock & contingency$16.60 · floor $15.00
Floor funded
Repurchase float when a product empties mid-month
Floors and committed
Do this next
Verify unit prices and repurchase cadence
Needs checkingShelf prices and bottle lifespan can invalidate the plan.
Based on Verify boundary · planning boundary
Keep an eye on
Drugstore-first workhorses (Mid aisle)
Reasonably confidentExpensive ≠ better — SPF volume and barrier floors beat prestige serums on most desks.
Based on Budget floors · product catalog · educational workhorses