The beauty boom
People may be reluctant to buy big-ticket items during a recession, but they're still pulling out already-thin wallets to pay for beauty.
Americans pamper themselves by taking trips to day spas, getting eyebrows shaped at salons and having their teeth whitened in dental offices.
But beauty services that span the spectrum from Botox injections to hair highlights are more than a passing fancy - businesses are experiencing a boom on a global scale, one that has grown exponentially for more than a decade.With the national unemployment rate at 6.4 percent, people are still fueling the $160 billion-a-year international beauty industry, according to the Economist.
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