Articles about: recession
How is recession beauty really working for you? Is beauty spend a luxury or a necessity?
We all know about the Lauder Lipstick Indicator – in a recession women still treat themselves to little purchases. But that’s so last recession darlings because apparently this recession is all about more expensive, but quality, purchases – like foundation. …
Yawn, Yet MORE ‘Beauty Research for de Recession’
Divil a bit of a day goes past that I don’t get 400 press releases in my inbox screaming about women’s buying habits during the current global economic downturn. Leonard Lauder’s Lipstick Indicator has fallen out of favour this time …
Beautienomics: Rimmel Glam’Eyes Professional Liquid Eyeliner
I’m not a make-up snob by any stretch of the imagination, but for some strange reason the Rimmel stand is one I don’t usually make a bee-line for on my all-too-frequent Boots expeditions. Probably because I can’t get next or near …
Forget Lauder’s “Lipstick Index”, the Foundation Index is where it’s at!
In straitened economic times, lipstick’s historically been the one fashion or beauty product that women will consistently spend their sheckles on. Leonard Lauder, chairmain of Estée Lauder, coined the term “lipstick index” which is a somewhat kooky economic indicator to …
Beaut.ie DIY: Make your own heated eyelash curlers
Ah, eyelash curlers. Great yokes, aren’t they? Used properly without being clamped down too tightly and causing a kink (mmm, crimped lashes!), they open peepers right up. Most households probably have at least one metal eyelash curlers mouldering away at …
Is The Credit Crunch Affecting the Beauty Business?
When Leonard Lauder (chairman of Estee) coined the expression ‘the leading lipstick indicator’, he used it to underline the fact that during tough economic times, lipstick sales went up. It makes sense – a €20 lip product is an affordable luxury …
Beaut.ie sez Relaaaaax
Even the most chilled, level-headed, 100% laid back among us are probably feeling more prone to stress of late. That feckin’ recession on the radio has a lot to answer for! But apart from refusing to listen to Morning Ireland or channel surfing when …
A Trio of Recession-Friendly Beauty Options
It seems to be true that a recession fosters creativity. If you want to make money – especially in the area of beauty services – then you’ve got to get smart in a downturn. That’s good news for us as …
Urbana Special Offers for Savvy Recessionistas
You’d have to be keeping your head under a pretty flippin’ large rock not to be acquainted with the big “R” or the “difficult/turbulent/challenging/insert own appropriate adjective here economic climate” or “the downturn” that’s been raging all around us of late. …
Credit Crunch Busting Cuteness from Eyeko
Somewhere between the Leaving Cert. and the end of college, I developed a major grá for cosmetics made by a crowd called Eyeko. The packaging featured the eponymous Eyeko, a cute, manga-esque cartoonish chick with an excellent line in pink hair-dos, and …