Pucker Up!

By Econ70 | 03/16/2012

The Friday File: When it comes to makeup, spending cycles back and forth between lips and eyes. A fall in colored lipstick sales from ’07 through ’09 was offset by a rise in “smokey eye” which then morphed into volumizing eyelashes. Since then eye product sales have fallen but lip color sales jumped 13% between…

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Beauty Beats Bucks

By Econ70 | 04/14/2011

While money may not buy happiness beauty buys both money and happiness. Economic research shows that the beautiful are happier than the plain. Moreover, the majority of beauty’s effect on happiness works through its impact on economic outcomes! For example, better looking people earn more and marry those that are better looking who inturn earn…

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