The pursuit of indulgence

Our love affair with luxurious beauty products and decadent pampering treatments has resulted in the global beauty industry - now worth $250 billion a year - giving birth to a hot new miracle product and state-of-the-art, anti-ageing treatment seemingly every nanosecond.
It will be interesting to see whether the popularity of pampering outlasts the recent cost-cutting mood, courtesy of the credit crunch. Then we'll know for certain whether spoiling yourself has moved from a mere indulgence to just part of a day's work.