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Leonard Lauder's famed Lipstick Index has been replaced with the foundation index. The concept remains the same: the cosmetics market will go through an economic recession because women consider cosmetics a necessity. The shift from Lipstick Index to Foundation Growth shows that our aging population is more concerned with skin tone over color cosmetics. This is a trend that will continue in the coming decades.

Source: eNotAlone.com (2008 September). Women Buy More Cosmetic Products During Recession. Retrieved from http://www.enotalone.com/article/19515.html