Commensurate with the soaring costs of, well, everything, beauty products are more expensive than ever. In fact, a survey conducted by UpCircle and YouGov, found 1 in 5 people in the UK are concerned about not being able to afford skincare, while the British Beauty Council noted a 20% decline in sales of prestige make-up products in the first half of 2022.
These findings suggest that while, yes, there will always be someone who can afford that hugely expensive moisturiser or incredibly decadent bath oil, for many, beauty luxuries are very much just that, a luxury — and that those products with prices nosing at the three figures are out of reach.
