Hair Care
By Amy Wilson

(MONEY Magazine) – $94.46 Annual amount the average American household spends on hair-care products

$4.95 billion Price Procter & Gamble paid Bristol-Myers Squibb for hair-products subsidiary Clairol in November

$6.19 Price of a 32-ounce bottle of Lucky Kentucky, a shampoo created for Thoroughbred horses and now used by humans

$150 Amount paid for 22 inches of dark-brown hair at Hairwork.com, a hair-exchange site, according to an online testimonial

$725 Price of the Equalizer, a human-hair toupee, at WorldOfWigs.com

$300 Cost of a haircut by Cristophe at his eponymous Beverly Hills salon

$6.29 Price of a one-ounce application of Grecian5, used to darken gray hair on men. In a recent survey commissioned by Combe--maker of Grecian5--75% of respondents said looking younger gives men an advantage in the job market.

--AMY WILSON

Sources: Bureau of Economic Analysis, Procter & Gamble, Duane Reade, Hairwork.com, WorldOfWigs.com, Cristophe Salon.