friendshipgal

Jan 5 2013, 04:34 PM

All politicians appearing on TV have to wear makeup. They can all expense it because it's part of their job.

Bitsy

Jan 5 2013, 04:39 PM

friendshipgal

Jan 5 2013, 04:34 PM

All politicians appearing on TV have to wear makeup. They can all expense it because it's part of their job.

Yes, I remember that Harper had a make-up artist that traveled with him but I don’t think the cost for this was ever revealedto the taxpayers.

Darcie

Jan 7 2013, 03:15 AM

Just cause everybody does it doesn't make it appropriate or right.

Toodles

Jan 7 2013, 12:06 AM

Oh dear!! how shocking!! laugh123

The President’s Makeup Artist Emerges; Mary J. Blige's Bowl Cut Is the New Bob
By Sharon Clott
MAKEUP
• Lois Cassano, the makeup artist to every president since Nixon, claims they all wear makeup. Even Barack Obama. Her trick is to even out skin tone with foundation, concealer, and powder. "Presidents understand that being made up is part of the job," she says. As if the job weren't hard enough. [Allure/Daily Beauty Reporter]
http://nymag.com/thecut/2009/01/the_presidents_makeup_artist_e.html

Celeb Makeup Artist Tia Dantzler Reveals How To Maximize Your Own Lashes
» By StyleBlazer December 13, 2012, 16:21pm
If you’re in need of get-glam tips and tricks, help is here. Celebrity makeup artist, Tia Dantzler who counts President Barack Obama, Jennifer Hudson, Viola Davis and Kanye West as some of her clients, answered the eternal question of how to pump up lashes.
http://styleblazer.com/110867/celeb-makeup-artist-tia-dantzler-reveals-how-to-maximize-your-own-lashes/

Men running for high office spend a lot more time — and money — than they'd like you to think on their makeup.

All of them, at least, other than Joe Biden, a makeup skeptic who has only one rule, according to a makeup artist who worked with him: Don't touch the hair.

A review of campaign filings and public reporting on how exactly American politicians put their faces on before television interviews and debates offers a glimpse of a part of the process most public figures (the men in particular) would prefer to keep secret. In a profession where the president shows off his basketball skills to Vanity Fair and where a leaked video of Senator John Edwards fixing his hair was a major political blow, they are less than eager to talk about their personal grooming routines.

For a March 23rd appearance at the Wynmoor Village retirement complex in Coconut Creek, FL, the Vice President only allowed Oscar to apply concealer and a little powder, and “didn’t want [her] to touch his hair," she said.

Biden, who “was really sweet and personable,” hired Oscar to come to him from where she was based in Boca Raton. Because of Secret Service clearance regulations, she “could only bring in what she needed.” The expense was listed on the Obama campaign's Federal Election Commission report under "Decorations," and totaled $250.

And while makeup application for male politicians may still be under the radar, it’s not exactly a secret. According to a 2007 Politico article, Romney spent $300 on makeup applications that year (listed on the FEC reports as "communications consulting"). And in the spirit of “People” covers the world over, there’s even a Facebook group called “See UNSEEN Photos of Barack Obama WITHOUT Makeup ON!”.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/alannaokun/how-the-candidates-put-their-faces-on

friendshipgal

Jan 7 2013, 02:58 AM

Must've been a slow news day cos that little tidbit was from 2008. Anything to be spiteful and dig up possible dirt I suppose.

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Darcie

Jan 7 2013, 01:35 AM

I don't care what men use makeup, so long as it is from their wallets and not the taxpayers.

Just a question, do the women charge the taxpayer for their makeup?

Toodles do you know?

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The expense was listed on the Obama campaign's Federal Election Commission report under "Decorations," and totaled $250.

Toodles

Jan 7 2013, 01:08 PM

Darcie

Jan 7 2013, 01:35 AM

I don't care what men use makeup, so long as it is from their wallets and not the taxpayers.

Just a question, do the women charge the taxpayer for their makeup?

Toodles do you know?

It's not about women that was funny but about men that the post ridiculed Flaherty for using makeup - nothing was said it was paid by taxpayers.. Women in politics would get the same perks.

Bitsy re Obama this should answer your comment that his make up was not for free & was in my previous post:

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The expense was listed on the Obama campaign's Federal Election Commission report under "Decorations," and totaled $250.