Blair Spent $3,130 on Makeup in Six Years

I know this is silly, but it gave me a laugh,

Blair Spent $3,130 on Makeup in Six Years

Sunday July 24, 2005 4:16 PM


LONDON (AP) - British Prime Minister Tony Blair has spent more than 1,800 pounds (US$3,130) of taxpayers' money on makeup and cosmetic artists over the past six years, according to the government.

In a written answer to Parliament, the government revealed Blair's Downing Street office had spent 1,050.22 pounds (US$1,826.66) on cosmetics for the prime minister's media appearances since 1999. In the past two years, a further 791.20 pounds (US$1,376.14) had been spent on makeup artists.

The details were released by government official Lord Bassam in a written response to a question tabled by Lord Hanningfield, a member of the main opposition Conservative Party.

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5163341,00.html

my friend worked for a woman who paid someone $200+ a day to blow dry her hair.

Considering what makeup artists charge, and actual materials (I'm sure Blair couldn't tell you what product is used on him, so that's probably a makeup artist/assistant thing).

He's been PM for six years. That's about $522 bucks a year. Assuming he had 15 hours of work done a year (very low estimate), the makeup person was only getting about 36 bucks an hour (assuming they didn't buy any makeup).

However, even at that, I don't think the taxpayers got their money's worth. Certainly not Best Of Show.