Echoing the expense that President Clinton was once known for (an infamous expensive haircut at LAX), a commission in France examining the make-up, hair and related expenses of its presidential candidates in 2007 revealed that the Socialist Party’s Ségolène Royal spent €53,581during her campaign.
   Nicolas Sarkozy, who won the presidency, spent €34,445.
   The commission would not reimburse either candidate in full, with Royal receiving €17,220 and Sarkozy €11,482. It wound up paying about half of the €21 million claimed by the candidates.
   In terms of spending per vote obtained, L’Express has published a table which shows that Marie-George Buffet spent the most, at €6·81. Trotskyite Olivier Besancenot spent the least, at €0·61. Of the two leaders, Sarkozy spent €1·83 and Royal €2·17.

Would you go short? The bob is the “it” hairstyle for 2007 and probably the beginning of 2008, and Ultimate Style convinces one woman to try it out at the Ken Paves salon. The video airs today on the Lucire home page.

I know some readers are fascinated about how a cover takes shape at Lucire. Again, before these go into the archives, we present the making of the shoot from issue 24.

Make-up with Emma Foley

Photographer Kelly Thompson discusses the shoot

Vanilla works on the hair

Thompson shoots Kenzy Cheeseman

   If you have been following this blog, then you’ll recognize Kelly Thompson’s name as the illustrator who exhibited her Women of Your Dreams works at Good as Gold last week. The exhibition is still on for those in Wellington, down at Good as Gold in Victoria Street.

Credits for ‘Hypnotize’
Photographer Kelly Thompson
Stylist Laura Ming-Wong/sweetCHILLI
Hair Vanilla
Make-up Emma Foley/Vanilla
Models Emma Weenik/Clyne, Zippora Seven/Red 11, Kenzy Cheeseman/the Agencie
Stylist’s assistant Ephrem Hannah
Assistants Lucy Aitchison, Alex Bull