It takes work to get what we’ve come to appreciate as the POTUS’ signature Titian glow — and reports suggest that he does that work himself. Kriss Soterion-Blevins was a makeup artist for every presidential candidates in the 2016 New Hampshire primaries, except Donald Trump. She told Racked that she never saw Trump with a makeup artist or hair stylist. “Donald Trump does his own hair and makeup,” she said. “He usually comes ready. He’s expressing himself in his own style, and I’d never want to interfere with that. Maybe a little blotting powder.” She added, “He’s got his hair down to a science. He has a signature look he carries with him that is his look, and that’s far better than changing it up all the time.”
In January 2018, Politico reported that Trump did have a makeup artist on the federal payroll, but that artist never spruced him up, instead focusing on members of his cabinet, including Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Kellyanne Conway. Republican National Convention makeup artist John Kelly told Harper’s Bazaar that Trump rarely got his makeup done in the events leading up to his presidency. However, Kelly thinks something has changed since the campaign. Kelly now believes POTUS is partaking in tanning beds and/or spray tans, alleging Trump “wears the goggles and you can see the hyper-pigmentation around his eyes.”
