Make-up bill for Macron: £8k a month

EVERY politician knows the importance of a blemishfree public image – and it seems Emmanuel Macron is no different.

The French president, pictured, has spent £ 8,000 a month of taxpayers’ money on make-up since taking office in May, it has been revealed. The 39-year- old says an attractive public image is essential – but critics said it was excessive spending by a vain president.

Mr Macron is using a make-up artist, known only as Natacha M, before every public appearance, whether in a TV studio or at the Elysee Palace in Paris.

A spokesman for the president said she had worked for him in his campaign too.

She has reportedly put in bills totalling £24,000. A source told Le Point magazine: ‘He thinks nothing of spending thousands on himself, at a time when he is just about to start cutting jobs. It seems that he just wants to hide his real face.’

Ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy spent more than £7,000 a month on make-up, while Mr Macron’s predecessor Francois Hollande spent £9,000 a month on a barber.