TRUMP PEOPLE: “She may be the most lasting legacy of Anthony Scaramucci’s 11-day stint in the White House.
Professional stylist Katie Price, who previously worked as a hair and makeup artist for Russia Today and CNN, is now a full-time White House official with a desk in the press office and the title of production assistant, which includes her daily duties getting press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, counselor Kellyanne Conway and other White House staffers coiffed and camera-ready.
That position was created for her last fall, thanks, in part, to public praise from ‘the Mooch’ for Price’s briefing room stylings, which include loose curls and dark eye shadow on the women and what appear to be heavy layers of pancake makeup heaped on the men… The White House dropped Scaramucci but kept Price, placing her on the government payroll. Officials declined to reveal her salary, though it will become public next summer as part of an annual release of the salaries of all West Wing staff.
Having a makeup artist on staff 24/7 isn’t unique to President Donald Trump’s White House. But in an administration in which the man at the top is obsessed with television and appearances — often gravitating toward people he believes look like they were sent over from ‘central casting’ — the question of who dolls up the staff has become a subject of fascination for regular cable news viewers, glued to the drama being played out daily by a shiny-haired, lip-glossed cast of characters.”
-Annie Karni, “The Mooch’s gift to Trump staff: A taxpayer-funded stylist,” Politico, Jan. 7, 2018 09:40am