RipOff is Right!

So. It turns out our esteemed leader (may I just say “guffaw“), spends €480 a week of taxpayers’ money on make-up. Which is beyond laughable by any standards.

Now, I know this money is largely the cost of the employment of make-up artists (because as observed in the Dáil yesterday, asking a man to apply his own make-up would be utterly unreasonable), but to give a little context, while adding some insight into my own life, I have compiled the following list of ‘what you can buy for €480′.

I have a minor addiction to Clinique make-up. In that I hunt down Bonus Time(s) [there's one starting today in Clery's, and it's payday, and it's my birthday soon = hurrah!!], I refuse to wear any other brand (this is based on logic, I chose Clinique in the first place because of suitability for sensitive skin and lack of crazy chemicals), and I’m even a proud member of Club Clinique.

So, explanation given, here follows a list of what you can buy from Clinique for €480 [well, £331.50, or €485.10]

			Clarifying Lotion 2 200ml		£14.00					£14.00
			Dramatically Different Moisturizing Lotion with Pump 125ml		£27.00					£27.00
			Liquid Facial Soap Mild 200ml		£12.00					£12.00
			Take The Day Off Make Up Remover for Lids, Lashes & Lips 125ml		£11.50					£11.50
			Colour Rub Allover Lustre 11ml Rose Lustre		£14.50					£14.50
			Lash Doubling Mascara 8g Black		£12.50					£12.50
			High Impact Mascara 8g Black		£12.50					£12.50
			Quickliner for Eyes 0.3g Roast Coffee		£11.00					£11.00
			Quickliner for Eyes 0.3g Indigo		£11.00					£11.00
			Colour Surge Eye Shadow Super Shimmer 2.5g Blue Lagoon		£11.00					£11.00
			Colour Surge Eye Shadow Super Shimmer 2.5 Purple Pixie		£11.00					£11.00
			Colour Surge Eye Shadow Duo 2.5g Strawberry Fudge		£14.00					£14.00
			Touch Tint For Eyes Pearl Formula 7ml Nude Sparkle		£12.00					£12.00
			Touch Tint For Eyes Pearl Formula 7ml Shimmer Frost		£12.00					£12.00
			Colour Surge Eye Shadow Quad 4.8g Plum Seduction		£19.00					£19.00
			Colour Surge Impossibly Glossy 14ml Braisin		£11.00					£11.00
			Sheer Shaper for Lips 1.2g Black Honey		£10.00					£10.00
			Colour Surge Bare Brilliance Lipstick 4g Waterviolet		£12.00					£12.00
			Almost Lipstick SPF 15 1.9g Almost Blush		£12.00					£12.00
			Almost Lipstick SPF 15 1.9g Black Honey		£12.00					£12.00
			Gentle Light Powder 27g Glow 2		£18.50					£18.50
			Airbrush Concealer 1.5ml Fair		£15.00					£15.00
			Almost Makeup SPF 15 45ml Light		£17.50					£17.50
			Perfectly Real Compact Makeup 11g Shade 06		£18.50					£18.50

		Subtotal		£331.50

Please take a moment to appreciate that the above constitutes what could only be described as a complete (or even ‘excessive’) make-up collection. And that’s how much you could buy for ONE WEEK’s worth of Bertie’s spending.

Feck the L’Oreal jokes: The man is not worth it…