<div>Hillarious!</div> <div>Of course, what are we to expect from a fellow with a new 28,200 square ft. complete with an indoor squash court?</div> <div>There Really ARE two Americas aren't there, John!</div> <div> TL</div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div>John Edwards "Feels Pretty"</div> <div><A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AE847UXu3Q">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AE847UXu3Q</A></div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div><A href="http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2007/04/17/edwards_turns_to_pink_sapphire_spa_makeup_help/">http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2007/04/17/edwards_turns_to_pink_sapphire_spa_makeup_help/</A></div> <H1 class=mainHead>Edwards turns to "Pink Sapphire" spa makeup help</H1> <div class=byline>By The Associated Press | <SPAN style="WHITE-SPACE: nowrap">April 17, 2007</SPAN></div> <div>THE PLACE: Pink Sapphire, a day spa and makeup and
skin care boutique in Manchester. A statement on its Web site says its mission is to "provide an avenue into the intriguing world of makeup."</div> <div> </div> <div>THE CLIENT: Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards has relied on Pink Sapphire to look good for the television cameras in New Hampshire.</div> <div>Makeup for television is heavier than usual to hold up under the lights, said co-owner Ariana Franggos. The routine is similar for both sexes except for men, "it doesn't involve lipstick" she said.</div> <div> </div> <div>Franggos said she's done makeup for John Edwards a few times but won't go into details.</div> <div>"I promise he's not in here getting facials and cucumber peels on his eyes or anything," she said. She's an Edwards fan: "He's fantastic. Great personality, very, very nice, down to earth." She's met Elizabeth Edwards, but hasn't done her makeup.</div> <div> </div> <div>THE PRICE: Pink Sapphire caters mostly to women,
offering a "timeless bride" package for $225, a "teen years" makeup lesson for $30 and a $25 "socialite" makeup do for a night on the town. It also specializes in makeup for media and special events. According to Federal Election Commission reports, the Edwards campaign paid $225 for Pink Sapphire's services, a $150 payment on March 7 and a $75 payment on March 20.</div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div><A href="http://www.nypost.com/seven/04172007/news/nationalnews/johns_400_trim_nationalnews_ian_bishop.htm">http://www.nypost.com/seven/04172007/news/nationalnews/johns_400_trim_nationalnews_ian_bishop.htm</A></div> <div><SPAN class=a10bl><I><STRONG>John's $400 Trim(From the NY Post)</STRONG></I></SPAN></div> <div><SPAN class=a10bl><I>April 17, 2007</I> -- WASHINGTON - Democratic White House hopeful John Edwards insists on first-class pampering - enjoying $400 haircuts on the road and plunking down nearly $500 for swank spa treatments, according to campaign
records. </SPAN></div> <div><SPAN class=a10bl> </div> <div>Edwards, who touts himself as the poor man's champion and even launched his bid from New Orleans' hurricane-devastated Lower Ninth Ward, tucked the vanity treatments into his 5,236-page first-quarter Federal Election Commission filing under "consulting" expenses. <div>Records show he doled out $400 of his contributors' money to Beverly Hills mane maestros at Torrenueva Hair Designs in February and another $400 to Torrenueva in early March. <div>Joe Torrenueva is a stylist to the stars at his Wilshire Boulevard salon, and has sculpted the scalps of actors in films such as "Cadence," "Stand-Ins" and the Charles Bronson classic "Hard Times." <div> <div>Further fueling his critics who have painted him as a pretty boy and "Breck Girl," Edwards also had his skin smoothed from stylists from the Pink Sapphire salon in Manchester, N.H., for $225. <div> <div>Pink Sapphire, which is geared toward
women, bills itself as a "unique boutique for the mind, body and face," and its mission statement is to "provide an avenue into the intriguing world of makeup." <div> <div> <div>In March, Edwards also spent $250 of his donors' money for the talented technicians at the Designworks Salon in Dubuque, Iowa - where a full-day spa package runs $210 - to clip his coif and slap on some makeup in advance of a TV session. <div> <div>"We went to him," said a Designworks stylist who identified herself only as Melissa, indicating beauticians and hairstylists travel to Edwards' location to pretty him up for TV spots and campaign events. <div> <div>Edwards spokesman Eric Schultz did not respond to requests for comment. <div>Pampering fit for a president is nothing new. Former President Bill Clinton got his locks lopped off by celebrity hairstylist Christophe. <div> <div>Last summer, The Post broke the story that now-Democratic presidential
front-runner Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton ponied up nearly $3,000 in campaign cash for her blond tresses to get some presidential pampering from acclaimed D.C. stylist Isabelle Goetz. <div>Goetz was also John Kerry's hairstylist of choice in the buildup to his failed 2004 White House bid. <div> <div>Edwards' follicle flap is the latest uproar in his "two Americas" - the one he talks about on the campaign trail and the one in which he lives. <div>Edwards is taking heat for playing to the poor while putting the finishing touches on a $5.3 million compound tucked into 102 wooded acres outside Chapel Hill, N.C. <div><I><A class=a10blb href="mailto:ian.bishop@nypost.com">ian.bishop@nypost.com</A></I> <div> <div></SPAN></div><p> 
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