The mystery of Trump's orange face
Makeup, UV booth, self tanning spray, genetics? The face of the American president continues to speak
Donald Trump got off the presidential helicopter on Saturday back from North Carolina and the wind from the blades played a trick on him again. His intricate hairdo moved just enough to show the clear line that separates the tan orange from the nuclear white on his face. Once the impeachment presented by the Democratic Party has been overcome, the question that many are asking is: "What does the president of the United States put in his face?"
The debate has been open even longer than the Democratic race to succeed Hillary Clinton as the presidential candidate. It began during the 2016 electoral campaign and, in the face of official silence, theories are increasingly soaring. Omarosa Manigault, who served as communication director of the Public Liaison Office in the Trump administration from 2017 to 2018, published after leaving office a memoir titled Unhinged (Without control) in which she assured that Donald Trump had moved into the House White with a self tanning booth. The cabin might even arrive before Melanie, who was quite reluctant to occupy her new home.
She added to give more truth to the matter that the president fired an assistant for mishandling the machine during transport. This theory of presidential love for tanning machines was supported by Trump's friendship with Steve Hilbert, with the same tendency to look eccentric tans in any season of the year and CEO of New Sunshine, a company that manufactures tanning beds and cosmetic solutions to show off a nice color.
Carlos Primo, editor-in-chief of Fashion and Beauty at ICON, warns that these types of express solutions are more complicated than it seems: “UVA booths, like self-tanning lotions and sprays, have an advantage, the speed , but this is also its biggest drawback, "he says. “They can tone the skin, but by the time they have fulfilled their function it is too late to rectify. And the errors are visible. It's something like painting with watercolors: it has to come out right the first time ”. Something that, obviously, does not always happen on that powerful canvas that is the face of Donald Trump.
As Carlos Primo points out, the president's tan has become a state secret: "The only explanation from the White House is that it is due to the president's good genetics," he explains. That is why it is not surprising that, after the publication of Manigault's book, the voices of Trump employees in Washington soon appeared to refute such a claim. All of them claimed never to have seen such a device in the rooms of the 45th president of the most powerful country in the world.
Jason Kelly, who worked as a makeup artist at the 2016 Republican Convention, says he has the answer. “I know exactly what you do: the tanning booth and the spray tan. Wear glasses to protect your eyes, ”Kelly revealed to The New York Times. Carlos Primo believes that it is as much as possible: “The white circles around the hairline and the surrounding area of the hairline could give away that he uses a UVA cabin, because they are the type of traces left by the glasses that are used to protect the eyes. But it is true that the same could be said of the spray with a tanning effect ”. The funny thing is that the cosmetic artist Kelly gave an opinion on the subject in Marie Claire magazine in 2017, assuring that Trump himself did not present that orange hue. So he blamed the striking presidential skin tone on "poor lighting."
More theories? The brainy Politico magazine slipped in January 2018 that Trump had a makeup artist on his payroll. However, it seems that he never touched her face and was focused on the image of other members of his cabinet, such as Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Kellyanne Conway. Something that the talkative Jason Kelly was quick to corroborate. “Donald Trump rarely wore makeup at events leading up to his presidency. However, something has changed since the campaign, ”he assured. Follow the orange mystery.
