The news is out today that Sarah Palin's makeup artist was the highest paid person in McCain's presidential campaign in the first two weeks of October. Amy Strozzi, Palin's traveling makeup stylist made about $22,800 over these two weeks. (That would work out to an annualized salary of $592,000.)

The makeup lady gets twice as much as the hair lady. Palin's traveling hair stylist got only $10,000 during this two week period. Her name is Angela Lew and she normally works at a hair salon called the Hair Grove in Westlake Village California but she's on leave from the salon until November 4th. (Cindy McCain's hair stylist also works at the same salon.)

Out Of the Closet is an upscale consignment clothing store in Anchorage Alaska. For a used clothing store they have a really nice website.

As of today their site may be getting lots more hits, because Sarah Palin just announced that her recent shopping spree is not typical and that she normally shops for clothes at this store when she is at home in Alaska.

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