I Feel Pretty!

It ain't cheap to look this good!

And then this happened:

• Mayor Brandon Johnson’s latest campaign finance report lists a $4,000 payment from his political fund to a Palatine beauty salon, a March 27 expenditure that it shows was for “event expenses.”

  Hearing that came as a surprise to Anthony Jones, who owns Anthony Jones Salon in the northwest suburb. He says he never got that money, nor has he ever done any work for Johnson or his campaign. “I’d love an extra $4,000, but we never got any money from them,” Jones say. “Nobody from the campaign has ever been in my salon.”

  When asked, Johnson campaign adviser Bill Neidhardt said the report was a mistake.

  “The vendor that does our expenditure reports, we gave them the name of the business” for the disclosure filing made to the Illinois State Board of Elections, “and they wrote down the wrong one,” he said. The report should have shown the money was spent with AJ Styles Barber & Beauty Salon, 6624 W. North Ave., according to Neidhardt, who says the mayor’s campaign filing “will be amended” to say so.
  

It gets worse:

• But some might be surprised at how much the mayor spends on personal grooming, for which he pays with money contributed by political supporters to his Friends of Brandon Johnson campaign fund: More than $30,000 in the past year, according to elections board records.

  Nearly all the money went to makeup artist and self-described “skincare enthusiast” Denise Milloy’s Makeup Majic, which is based in a home on the South Side. More than 30 payments were reported going to her in 2023 and 2024, records show.

  The payments prior to Johnson’s 2023 election listed various descriptions including:
  

• “Candidate makeup for TV.”
• “Candidate makeup for debate.”
• “Candidate makeup.”
• “Makeup retainer.”

•  After Johnson took office last year, the payments to Makeup Majic have been explained only as “event expenses.”

  Milloy says she’s “not at liberty” to talk about the work or the money from Johnson’s campaign.

  Johnson won’t comment.

That Conehead may have gotten his hair did outside of the city shouldn't be a surprise. Most people go to a hair salon or barber closer to where they live. And the "mistake" in naming other salons, well, that's probably just every day money laundering. Everyone does it....or something similar.

Same thing with the "event expenses." Someone getting their share.

By the way, any updates on all those PPP loans?