She’s blushing now.
Far-left “Squad” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) — who once boasted about doing her own makeup in an Instagram tutorial — shelled out more than $2,000 last fall to a celebrity makeup artist whose clients include Bad Bunny and Bella Hadid.
On Nov. 5, her campaign reported paying New York and Los Angeles-based The Only Agency $670 for “campaign event makeup services,” then another $693.08, and $665 five days later for “campaign event hair and makeup services,” Federal Election Commission records show.
The posh agency’s prices start at $600 a pop for hair and $600 for makeup.
One of the occasions the “Bronx girl” got dolled up for was the get out the vote rally for Mayor Mamdani in Queens on Oct. 26 with comrade Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-Vermont).
“An honor to glam AOC for the ‘New York is Not for Sale’ rally at Forest Hills Stadium — an unforgettable moment watching her light up the stage with conviction, courage, and heart,” gushed makeup artist Jocelyn Biga on Instagram, along with snaps of AOC’s airbrushed look.
Sporting a smokey brown eye, subtle red lip and perfectly coiffed eyebrows, AOC drew massive applause as she talked about New York City being built by Irish people fleeing famine, Italians escaping fascism, Jews seeking shelter after the Holocaust and blacks escaping Jim Crow laws.
It’s not clear for what other occasion Ocasio-Cortez used the company’s services.
Her other public appearances around that time included the Eugene Debs award banquet for Sanders in Terre Haute, Indiana on Oct. 25, and Mamdani’s election night victory party Nov. 4 at the Paramount Theater in downtown Brooklyn.
“AOC’s favorite slogan is ‘tax the rich,’ but her campaign spending shows she’d rather live like the 1%,” slammed RNC National Press Secretary Kiersten Pels.
“It’s the latest reminder that her class-warfare message is little more than political theater propped up by high-priced makeovers.”
Most candidates typically report spending closer to $100 to 200 for hair and makeup, a review of campaign finance records show. And a top-rated salon in Forest Hill charges $100 for event hair service, and $150 for professional makeup.
Last quarter was the first time the firebrand politician reported spending cash on professional hair or makeup in her campaign filings.
But it’s not the first time getting glammed up landed AOC in the headlines.
The House Ethics Committee found she violated gift rules by accepting similarly pricey hair and makeup services during her infamous Met Gala attendance in 2021.
Then, she got her makeup done for $344.85 and her hair for $477.73, charges initially billed to Conde Nast, who puts on the gala.
AOC only ended up paying with her own money after the Office of Congressional Conduct filed a complaint.
“It’s outrageous that AOC spends over $600 for makeup and $600 for hair styling by misusing campaign contributions,” said Paul Kamenar, counsel to the National Legal and Policy Center, whose complaint prompted the House Ethics report.
As a freshman lawmaker in 2019, AOC took to Instagram to offer makeup tips to her fans as she called out the patriarchy, before embarking on a stage with Sanders at a Los Angeles rally.
“Women are expected to put 30 minutes to an hour into their appearance every day to look just as presentable as a man who puts in 10 minutes,” she raged in an Instagram video to her millions of followers.
And the next year, she filmed a step-by-step tutorial of her makeup routine for Vogue — while lamenting it’s “so hard” as a young woman to be treated seriously on Capitol Hill.
“There’s this really false idea that if you care about makeup or if your interests are in beauty and fashion, that that’s somehow frivolous,” she said, before showing off her gold glittery eyeshadow palette.
The Vogue video, “Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Guide to her Signature Red Lip,” was part of a series called “Beauty Secrets,” that featured tutorials from beauty gurus like Kylie Jenner.
The Only Agency and Ocasio Cortez’s campaign did not return The Post’s request for comment on the latest expenses.
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