Presidents' massive spending is often a target for ridicule.
When reports surfaced that President Emmanuel Macron spent €26,000 in three months on a makeup artist, he wasn't the first French president to get called out for exorbitant spending within the budget.
His predecessor, François Hollande spent a similar €30,000 for makeup, in addition to a monthly €9,895 bill for a personal barber, years after his conservative predecessor, Nicolas Sarkozy, spent €8,000 a month on makeup.
Other palace costs get pointed at the president as well, including Macron's announcement of a €500,000 cosmetic renovation of the Salle des Fêtes, which would be the first in more than 30 years.