--- title: Hillary Clinton Facebook Interview: Criticizes 'Hair and Makeup Tax' description: Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton agreed that women have to work harder to get ready in the morning during a Facebook Q&A. canonical: https://time.com/3965074/hillary-clinton-facebook-hair-makeup-tax/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-07-20T21:08:58.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:58:29.503Z article:section: Politics og:title: Clinton Bemoans 'Hair and Makeup Tax' on Women's Time og:description: "It's a daily challenge," she wrote. og:url: https://time.com/3965074/hillary-clinton-facebook-hair-makeup-tax/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt612314282d229414/69885ba8524fc048b7df3a70/hillary-clinton-hair-makeup.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Hillary Clinton, former U.S. secretary of state and 2016 Democratic presidential candidate, pauses while speaking during the Iowa Democratic Party Hall of Fame Celebration dinner in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, U.S., on Friday, July 17, 2015. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Clinton Bemoans 'Hair and Makeup Tax' on Women's Time twitter:description: "It's a daily challenge," she wrote. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt612314282d229414/69885ba8524fc048b7df3a70/hillary-clinton-hair-makeup.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Hillary Clinton Bemoans 'Hair and Makeup Tax' on Women's Time ## Video: Hillary Clinton's Top 10 Political Moments [Watch (HLS stream): Hillary Clinton's Top 10 Political Moments](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/L3I0gpwt.m3u8) (1:49)  _Published 2015-04-09. Watch the top 10 moments from Hillary Clinton's career in politics._ by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Jul 20, 2015 9:08 PM UTC  Hillary Clinton, former U.S. secretary of state and 2016 Democratic presidential candidate, pauses while speaking during the Iowa Democratic Party Hall of Fame Celebration dinner in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, U.S., on Friday, July 17, 2015. Hillary Clinton, former U.S. secretary of state and 2016 Democratic presidential candidate, pauses while speaking during the Iowa Democratic Party Hall of Fame Celebration dinner in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, U.S., on Friday, July 17, 2015.Bloomberg—Bloomberg via Getty Images by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Jul 20, 2015 9:08 PM UTC Hillary Clinton said that women have to work extra hard to get ready in the morning. In an online [question-and-answer session](https://www.facebook.com/hillaryclinton/posts/946945482028648) on Facebook, the former Secretary of State was asked about her morning routine by a female Facebook staffer who noted that she has to spend more than 30 minutes getting ready while her boyfriend “zips out the door.” “I wonder about how the ‘hair and makeup tax’ affects other women — especially ones I admire in high-pressure, public-facing jobs,” [asked Libby Brittain](https://www.facebook.com/hillaryclinton/posts/946945482028648?comment%5Fid=946991335357396&offset=0&total%5Fcomments=2880&comment%5Ftracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R9%22%7D), who added that as a “young professional woman” she’d like to know how Clinton handles it while “staying focused on the ‘real’ work ahead.” Clinton agreed that it’s a problem. “Amen, sister — you’re preaching to the choir,” she wrote. “It’s a daily challenge. I do the best I can — and as you may have noticed, some days are better than others!” Though lighthearted, the exchange touched on a serious issue that has bothered Clinton for a while. During [a town-hall meeting with students in Kyrgyzstan](http://blogs.state.gov/stories/2010/12/02/travel-diary-secretary-clinton-holds-townterview-kyrgyzstan) in 2010, Clinton was asked by a moderator if she had any favorite clothing designers. She responded by asking pointedly, “Would you ever ask a man that question?” Though she [jokes](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/style-blog/wp/2015/06/16/hillary-clinton-is-owning-the-joke-about-her-fashion-choices-and-its-working/) about her love of pantsuits (later in the Q&A she noted she “never met a pantsuit I didn’t love”), Clinton’s decision to eschew major fashion choices puts her in line with President Obama, who [told _Vanity Fair_](http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2012/10/michael-lewis-profile-barack-obama) in 2012 that he limits his clothing options to reduce the number of decisions he has to make in the morning. “You’ll see I wear only gray or blue suits,” he said. “I’m trying to pare down decisions. I don’t want to make decisions about what I’m eating or wearing. Because I have too many other decisions to make.” Clinton’s response earned an enthusiastic response from Brittain. > [](https://twitter.com/libbybrittain/status/623217668452171777) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3965074/hillary-clinton-facebook-hair-makeup-tax/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3965074/hillary-clinton-facebook-hair-makeup-tax/"},"headline":"Hillary Clinton Bemoans 'Hair and Makeup Tax' on Women's Time","datePublished":"2015-07-20T21:08:58.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:58:29.503Z","description":"\"It's a daily challenge\"","url":"https://time.com/3965074/hillary-clinton-facebook-hair-makeup-tax/","keywords":["Hillary Clinton","2016 Election topic","fashion"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt612314282d229414/69885ba8524fc048b7df3a70/hillary-clinton-hair-makeup.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ryan Teague Beckwith","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt612314282d229414/69885ba8524fc048b7df3a70/hillary-clinton-hair-makeup.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Hillary Clinton, former U.S. secretary of state and 2016 Democratic presidential candidate, pauses while speaking during the Iowa Democratic Party Hall of Fame Celebration dinner in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, U.S., on Friday, July 17, 2015.","caption":"Hillary Clinton, former U.S. secretary of state and 2016 Democratic presidential candidate, pauses while speaking during the Iowa Democratic Party Hall of Fame Celebration dinner in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, U.S., on Friday, July 17, 2015.","creditText":"Bloomberg—Bloomberg via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3965074/hillary-clinton-facebook-hair-makeup-tax/","name":"Hillary Clinton Bemoans 'Hair and Makeup Tax' on Women's Time"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Hillary Clinton's Top 10 Political Moments","description":"Watch the top 10 moments from Hillary Clinton's career in politics.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/L3I0gpwt/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-04-09T19:18:36.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/L3I0gpwt.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3965074/hillary-clinton-facebook-hair-makeup-tax/","duration":"PT1M49S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3965074/hillary-clinton-facebook-hair-makeup-tax/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```