Article: Stars, Politicians Like Sacramento, Calif., Makeup Artist.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)

Nov. 14--On a warm May morning four years ago, the telephone rang in Jeanne Marie Cooper's private studio in Sacramento.

An official sounding voice 3,000 miles away came on the line: "This is the White House. Is Jeanne Marie in?"

Her heart skipped a beat. "Could it really be?" she asked herself. "I was totally surprised."

She composed herself and managed to answer "yes."

Since that dream-like phone call, the celebrity makeup artist and cosmetics entrepreneur has worked as a makeup and skin care adviser to President Clinton.

She has spent countless hours consulting with White House aides and supplying the nation's chief ...

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