Dermclinic at the 5th Belle de Jour Fair

The music hall in SM Mall of Asia was transformed into a place for an all-day of inspiring and informative talks, various booths, exciting freebies and raffle draws. 

The event was hosted by Belle de Jour with this year’s theme “Make it Happen,” to inspire Filipinas to act and chase their dreams now. The event was also an avenue to launch their flagship brand of planners for 2014. 

Dermclinic, one of Belle de Jour’s lifestyle brand partners, took part at the event to provide existing and new clients real beauty by professional dermatologists. The team which led by Dermclinic's sales and marketing manager, Jillen Oasan pointed out what’s in store to those who’ll be visiting the booth. “We have our core products – the NuDerm Supreme and the NuDerm Classic lines which are much known to our clients; we are giving a 40% discount to (Dermclinic) clients and to the fans of Belle de Jour,” Oasan said during the fair.

Photo courtesy of Belle de Jour

(L-R) Dermclinic Services Manager Christel Roca; Ms. Venus Raj;
Dermclinic Sales and Marketing Manager Jillen Oasan; Viviamo! Inc. President Darlyn Ty 

Aside from a huge discount offered on the NuDerm products, visitors enjoyed a free skin analysis at the Dermclinic booth. Visitors of the booth were enlightened about the different skin conditions and issues, and learned about the basics of skin care.

In line with Belle de Jour’s theme of empowering and inspiring women, they staged pure entertainment to foster new friendships, and made it possible to invite women of this generation who were all successful in their respective fields to give a talk and advice.
Dermclinic’s beauty ambassador and 2010 Ms. Universe 4^th runner-up, Venus Raj was invited to participate in one of the talks; she shared to women her sweet journey towards the crown. 

She talked about the hindrances she encountered and recalled that some people don’t appreciate her. “I have dark skin so I wasn’t really appreciated when I joined (beauty contests). But after joining several pageants, I came to realize that I could also compete regardless of skin color.” Despite the unappreciative people that surrounded her before, she gave credit to her family for being her number one fan.

“They (family) encouraged me to join contests … they were always there to support me even up to now.”

With regards to taking care of her skin, the olive-skinned beauty shared that “Dermclinic is there to take care of my skin, to take care of my face … to keep me glowing.” And more importantly, “to have a healthy lifestyle and a healthy diet,” Raj said.

Moreover, Skin Essence had a quick chat with the beauty queen moments after her inspiring sit-down interview in the music hall.

“Just focus on the dream … if there are too many things that distract us from what we want, we cannot achieve anything,” said Venus when asked what message can she impart to women of the 21^st century.

“When your environment is already stressful, you will also be stressed, right?” Raj added.

Amid the stressors she sometimes encounters in life, she still maintains an all-glowing skin and carries a bright smile wherever she goes. Truly, Venus Raj is the perfect ambassador for Dermclinic’s “Life is more Beautiful” campaign. With that being said, Venus ended the conversation with a striking question: “Who will love you if you don’t love yourself?” emphasizing that living a beautiful life starts from acceptance within oneself.