A Beauty Booster: The First Ever BDJ #BeautyBootCamp


JUNE 7, 2015, THE BLUE LEAF FILIPINAS --- Last Sunday, Belle De Jour Power Planner together with more than 20 cosmetic and health care brands joined hand in hand for the successful first ever #BeautyBootCamp themed as "Mastering Your Own Beauty".



List of Brand Partners


#BeautyBootCamp Venue




The Blue Leaf Filipinas, located just beside the City of Dreams is a very nice and comfortable venue for the fair and the workshops to start with.


 #BeautyBootCamp Fair 


To be honest, I was apprehensive to go early at the venue because I was suffering from a flu that day and I registered for the afternoon workshops, but with what was at stake for the early birds I went there before 9 am together with my cousin Sheiy and ex-officemates/friends, Beatrix and Bianca,

As the old saying goes: "The early bird catches the worm", and here's what I got - the ever sought after by each Bella, the Salvatos' fold-able flipflops. Luckier, I got a silver pair of slippers in medium sized that fits me perfectly.
Not only that I got the special loot bag for coming early, I had also the best time to roam around the fair as it was not yet crowded in the morning. I took joy in checking on the partner brands' products and of course, their discounts and sales,  and joining different games, raffles, contests and photo ops on most of them. 

Here's how the brand partners were stationed in the fair area


Here's how I enjoyed every booths in the fair area, and my favorite was the L'oreal photo op with Miss Manga, the kid inside me immediately surfaced the moment I saw this cutesy mascot. 

Here's what I got from the beauty fair booths: a foldable fan and postcard from the zap booth , wacoal brochure, 500 off voucher from Flawless, free sample from Benefit, an American Idol Tshirt from ETC and of course, the best of all a box of Kleenex tissue which I badly needed that day from 2nd Avenue.

#BeautyBootCamp Workshop


Above was the list of workshops offered during the #BeautyBootCamp. Those who attended the workshops did their registration through the BDJ official website: ilovebdj.com. Bellas had chosen either Package A that was worth 700php for a 5 class pass or Package B for 500php for a 3 class pass prior to the event.

I was really eyeing for the Standout Eyes by K-Palette that's why I joined numerous free class pass giveaways from my favorite bloggers. Unfortunately, I didn't score anything from the contests that I tried my luck into. That's why, when I finally decided to pay for my own workshop pass, the K-Palette Session was already full. But that didn't make me feel totally disheartened because I was still able to register to my next favorite brand: The Tokyo Pop by Canmake.





All in all, here's the list of workshops that I attended and the top 3 bullets I learned from each of them:

1:30 to 2:45: Bare Your Best Skin with Ponds: 


  • I knew more about how Pond's started and their different lines of skincare regimen. 
  • Tips on how to have a glowing skin in general was the best take away from this class. 
  • I got to have my skin analyze by the Pond's Skin Analyzer after the workshop proper (they also have it at the beauty fair). And the results that I got, my skin age was already at 29 versus my actual age of 28. Though there's no much difference in the skin age result, but as of the moment I am writing this blog, I was already strictly following a day and night skincare regimen using Pond's and the actual results were quite amazing. 

3:15 to 4:30: Be Wedding Ready with Max Factor

  • Who's my ever favorite speaker, of course its Bobby Carlos by Max Factor! Yehey! BDJ always have him during their pop up events or rendezvous but I will never get tired listening to him. He is very informative, humorous and truthful to every tip and tricks he imparts to his audience. He's a true unselfish beauty guru.
  • At this class, I learned that there's no general rule on doing bridal makeup - it will always depend on the client's request but venue lighting, time of the day and theme/motiff  of the wedding should be taken into consideration.
  • Transitioning the makeup from the wedding proper to the reception look including the hairstyle was the plus factor for this Max Factor's session.

5:00 to 6:15: Tokyo Pop by Canmake

  • What made me hooked in Canmake, is their cutesy, princessy products that will give a girl that makeup look as inspired by the Japanese. In this class, I learned a bit of history of Canmake and the Japanese culture on taking care of their skin. 
  • In order to achieve the Tokyo Pop Look, a girl should have a clear and clean skin and should wear light makeup that has these following features: strong eyes, a feminine hairstyle, and a simple base makeup and touch up work on contouring. 
  • The owner of Canmake here in the Philippines did an actual demonstration on how Japanese clean and wash their face and this what made this class stand out.  

My certificates, Workshop ID and passport and of course, it wouldn't be complete without a photo print-out from Canon.

Aside from having the best workshops, I had the chance to take away the best loots from each of them. I am very grateful for their generosity!


The #BeautyBootCamp is probably one of my luckiest days because for the first time I won a shopping voucher worth 1000php: 


On the first time I set my eyes on the Flawless booth, I was instantly captivated by these fashionably chic purple camouflage bag and Sunny's fold-able pink shades, but budget-wise I didn't go for it. But my Fairy "Luck" Mother didn't want me to go home sad for from the hundreds who registered and attended, I was one of the 20 bellas who won a 1000 php worth of shopping voucher. With it, I stepped out of the venue as an elated bella who took home what she really wanted to have that day. 


In addition to all the free loots, here's what I bought in the fair where I got a 50% discount: 


Oh! I fell in love with Benefit's Bathina Body Mist when I got a sample size from my November 2014 BDJ Box and now I do have a full size of it by paying half the original price. I had it from the fair booth of Benefit for 800php only versus the original worth of 1600php. 



To wrap up that day, we were the bellas who got in the venue firsts and we were the last to go home as well. We may never know each other's name but for sure we will recognize each bella we meet even outside BDJ events and this is the greatest gain I had from attending BDJ sponsored events - FRIENDS! 

Credits to @dorotz of Instagram for t hecandid shot.
I am thankful for this wonderful sorority Belle De Jour!




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