On Wednesday, the Fashionese Daily team attended the press launch of Clinique’s latest moisturizer in the Superdefense series, the Superdefense SPF 25/PA++ Age Defense Moisturizer. The event was held at Il Primo restaurant, at the Pearl Garden Resort Apartment, Gatot Subroto – Jakarta.
As the main theme of the event is stress and its effect to our skin, the guests were greeted by the “stress” they mostly 
face day to day. The entrance of the restaurant was decorated in a way as if we’re going into a dark tunnel (at this point, Hanzky and I started holding on to each other so we won’t fall to our faces!), then we heard loud traffic noises combined with a high-pitched cry of a baby and suddenly there was some blinking lights flashing in our face making it even harder for us to see where we were going. Stress! But a few seconds later, the door to the restaurant opened and we stepped into the bright, airy, serene interior of Il Primo restaurant where Hanzky and I let out a breath of relief. What an interesting start 🙂
The event opened with a seminar about managing stress, conducted by Okky Asokawati, former model and Psychologist and Hendra Purjaka, Clinique’s Education & PR Manager. Okky explained that there are a few causes of stress, or “stressors”, such as life events (death, accidents, divorces, etc), work/school and its responsibilities, personal relationships, pain (from being ill) and many more. She said each individual responds differently towards stress. People who are impatient, overly emotional with high temper, always react before they think or in Javanese term we call “grasa grusu” :), are usually affected more by stress. Such people must learn to manage their stress through various methods, such as relaxation, exercise, etc. This is important because studies have proved that over time, stress can lead to diminished health or illness.
