How beauty can lead to a better future

The saying “beauty is only skin deep” has no place in this story, for it is precisely what led 15 less fortunate women in forging a better future for themselves and their families.

On July 25, The Manila Times witnessed the graduation rites of the first batch of French cosmetics company L’Oreal’s three-month training program “Beauty for a Better Life” at Barangay Sto. Niño, Marikina City. The course was developed “to gift underprivileged communities with free, international and high-quality training, to equip them with skills in creating a better livelihood for them and their families.”