Beauty vlogger reveals she was called a ‘pig’ and ‘ugly’

A beauty vlogger created a powerful make-up tutorial that saw her write ‘pig’, ‘fat’ and ‘ugly’ on her face to reflect the insults directed at her by online bullies.

Nabela Noor, a Bangladeshi-American YouTuber, shared the powerful clip on her Instagram account a few days ago.

The vlogger, 26, started her video as she often does, by applying a shimmering pink primer onto her face.

Words: Vlogger Nabela Noor created a powerful make-up tutorial that saw her write ‘pig’, ‘fat’ and ‘ugly’ on her face to reflect the insults directed at her by bullies

Powerful: The YouTuber, 26, started her video as she often does, by applying a shimmering pink primer onto her face, but continued by scrawling the words on her forehead and cheeks

Harmful comments: ‘In 2017, I was called a pig, fat, ugly, a monster… I was told I should kill myself because of how I look,’ Nabela wrote on Instagram

But she then used a brown product, likely a contouring cream, to scrawl ‘pig’ across her forehead, followed by ‘fat’ and ‘ugly’ on each of her cheeks. 

‘In 2017, I was called a pig, fat, ugly, a monster… I was told I should kill myself because of how I look,’ Nabela, of Pennsylvania, wrote in an Instagram post in which she shared the clip.

‘I received thousands of messages like this all year & there have been times where I let those words destroy me.

‘But as my confidence strengthened, I became a fortress of self-love that could not be broken by the words of unhappy people.’

Tears welled from Nabela’s eyes after she wrote the hurtful words on her own skin, but the beauty vlogger promptly wiped them off and continued her video.

Using a different product, she crossed out the insults. Then, she erased them with a blending sponge, and wrote ‘I [heart] me’ across her face in the same spots.

Carrying on: Tears welled from Nabela’s eyes after she wrote the hurtful words on her own skin, but the beauty vlogger promptly wiped them off and continued her video

Positive: Using a different product, she crossed out the insults. Then, she erased them with a blending sponge, and wrote ‘I [heart] me’ across her face in the same spots

Confidence: ‘I learned quickly that happy people don’t say hurtful things. And that happiness begins with self-love,’ Nabela (pictured with her husband) added on Instagram

Sharing: Nabela has in the past opened up about her childhood as the children of Bangladeshi parents who immigrated to New York City before she was born

Nabela also grabbed a red pen, which she typically uses for color correcting underneath her foundation, and traced the words ‘XoXo’ on her chin.

She then blended everything away and completed her glamorous make-up look, ending the video on a positive note.

‘I learned quickly that happy people don’t say hurtful things. And that happiness begins with self-love,’ Nabela added on Instagram.

‘The girl I see in the mirror is beautiful with and without make-up, whether I am a size six or a size 16. 

‘So as 2018 begins, I’m leaving behind all of the words that once hurt me —all of the doubt that once controlled me. No one can tell us who we are. We are glorious. We are beautiful. We are worthy.’

Nabela has in the past opened up about her childhood as the children of Bangladeshi parents who immigrated to New York City before she was born and later moved to Pennsylvania.

She previously revealed that as a child, she lost friends after 9/11 because some parents had told their children they could no longer play with her, owing to her Muslim faith.