FAB by Noora

Glamour Burgundy Tutorial

April 17, 2012 in make up

Burgundy is my favorite shade of red and it can make even a girl next door look like a seductor ;). I love to wear the burgundy lips with natural glowy makeup, a sleek hairdo and some fun accessory (like the headbands Sara and I are wearing) to take the edge off.

Products that I used…
FACE

1. Ahava Deadsea Algae Light Foundation (Sand, Mediun Light). One of the best foundations for natural looking coverage. It just gets better during the day. As the name of it says, it has a light coverage, but Ahava has the same foundation with a heavier coverage that goes with a name “rich foundation”.

2. Maybelline Dream LumiTouch Highlighting Concealer. I’ve been blogging about this concealer several times already. It’s my favorite :).

3. IsaDora Oil Control Compact Powder (Stop Shine! 69). My favorite compact powder. Just a fine layer of it is enough.

4. L’oréal ColorAppeal Trio Pro (403 Golden Fidelity). Check out the point 6.

5. IsaDora Bronzing Powder (Highlight Tan 45). The packaging is so pretty and radiant and the product is great as IsaDora’s products always are.

EYES

6. L’oréal ColorAppeal Trio Pro (403 Golden Fidelity). As I’ve mentioned before, I’m not a huge fan of L’oréal’s eyeshadows. Nevertheless the colors in this palette are beautiful and they have a nice pearly glow in them. I used the lightest color for the cheekbones, arch and the inner corners of my eyes and the darkest color for the outer corners of my eyes.

7. Rimmel Sexy Curves (001 Black). A great mascara when you don’t want mega lashes. Separates beautifully and gives lenght.

Making of... Thanks to Myriam (in the middle) for the photos :)

BROWS

8. Rimmel Brow Pencil (001 Dark Brown). Rimmel has great brow colors, this is definitely on of them.

LIPS

9. Parisax Professional Crayon Lèvres (Prune). This intensifies the color of the lipgloss geniously and helps it last longer.

10. Revlon ColorStay Mineral Lipglaze (555 Overtime Wine). Firstly, I gotta say that I love the name of the lipglaze :D. It has a fine shimmer in it that gives even more texture to the glossiness.

BRUSHES

11. Sephora Professional Foundation Brush.

12. “No brand” blush brush.

13. “No brand” eyeshadow brush.

So… I hope you enjoyed the luscious lips of Sara and I :)! See you next time!
Love,

Noora :)

Tags: ahava, burgundy lips, drugstore, head band, loreal, parisax, red lips, redwine lips, revlon, rimmel, sephora
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Girls’ Night Out Tutorial: Hot Pink Lips + Chic Sidebraid

April 12, 2012 in hair, make up

Sara and I. This makeup highlights her eyes sooo beautifully that I just can't stand it :D!!!

Girls just wanna have fu-un… Cyndi Lauper sure knew what she was talking about ;)! This hair and makeup is designed just for that! The foundation and the lipstick are long lasting ones (tested by me, read on to find out more) so you don’t have to worry about retouching. Remember also that the hair can be semi-messy, as it get’s like that anyway while dancing like crazy ;). Good luck!

The products that I used…

FACE

1. L’oréal Infallible Brush 24h (140 Golden Beige). Good coverage, super matte finish. This foundation makes your skin surprisingly perfect looking :)! Even the brush that comes with it is a semi-good one; I already broke mine, that’s why you see me using a separate foundation brush. The foundation might be a bit heavy during the daytime but I totally recommend this it for a nights out. It’s promised to last for 24 hours, I personally find these kind of promises a bit of an exaggeration, but I can tell you that it lasts better than an average foundation.

2. Maybelline Dream LumiTouch Highlighting Concealer. My favorite concealer! Has a great coverage.

3. Nuobeier Professional Fashioncolour (10). This is probably the least expensive makeup item I have. Honestly it smells like cheap. Anyway, concidering it’s price (which was like 1 €) the color and the light shimmer it has are SO PRETTY, that I concider it a good investment.

4. IsaDora Oil Control Compact Powder (Stop Shine! 69) & 5. IsaDora Bronzing Powder (Highlight Tan 45). IsaDora’s products never fail! They are simply great!

EYES

6. L’oréal ColorAppeal (223 Smoky Steel). I’m not a huuge fan of L’oréal’s eyeshadows (I prefer a lot more the IsaDora’s ones) but this one performs just well and the metally color is great and it has just the right amount of shimmer in it. I used only the lighter shade of this palette.

7. Rimmel Brow Pencil (001 Dark Brown). Great color for multiple use ;).

Making of...We're adults, aren't we? :)

8. Rimmel Exaggerate Eye Liner (001 100% Black). Probably the best liquid eyeliner I have ever tried! It’s ultra black (as the name tells you) and the brush is just the right size for easy eyelining. A great product I must say.

9. L’oréal Volume Million Lashes (Black). My favorite mascara!!! I’m a huge mascara freak, and always trying to achieve the fullest and the longest lashes. This one is great for both and separates well as well.

A chic side braid that's SOOO easy to do!

BROWS

10. Rimmel Brow Pencil (001 Dark Brown). Check out the point 6.

LIPS

11. Melvita Soft Shea Butter. A great lip butter. Check out my Top 4 Lip Balms here.

12. Rimmel Lasting Finish Lipstick (004 Indulgence). Great color! Looks even pinker in real life. It has a great coverage that doesn’t dry out your lips. And lasts while eating! Sara and I tested it after the shoot :)!Now when I think about it, I need to get more of these :D!

BRUSHES

13. Sephora Professional Foundation Brush.

14. “No brand” contouring brush. A proof that very affordable brushes can have a great quality.

15. “No brand” eyeshadow brush.

16. Ahava Skin-Loving Makeup Brush. One of my favorites. Amazingly soft and blends any product beautifully!

Ok guys, I hope you enjoyed this tutorial! Don’t forget to subscribe to my YouTube Channel :)! See you next time! Byeee!
Love,

Noora

Tags: ahava, braid, cat eyes, easy hairdo, fun, fun night out, girls night out, hair, hairdo, hot pink, how to, isadora, long lasting, loreal, makeup, maybelline, melvita, party makeup, rimmer, sephora, side braid, tutorial
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Hypnotizing Eyes Tutorial (+ How to Apply False Lashes)

April 3, 2012 in make up

Sara and I hypnotizing with our lashes :)

My last tutorial was about big Kissable Lips and Sidebuns. Now let’s see what magic can be done with your eyes, shall we?

Apply this look with glowy skin and nude lips to highlight the eyes even more :)!

The products that I used

1. IsaDora Inliner Kajal (50 Satin White). IsaDora does its’ job as great as always. What I love about its kajals is that they’re very pigmented. The white is extra white and the black is extra black. Loving it!

2. Rimmel Eyebrow Pencil (002 Hazel). I used this to the lower lid, next to the waterline. Many people forget that products such pencils can be used anywhere! This is a great color for brows and eyes.

3. Maybelline Master Drama Khol Liner (Ultra Black). A good pigmented, and affordable, black liner.

4. Maybelline Dream LumiTouch Highlighting Concealer. My favorite concealer! An excellent product to cover up anything. The result is very natural! The days I don’t feel like wearing foundation I just apply some drops of this on my face and voilà!

5. L´oréal Volume Million Lashes Mascara. My favorite mascara for volume. It has a huge rubber brush, which gives great volume and separates the lashes beautifully. I’m usually not into rubber brushes at all because they tend not to give the lashes any volume. Well, this one my friend, does its job excellently! Note for those of you who have used Meybelline’s Colossal Volum’ Express Mascara (the one in the yellow bottle, you know): this is similar but even better!

6. Lip Pencil. Again, you can go creative with the stuff! Lip pencil CAN be used for the eyes. I do that kind of a stuff all the time :). This came included in a set of a “no-brand” brush set.

The Making of: First laughs then some delicious Spanish food :)

7. Eyeshadow Pencil. Again, this came in a set of (another) “no-brand” brushes. I think for everyday brushes these ones do their job just fine.

8. Maybelline Eyestudio Lasting Drama Gel Liner. Yet again, one of my faves! I prefer a gel liner to a liquid one 10 to 1. You have to work with it a bit longer, but it’s so much harder to mess up than a liquid liner. I totally recommend this for all of you who are having a hard time with a liquid eyeliner.

9. Ruby Rose Eyeshadow Palette. I was just investigating about this brand online. I think it’s part of a Turkish comprany “Erkul Cosmetics”. This palette was veeeery affordable and it has some amazing colors in it! The eyeshadows are pretty pigmented as well. The only downside of it is that a “cheapy product” smells like a “cheapy product”, if you know what I mean.

10. Fake Lashes. Both the lashes and the glue are from some Asian brand. Again, veeery affordable! I personally think the fakelashes don’t need to be any mega-brand to work just fine. I’ve never bought any “brand-lashes” and I’ve never had any need to do that. For this tutorial the only thing you should keep in mind while purchasing the lashes is that they can’t be too thick! As you’re applying only half of the lash, if it’s too thick it’ll just look ridiculous.

Ok guys, I hope you enjoyed this tutorial! :) It’d mean the World to me if you subcribed to my channel on YouTube, so make sure you do that! There are a lot more video tutorials coming up ;)!

See you soon!
Love,

Noora

Tags: beautiful eyes, before after, big eyes, concealer, drugstore products, erkul cosmetics, fake lashes, false lashes, gel liner, how to, hypnotizing eyes, isadora, loreal, make up, maybelline, no brand, rimmel, ruby rose
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Long Lasting Makeup

March 26, 2012 in make up

As a “blondie”, I’ve always been a bit jealous to the brunettes because of their nicely defined features. Because of their dark brows and lashes they seem to have half of their makeup done. My way to save some time in the morning and have half of MY makeup already done is very simple. Let me show you guys :).

About once a month I use RefectoCil’s Eyelash and Eyebrow color (3 Natural Brown). There’s a tint and a developer liquid that you have to mix. I mix the product in a small bowl and apply it with a cue tip; then leave it in for 10 minutes and wash it off. As you can see the result is not that noticeable, just a little bit more defined, and that’s exactly what we’re looking for. I love this product especially for the brows because the result is much more natural than any eyebrow pencil.

I hope all you “nobrows” found this review helpfull :)!
Take care!
Love,

Noora

Tags: developer liquid, dye, eyebrow color, eyebrows, eyelash and eyebrow color, lashes, rectocil, tint
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Kissable Lips + Romantic Sidebun

March 21, 2012 in hair, make up

For this look I wanted to concentrate on lips and leave the rest of the face very natural. The hairdo is an effortless sidebun. Effortless, because it doesn’t have to be perfect to look great. This is a perfect look for everyday glamour or for some semi formal events. For a slightly fancier event you can pull off the same look with a brighter colored lip.

This look may seem a bit tricky but it really isn’t! The only thing I have to warn you about is that your hair should be in a more or less good condition for you to be able to sweep of the iron through it. So I recommend to use some leave in conditioner before trying it.

Make up

Hairdo

The products that I used (Makeup)

1. Maybelline Lip Liner Moisture Extreme (66 Rose Beige). Most of us don’t have a perfect lipline. To me a lipliner that’s practically the same color as your lips is a must have. You can make your lips more uniform with it and it’s great for highlighting as well.

2. Darker Lip Liner. I gotta say that I don’t remember where did I get this and the text has faded away. It must be a drugstore product though. This kind of a color is perfect when you want to highlight just some parts of your lips.

3. Maybelline Dream Lumitouch Highlighting Concealer (20 Ivory). This concealer has more coverage than the one on my last tutorial. This is a perfect concealer when you want to hide a pimple or some other imperfections. In this tutorial I like to use it as a higlighter as well.

4. Rimmel Moisture Renew Lipstick (700 Nude Delight). I love love love this lipstick! I love the texture and the color. My lips are very dry and most lipsticks tend to make them look, but it’s not the case with this one. Also a nude shade as good as this is hard to find. The lipstick was recommended to me by my friend, and a nude lipstick expert, Nina. You can check out Nina’s blog (in Finnish) here.

5. L´oréal Glam Shine Natural Glow Lip Gloss (401 Chrystal Rose Glow). This lip gloss has a great color and shimmer. It’s more for a night time use, but if you apply just a little bit, you can get away with it during the day as well.

6. Blending brush. This brush came in a set of with several different brushes. It’s something I’d call “no brand” brush. The set was very affordable (something like 9€) but I’m digging each one of the brushes. It’s synthetic material and soft as silk. I use this brush for eyes and lips.

The Making Of...

The products that I used (Hair)

L´oréal Studio Line Silk & Gloss Fixing Spray. Naaah, not a lot to say about this one. A good fixing spray; that is what it is.

Pantene Heat Protector. More or less year ago I was still rather sceptical about heat protectors. I thought it was all marketing and that it wouldn’t have any real effect. Honestly, I’ve been using so many good hair products lately that I’m not really sure which one of them has the “fault” (or is it all of them together), but anyway, my hair is a lot more healthier than it used to be, and I keep on using the iron almost on daily basis. Plus, I have very thin hair that tends to get electric, and with the heat protector I can take it all away. It smells great as well.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial :)! See you soon for some more beauty tutorials!