November Favourites 2014! ♥ ♥ ♥

Hi Loves & HAPPY DECEMBER!! Here are all the products that I have been LOVING for the month of November. Hope you enjoy! 

Wishing you an amazing holiday season!! Mmuah.

Love, Linda


Items mentioned:
Covergirl full lash bloom mascara, very black
Maybelline instant age rewind eraser dark circles, light
Wet n wild blush, pearlescent pink
The balm nude tude eyeshadow palette
Glysomed hand cream
Yes to carrots moisturizing eye cream
Maybelline brow drama sculpting brow mascara, deep brown
Revlon lip butter, peach parfait
Revlon ultra HD lipstick, geranium
Rimmel Kate lipstick, 11
L'oreal extraordinaire, scarlet concerto
OPI nail polish, tickle my france-y
Target holiday 2014 Santa mug
Chapters indigo holiday 2014 gold monogram mug

NEW L'oreal Pop Balm Review!

It's POP BALM time! Hehe. Such a cute & fun name for these NEW L'oreal lippies. I purchased these from Walmart Canada for $7.96 each. Just a heads up, there might not be a separate display for these pop balms so be sure to look right next to the L'oreal Color Riche Balms for these.

Claims straight from the L'oreal site:

Vibrant Color.

For a Bold, Daring Pout.

8 HR Hydration.

The next generation of lip balms has arrived. Balm Pop enlivens lips with pure, vibrant color and contains Jojoba and Shea butter to nourish and hydrate for a full 8 hours. Available in six daring shades. 

(It says 6 shades but there are only 4 shades available: Wild Lily 410, Bold Blush 420, Fiery Red 430, Electric Pink 440)

The packaging of these new Pop Balms are exactly the same as L'oreal's existing Color Riche Balms except for the lettering/wording. It's the exact same lettering as the new miss manga mascara!

These pop balms come in a colored plastic top w/ a chrome silver retractable tube.

On the bottom it shows you the shade name on a colored sticker. Very simple yet pretty packaging! I picked up Bold Blush & Fiery Red because as you all know I adore my everyday pinks & pop of red lippies.

Bold Blush 420 is a pretty rosey pink shade.

Swatched. Love how these can apply sheer with just 1 layer or to full opacity with 2-3 layers.

Fiery Red 430 is a orangey-red shade.

L'oreal Pop Balms have a slight sheen to it. They have a slippery feel to them, like a regular lip balm! Also, they are very pigmented & much more opaque comparing them to the color riche balms. These glide on so incredibly smoothly onto my lips, super creamy & soft on. Very nice & moisturizing. My lips felt hydrated for about 5 hours until I needed to re apply. By the end of the day, after wiping everything off it did leave a slight stain & my lips felt super soft. Ooh, I forgot to mention that they do have a slight vanilla scent to them as well- nothing too strong. One tip I would like to share with you is that definitely make sure your lips are exfoliated before applying these as it could accentuate those dry areas. These lippies leave your lips with a pretty, fresh & vibrant color to it. 

If you are looking for a lippie that is lightweight, easy to use & gives you a vibrant pop of color to your lips, I highly recommend you check these NEW L'oreal Pop Balms out. The feel of a balm but the look of a lipstick. PERFECT for Summer, LOVE!!!

I hope this review was helpful to you, thank you so much for reading! MMUAH.

Love, Linda

Watch the full review video here:

Empties #1!

Hi loves! This is my 1st ever empties post/video, super exciting & more to come!! I will be showing you my empties/products I have used up & let you know what I think and would I repurchase them. 

Cotton cotton rounds :: Olay oil minimizing toner w/ witch hazel :: Hard candy ginormous lash volumizing mascara purple :: Peter thomas roth anti-aging cleansing gel :: Uji green tea cream sandwiches :: Ole henriksen truth serum collagen booster :: Pantene pro v flat to volume shampoo

Hope you enjoy!!

Love, Linda

Watch the full empties video here:

Natural Effortless Effort Make Up Tutorial

Hi Darlings! Today I am going to show you how I achieve my natural effortless (but looks like I put some effort into it) make up look. I have been wearing this look a lot lately over in my vlog channel & have been getting compliments (thank you!) so I thought I might as well show you all as well! I hope you enjoy it, I have been obsessed with it!! ^___^

Love, Linda

Watch the tutorial below:

Manicure Monday: Revlon Whimsical & Blue Lagoon

Hi Darlings! I hope you had a restful & relaxing weekend (hopefully you received lots of red envelopes & ate yummy food for Chinese New Year). For today's Mani Monday I used one coat of Revlon's Blue Lagoon & two coats of Whimsical. SO CUTE!

092 Blue Lagoon is a pretty baby blue pastel polish with little specks of sliver glitter.

430 Whimsical is a milky blue sheer polish with multiple size glitters (blue & pink hexagonal glitters, mini blue, pink & silver glitters). ADORABLE & PRETTY!

I call this combo, my happy nails- it just makes me smile! What better way to start of the Lunar New Year than to be in the happiest mood! 

What nail polish makes you smile? ^___^

Love, Linda

NEW Rimmel Colour Rush Balm Trial & Thoughts Review

SO IMPRESSED & IN LOVE WITH THIS LIPPIE!

Have you guys tried it? What do you think?!

Love, Linda

Manicure Monday: Essie Blanc

Happy Monday Loves! For this week's Mani Monday, I wanted something fresh & clean looking. What better color than white! I love how it looks on my nails- very crisp & mod. I must say ^___^

Essie's Blanc is a snowy white opaque polish. I applied 2 coats to give it that nice smooth full coverage look.

Everyone needs one in their nail polish collection, would be perfect for french manicures as well. Also, it would match any outfit you put on hehe.

Chinese New Years is this Friday (Jan.31st) & it's another fresh new start to a brand new year! I thought this clean & refreshing polish- Essie Blanc would be perfect for the celebration. 

Have you ever tried a white polish before for your mani.'s?

Wishing you a wonderful week ahead & also a very Happy Chinese New Years!

Love, Linda

Manicure Monday: NYX Coral Sensation

Alo cuteys. Happy Monday! Hope you all had a wonderful weekend!! After last week's dark polish, I wanted something brighter & lighter this week. Today's Mani Monday is a beautiful NYX polish called Coral Sensation.  

This is truly a gorgeous coral shade & doesn't it just scream Spring/Summer?! (only a few more months, yay!) The polish applied very evenly & smoothly. The brush bristles were tightly packed and it gave a nice "bounce" once I swept it across my nails. I applied 2 coats.

One of my fave blushes is Nars Orgasm (coral color with a hint of gold shimmer) & this polish is exactly that. Obviously I NEEDED this polish in my life! ^__^

The packaging of these NYX Advanced Formula polishes really reminds me of Deborah Lippmann's, don't cha think? For a drugstore polish, it sure looks high end. LOVE.

This polish by NYX- Coral Sensation is such a cheerful, fun, punch of color. I can't just help but to stare at my nails & move them back and forth to see the light reflect off that gorgeous gold sheen.

Thanks so much for reading loves. Wishing you all an amazing week ahead! We shall speak soon.

Love, Linda

Linda N. Young - Dafyne Me Bella

Hi Darlings! I still cannot believe that 2014 is here, 2013 really flew by. What can I say.. 2013 was truly a year full of life lessons & also one of the best year of my life (I married the love of my life-my hubby Allan)! 

Lessons in 2013 regarding friends, family, relationships, business & life in general. It was one crazy, whirlwind year BUT with the bad comes the good & negatives can turn into positives- if you can look at it in a positive light. Personally, I learned A LOT in 2013 and of course not all of my situations were positive but I learned to look towards the positive side of everything & chose to switch gears and just be happy- after all happiness is your choice! ^__^

Last year I went through some cray roller coasters & I just needed to find something or somewhere I could go to so that I can "escape" for a little while. To be in a whole new environment where I could find meaning and challenge myself. Before we get into that, during that time I noticed I was always browsing through the beauty sections at drugstores and browsing at Sephora & quite often finding myself purchasing make up & beauty products. It was slowly becoming something I grew a lot of interest in and it made me excited and happy. Now, back to the story.. suddenly something in my head went AHA! Why didn't I share my findings & my experiences with these products with other people?- An outlet that I needed. From there on, I started my very own YouTube beauty channel & later on a second channel for weekly vlogs. When I first started I was scared as heck! But as time went on, I started to feel less scared- more challenged and happy. 

This new experience has definitely made me grown into a different person and made me realize that what I was dealing with in life was going to be okay. I am glad I made that choice of challenging myself in order to escape for a bit. That feeling of being scared to do something gave it that much more reward for me. Becoming a youtuber definitely gave me an outlet to "vent" what was really happening in my life. It was like therapy for me. I don't know about you guys but when I get into a tough situation it actually motivates me to do or try something different. I am so glad I did because I love what I do and the people friends I get to make & connect with online. 

With all that being said.. 2014, will definitely be better because without those lessons & challenges in 2013- I wouldn't have been able to write this blog post & share my experience with you. Just wanted to let you guys know that I am back (with just a few more sections to add to my creation, Dafyne Me Bella) and I can't wait for what 2014 has in store! I am Linda N. Young, creator of Dafyne Me Bella. I feel friggin fantastic & life is awesome when you look at it positively!! Now lets make 2014 SUPER AMAZINGLY WONDERFULLY AWESOME!!

Thank you so much for letting me share my thoughts & feelings with you. As always, thank you so much for reading. See you all very soon. Have a wonderful day! Mmmuah. 

Love, Linda

(Blogger, Tweeter, Facebooker, Instagramer, You Tuber, Vlogger, Jewelry Designer)

Manicure Monday: OPI Eiffel For This Color & Sally Hansen Midnight Glitz

Hi my loves! It has been forever since my last blog post (just switched from wordpress to blogger). Definitely promising myself to keep up with the blog posts this year + I miss you guys (my darling readers) as well! Today’s Mani Monday is a polish my sister actually gifted me (OPI). I also topped it off with the Sally Hansen polish. Let’s check them out below!

Sally Hansen’s Midnight Glitz is a polish I recently picked up, it is fairly new to the drugstores. It’s basically a glitter topper & it has gold holographic hex/regular glitter and black matte glitter in a clear base- super pretty! I used one layer of it on my nails & it applied very smoothly. Next up we have OPI’s Eiffel For This Color & it is a dark vampy polish with a bit of purple shimmer to it. I used two coats.

I don’t know about you guys but when I looked at the Midnight glitz polish, I immediately thought that a black polish would go perfectly with it. When it came time to use this baby, I thought “Hey why don’t I use a dark purple polish instead!” Since there were gold glitters in the midnight glitz polish, I thought a deep purple polish would go so perfectly with it- and I was spot on! Using a dark purple polish as the base showcases the matte black glitters & also the gold glitters as well- in a subtle (but different) way of course.

This glitter topper by Sally Hansen- Midnight Glitz will definitely amp up any manicure. It’s not an overly glittery polish, which I appreciate. It just adds the right amount of glitz to your mani! 

Thank you so much for reading, I hope you all enjoyed! Take care everybody & I promise it won’t be long until the next blog post ^__^ Mmuah.

Love, Linda