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Facial Exercises. Image by mod as hell via FlickrFacial exercises promote a smooth and wrinkle free skin.

Facial Exercises

As facial muscles loose firmness, the facial exercise helps in toning the facial muscles. Facial exercise is an inexpensive way for you to strengthen facial muscles and increase tone for a more youthful appearance.1. Eyes: Sit with your eyes closed and relaxed. While keeping your eyes closed, look down and look up as far as possible. Repeat this face exercise for ten to fifteen times. Sit straight with your eyes closed and relaxed. 3. 4. 5. Nothing Is Impossible - What do you think of GM’s diet? Google. The Vanilla Tulip: Cilantro Garlic Ranch and Fried Pickles. Y'all are in for a treat today!!!

The Vanilla Tulip: Cilantro Garlic Ranch and Fried Pickles

Cinco De Mayo. Avocado Hummus. This avocado hummus is delicious.

Avocado Hummus

And I know I say that a lot, but I really rilly like this one. It’s a good one! In other related news, why are avocados so expensive? I get that they’re delicious, buttery, fatty (in a healthy way!) , pretty, and again, delicious. No but really… I like to consider myself a pretty good “ripe” fruit picker, but avocados sort of make me nervous, because sometimes they’re perfectly ripe, yet their exterior is still a little green. Margarita Cupcakes (From Scratch) The #3 and #4 most popular recipes on this site both came out of a box: Margarita Cupcakes and Pink Lemonade Cupcakes.

Margarita Cupcakes (From Scratch)

I’ve been wanting to make both from scratch since those first batches came out of the oven. The original Margarita Cupcakes used a boxed white cake mix mixed with a homemade margarita and were topped with an American-style buttercream. To make the scratch Margarita Cupcakes fresher, I nixed the box and used Martha Stewart’s lemon cupcake recipe, swapping the lemon with lime.

I topped the cupcakes with Martha’s perfectly fluffy Swiss Meringue Buttercream and spiked it with fresh lime juice and tequila. No preservatives. Margarita Cupcakes. Happy Cinco de Mayo!

Margarita Cupcakes

The one day a year when we can stuff ourselves full of chips, salsa, guacamole and margaritas. It’s a little bit of a foodie nirvana. Of course there is historical significance to the day, which I shared in my homemade restaurant style salsa post. But like most holidays that celebrate a heritage, people enjoy celebrating Cinco de Mayo with authentic food and drink.

I for one love Mexican food and am looking forward to chowing down on chips and salsa for at least one meal and then washing it down with one (or two) of these cupcakes. Stay hungry, my friends. Margarita Cupcakes. Copy Cat Recipe – Chipotle’s Guacamole. Please note the triangle -- I accidently included a clove of garlic in the picture which is NOT in the recipe...

Copy Cat Recipe – Chipotle’s Guacamole

I make mistakes so please be kind ;) Everyday at 5 pm PST/ 8 pm EST Budget Savvy Diva posts a NEW RECIPE Make sure to follow Budget Savvy Diva on Facebook If you like this recipe then PIN IT on Pinterest Find Copy Cat Recipes HERE Find more Recipes HERE. Strawberry Cupcake Recipe. Happy Monday!

Strawberry Cupcake Recipe

It was a rainy, wet and windy weekend around here but I spent it all inside the nice toasty yoga studio, knocking out another 15 hours of teacher training. Friends that are thinking of becoming certified: it’s so much fun but SO time consuming! Be ready to be glued to your mat for six months. Bonus! Abs of steel. That being said, it goes without saying that my very favorite place in Savannah other than my mom’s yoga studio is Back in the Day Bakery. Kidding!!!! Cupcake23recipesmall.jpg (JPEG Image, 800 × 400 pixels) No-Bake Thin Mint Cookie Truffles Recipe.

How to Make Marshmallow Fondant. This time I decided to make it with those mini fruit flavored marshmallows.

How to Make Marshmallow Fondant

I had to sort them by colour first. I figured they would add a little bit of flavor to the fondant so I wouldn't have to add much flavoring oil. I use gel colours to dye my fondant but regular food colouring will work too. You won't be able to get really dark colours without making your fondant sticky, but for lighter colours you can just even it out with more icing sugar. I also had lemon oil and coconut flavoring on hand.. oh la la the value brand (which still works fine).

Step One: Take a couple of handfuls of marshmallows and put them in a microwave safe bowl. I like to make smaller batches because its easier to add the colour to the melted marshmallow than it is to work the colour into the fondant later. Step Two: Feast Your Eyes on…Flavored Water! I’ve always liked drinking my water with a slice or two of lemon–that extra little touch of flavor just makes water more appealing to me.

Feast Your Eyes on…Flavored Water!

There are a lot of other ways you can flavor water naturally. You can get really creative with it! Here are some ideas… Add a slice of your favorite citrus to a tall glass of ice water…try lemon, lime, or orange slices. Or combine them…slices of lemon and lime…orange and lime…or try all three together!