Silicone Cupcake Liners by Galley Essentials #bestsiliconebakingcups

When it comes to baking in my home there is always something missing. Whether that missing item is flour or cupcake liners, I promise I will have to make a run to the store to pick something up. I recently had the opportunity to test out Silicone cupcake molds from Galley Essentials

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Not only did the silicone cupcake molds save me from having to run to the store, but they put a BIG smile on my kids faces.

The cupcake liners are easy to use and just as easy to clean! The bright colors are appealing to all ages and brighten up a table for guests.

My kids thought that the liners were fun to run around the house with, but they were both willing to give them up so I could start the next batch of cupcakes. I did find that if you are making cupcakes from a box, it would be better to buy two sets. 12 liners is not quite enough for a boxed cake mix. They are well worth the cost and would make a great gift for any baker you may know.


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The Better Electrical Outlet Cover Review and Giveaway #COVERPLUG

Anyone with small children is concerned about safety. Many of us have placed safety devices in our outlets to keep our children's little fingers out, only to find that our small children can remove the safety plugs easier than we can.

The CoverPlug is a quick an easy way to hide your outlets and keep little fingers safe.

Product Description

The COVERPLUG™ is a durable, molded, and paintable plastic panel that plugs right into an electrical socket to cover the entire outlet. These innovative outlet covers are held securely in place by posts on the back that align with the ground openings and require no tools for installation or removal. They are made in the USA and use a specially designed plastic that is easily paintable to match your wall color.

The COVERPLUG™ serves two main functions: It creates a physical and visual barrier between your family and electrical outlets.  It covers unsightly outlets and makes them virtually disappear.

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Australian Tea Tree Oil Review #teatreeoil

Did you know that tea tree oil is one of the most versatile essential oils. You can use it to naturally fight acne, toenail fungus, lice, yeast Infections, skin tags, cold sores, dandruff, ringworm, fleas, warts, psoriasis, and more.

You can use it to make your own shampoo, lotion, soap, face mask or cleaner, body wash, and toothpaste. Make sure that you find a non-diluted product before you purchase.

I am not brave enough to stick tea tree oil in my mouth to clean my teeth. Have you smelled tea tree oil? It is not minty fresh. It does not stink by any means, but it does not smell like the way I want my toothpaste to smell. But knowing that tea tree oil is natural and not filling my cabinets with harsh chemicals makes me feel better. I know that I am not alone in my thinking either. Would you want to use a chemical created in a lab to treat ringworm on your child? Or would you feel better placing a little tea tree oil on your child to eliminate the pesky fungus?

In my house, we have a problem with acne. I found that placing a few drops of tea tree oil on a q-tip and applying it directly to a pimple before bed mad the redness and swelling go down. I also found that if i mixed a few drops of tea tree oil in aloe vera and applied it to my face, by skin stayed soft and did not dry out from the tea tree oil.

Just like most other people, I still have store bought moisturizers too. I have store bought facial moisturizers that contain chemicals. I have taken a small amount of the store bought moisturizer and mixed in a few drops of tea tree oil and keep it in a small container with a screw on lid. I use this in the morning under my make-up to give me a little added acne protection during the day.

After using tea tree oil in my home and seeing how versatile it can really be, I will never be without it again.


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Niacinamide Moisturizer Cream by InstaNatural Review #InstaNatural

As I get older, I realize how important it is to take good care of myself both inside and out. Recently I was given the opportunity to try Niacinamide Moisturizer Cream by InstaNatural. All creams have claims that I want to be true, but most do not hold up. Or if the claims do hold up, they only last a few hours and then they are gone again.

Naturally, when I first started to use the Niacinamide cream, I was hesitant to see any results or have them last. Even so, i was still willing to try. Here is what I found:

After 1 use: My skin was noticeably soft and smooth. It left an all over even tone to my skin without a heavy or greasy feel, although it is a little sticky feeling when it dries.

After 1 week:  I noticed that skin under my eyes appeared a little brighter. My skin was noticeably soft, even after washing my face. My skin tone was still even after using the product.

After 2 weeks: My skin is still feeling soft all day long and my dark circles are definitely less dark! Even with just using just a teeny bit of product each time.

After 3 weeks: The difference is visible. I am not talking about looking ten years younger. The results that I am seeing are clearer, smoother, and healthier looking skin on my face. The dark spots are not standing out as drastically and there is a nice healthy glow to my skin.

After just a few weeks of use, the  Niacinamide Moisturizer Cream is holding up to my test.





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Join Children's Claritin & KaBOOM! Bringing Imagination Playground to Communities in Need #sponsor #Vote4Playspaces

 Parents! Vote Now to Help Kids Have More Fun - One Playspace at a Time

As parents, we spend a lot of time discovering creative ways to nurture our children's curiosity. Luckily, being outdoors provides the perfect landscape, fueling young imaginations and creating endless possibilities for exploration, discovery and creativity. Children's Claritin hopes to inspire parents to create innovative play spaces in their backyards, and communities.

Children's Claritin also believes in the benefits of outdoor activity for children, and wants to help children get the most out of every day! They're teaming up with KaBOOM!, a national non-profit, to help bring innovative playspaces to communities in need and you can help! By voting, you can help them pick the four community organizations that will receive Imagination Playground™. What's Imagination Playground™? See imagination at play - watch last year's winner enjoying Imagination Playground™.

Be sure to visit ClaritinVoteforPlayspaces.com where you can place your vote and gather playspace inspirations for creating your own backyard playspace.  

While visiting the Children's Claritin & KaBOOM! Facebook page, you can also:

• Learn more about the twelve organizations you can vote for receiving Imagination Playground™
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• Locate a playspace near you

Vote now and help us pick the four community organizations that will receive Imagination Playground™. You can vote one time per day through 9/26/14. Click here for voting rules.

Best Nut Milk Bag Review

For the last couple of years I have really started to pay attention to what I eat. I am working toward completly eliminating processed foods and going to all fresh foods. This has been a long hard goal to obtain, but my baby steps are getting to be bigger baby steps day by day.

I recently had an opportunity to try the Best Nut Milk Bag and really loved it. I know that most people are probably thinking, what the heck would you need that for? Well there is more than one use, trust me.

You can use the Best Nut Milk Bag to cold brew your coffee. If you have not cold brewed coffee yet, you need to try it! It makes coffee less bitter and brings out the oils more that running hot water through it. By using a nut milk bag, you can keep the grinds out of your coffee with ease.

Make your own Almond milk. Now, this is a little more challenging and takes more time and money that picking up a container at your local grocery store but the taste and freshness cannot be matched.

My favorite use of all, making my own Greek yogurt. After letting the yogurt process, I use the nut milk bag to strain out some of the liquids in the yogurt to get a thick and creamy Greek yogurt.  I used to think that this was a horribly messy task, but with the size of the Best Nut Milk Bag, it was a breeze to filter off the liquid I wanted and even easier to clean up.

If you are looking for ways to improve your health or ways to add a little ease to your current processes, this is a great and affordable way to do so.

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Make Your Dishes Sparkle Cascade Platinum Giveaway #DDDivas #CascadeShiningReviews #sponsored

This review was made possible by Double Duty Divas and Cascade. I was provided the featured product free of charge to facilitate my review, but all opinions are 100% mine.

 Recently I was asked to host a get together with friends and family to test and show off the effectiveness of Cascade Platinum. There is no better excuse to have friends and family over other than to dirty some dishes with good food.

I have always believed if the dishes fit in the dishwasher, they will get clean. Unfortunately, experience has taught me different. I just need to know not to block the water jets with big bowls or cups and everything seems to come out okay. 

As my friends arrived, I managed to keep all of my dirty little secrets and dishes, to myself. While everyone was enjoying their brownies, I tossed the dirty dishes in the dishwasher and washed the dishes. I removed all large pieces of food, but did not pre-rinse.

Spaghetti and brownies be gone! Can you see me waving my magic wand? 

 Yes, that is the same pan! Look how clean it came. Not even a hint of a brown crumb! My guests were all amazed that it could look so clean with scrubbing it first. That is more than an "okay clean." My dish sparkles!

Have an opinion to share? Head to the Cascade website to leave a short review of Cascade Platinum (http://www.cascadeclean.com/us/cascade/review) including #CascadeShiningReviews. One reviewer will win a Kitchen Aid Dishwasher. 

 

Now one of my readers can win a Cascade Platinum Prize Pack which includes (seen in picture above):

• Cascade Platinum
• Cascade rinse aid
• Spatula
• Whisk
• Cheese grater
• Oven mitts

You can enter by commenting below. Tell me what foods you would like to get off your dishes without pre-rinsing. 

You can earn extra entries by doing the following. Make sure to leave a comment that you did or I cannot give you credit. Contest will end September 21st 2014 at midnight PST.

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Instant Face Lift with Mistiq Rapid Lifting & Tightening Spritz #protegemistiq

I am not one to go searching for the perfect cure for aging, but i swear I just found a quick fix to my fine lines. No, it is not plastic surgery. It is called Mistiq.
What is Mistiq? It is a spritz that you can easily carry in your purse to spritz on your face when ever you need an additional lift.

I started by using Mistiq first thing in the morning. I would apply it on a clean dry face, wait a few seconds for it to completely dry, then apply my usual make-up. It is super easy to apply. You do need to make sure you avoid your eyes and mouth. If you close your eyes and mouth when spraying, your should have no issues. Spray once, and you are done! Really? That is all there is to it? Yippee!

The results are not the same as true plastic surgery, but I promise people around you will ask what you are doing? The fine lines diminish and red spots fade. Your skin become more even and your pores will appear smaller. 

So the one downside, it that the effects are only listed to last 4 hours. I found that I did not feel like I needed to use it every four hours. There were a few occasions that I added a quick spritz over my make-up in the late afternoon before a meeting at my kids school or a late lunch with a friend. I thought that a little touch up would help make me feel refreshed and more put together in the late afternoon and I was right. Not only did I get compliments, but the cool mist felt great on a hot summer day.

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Body Merry Age Defense Eye Cream Review #BodyMerry

You may not know it now, but there will be a point when you realize that you should be taking much better care of your skin. It starts with a little dry skin here and there, soon the subtle lines start, then next thing you know you have crows feet that resemble your mother.

I know that I started with a little dry flaky skin in my T-zone. Before I knew it, I had fine lines near my eyes and around my mouth. Adding a little extra moisture and a touch of science, has proven to help reduce the look of my true age.

I recently tried Body Merry Age Defense Eye Cream. It is designed for all types of skin and managed to feel light and gentle on my skin. After a few weeks of use, I found that my crows feet were less prominent and my flaky skin in between my eye brows was gone.  The part I liked the best? The subtle glow that my skin had when I used the Body Merry. Trust me, dull lifeless skin is on its way if you don't have it yet.

Here is a bit of information from Body Merry regarding the ingredients:

"Packed with cutting edge peptides like Matrixyl-3000 and Tripeptide-5 with an ocean based Retinol and botanical Hyaluronic Acid. We know that's not enough – so we've added lots of antioxidants, organic vitamins and minerals, pure plant oils and botanical actives – Aloe, Witch Hazel, Coconut Oil, Cocoa Butter, Vitamin C, Cucumber, Beeswax, Jojoba Oil, Tamanu Oil, Green Tea, Licorice, Eyebright, Avocado Oil, Flax Seed Oil, Rose Hip Oil, Lemon, Lemongrass, Vitamin B5, Lavender and Chamomile (to name just a few!)."

With what appears to be a blend of science and nature,  Body Merry Age Defense Eye Cream is available now for under $20. You can not beat the price or the quality.



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