Baking again

Moved from cookies to muffins today.  The apple-oat with cinnamon muffins smells so yummy when baking.  They look a lot more appetizing than my cookies.  The taste testers, Moku, Happy and now little Maki, loved them!  Froze the muffins and will be sharing with friends who have dogs.  Cakes next!!

Now! you tell me...Japanese skin care tip #1

Japanese women have such beautiful, porcelain skin.  Want to know why?  Here's what we didn't learn early in life:

Anti aging skin care tip #1:  Never wash your face by applying cleanser and rubbing your skin with your hands.  This only pulls and stretches your skin!  Proper way:  using a japanese facial net, create thick, creamy foam with cleanser.  If yours doesn't foam up, get one that does--this is critical!  Now with a cup or more of foam, gently apply to your face, now you have created a thick cushion of cleanser between your hands and your facial skin.  Massage your face with the foam to clean your skin, not pulling and tugging anymore! 

Continue for entire face and neck area (if desired) for 5-10 minutes.  You've just given yourself a mini facial and the result is super clean skin with no stretching delicate facial skin and muscles.  Apply toner and/or moisturizer by pressing on to face in a upward motion, do not  pull or push.  Pat, pat, pat.

Still baking--Chicken thins wafers

Sidetracked by life...and dogs had to finish the remaining inventory of cookies.  Have been searching for a cookie press and cookie stamps.  Finally found a cookie press.  First attempt at making cookies in shapes was not so successful.  Must work out dough consistency.  This is a great press, it can also be a cake/frosting tube.  Am planning to experiment with frosting cookies now.  Colors too!

Success!  the new puppy, Maki (Shiba Inu) loves these!  Toby--well.....