Crunchy Betty
Food on Your Face
There's this magical box that lives in my "crunchy corner." In it are wonders ne'er before seen, like unicorns and fairies and men who ask for directions.
Just kidding, men. (You'd never fit in this box.)
Actually, …
So I've been contemplating the gift recipes we should do around here, and it kicked in the old memory. Last year, I made homemade beauty gifts for everyone - but attached to each of the gifts was a stack of recipes with …
Shoot, you guys. I owe so many of you an apology. For years, so many of you have been asking about what I use to moisturize my face. Every time, the conversation goes like this:
Curious Person: "Hey, Betty? What do you …
Hello, strangers!
So, I have some good news and I have some bad news. Which news do you want first?
The good news? Yes. That is what you want.
Crunchy Betty is getting a makeover! I've been diligently working with a …
My father. Bless his heart, but for as much as he tries, he's so predictably underwhelmed when he receives gifts.
If you give him a tie, with a crooked smile, he'll say, "Oh. Wow. Okay. This is great. Thanks."
If you …
Until about five days ago, if you'd have said "have some gardener's salve," I would have been all "Pssht, what do I need gardener's salve for? For when I fall in the dirt after tripping on my shoelaces?" (Who am I kidding? I …
There's just something special about the oil cleansing method, yeah?
The thought of washing your face with oil either attracts or violently repels people. But, in the four years I've been immersed in natural living …
There are three things you'll always find on the verge of going bad in my kitchen:
1. Sauerkraut, which I've made religiously by hand every six months for the last two years, and I've never eaten. I buy a cabbage, …
The other night, as I was writing the post announcing this quick sale, I started to read the books. Really read. Before, I had only read one or two, and cyber-thumbed through the rest. But, as I immersed myself in the …
I really questioned whether or not it was a good idea to run a coupon code for the "sales" days coming up here, mainly because we've been so busy with orders already, we have a hard time keeping up with it. (Believe me, my …
A few weeks ago when I was digging around for a post to "revive" from way in the depths of Crunchy Betty, my first thought was a very, very old post titled 27 Quick and Crunchy Home Remedies for Pimples. It's a great post, …
Hey, baby. You have an amazing body.
Yes, you.
I don't care if it's fat or thin or missing a limb, your body is rollercoaster amazing. How do I know this? Because you're reading this right now. Because you're …
What? WHAT? Yes. This is really happening.
Crunchy Betty now has a Natural Market Store on Etsy, where you'll be able to pick up some of the end products of recipes you've seen here on Crunchy Betty. Let's not make too …
Lusty: full of or characterized by a healthy vigor. (Her lusty complexion bathed him in a radiant energy, and under her gaze he felt kissed by the sun.)
Lust: intense sexual desire or appetite; ardent enthusiasm, zest, or …
Saddle up, cowboys and cowgirls.
I'm about to swiftly bonk you over the head with some information, and then you're going to provide your input, thoughts, and opinions on the matter. It'll be quick, but it might not be …
Bananas are mystical fruits designed by a higher power to be the exact shape and size to fit perfectly, snugly, miraculously on your counter top for two weeks, while you forget about them and instead eat the granola.
They …
I know you guys. Well, most of you. Some of you are very, very quiet. Like teeny baby mice.
And, because I know you, I know that one thing that's probably on your mind - even in small ways - is how to reduce the amount of …
I've spent 40 of the last 80 hours immersed in this gosh-darned ladies' magazine from the 1800s. Fascinating, eye-opening, and sometimes a little frightening, Godey's Lady's Book belongs in the annals of history, to be …
Shoot. I do declare this Historic Beauty Week at Crunchy Betty. The ye olde beauty shoppe bug hit me last week, and I haven't been able to stop reading since. Here's why.
For the 4th of July, we did a little something …
Here's a question for you: Do you ever think about getting older?
Or, more particularly, about wrinkling? Or gray hairs? Or super saggy boobs that touch your belly button? THAT kind of getting older. Not the other kind …
A long time ago, in an apartment far, far away ... it is a period of ingredient wars. Rebel olive oil, striking from an overactive food processor, has won its first victory over the evil egg yolks.
In non-nerd terms: Two …
When you come from hearty German stock, like me, red face is an issue. But it only happens upon extreme exertion. Like, say, moving a king-sized mattress all by myself.
You should've seen my face, yo. It was like a tomato …
Ladies and gents, you can chalk up a win for the crunchy movement.
A recent study, widely publicized, shows that THYME is more effective than prescription creams (containing benzoyl peroxide) at treating blemishes caused …
When the kindergarten teacher asked each member of the class to stand up and say what they wanted to be when they grow up, it went something like this. I can't say for sure, because the only thing I really remember about …
