Crunchy Betty
Food on Your Face
Let me give you a little run-down on what goes into these particular kinds of posts. It involves researching for half an hour in my books and an hour online in the morning, two to three hours of recipe creation and …
Look at this fruit to the left. Just look at it.
It's juicy, beautiful, tangy and sweet. But it's not a cantaloupe.
That's right, boys and girls. That is not a cantaloupe. Technically.
I just learned this afternoon …
After a trip to the farmers market on Friday, and a ginormous bounty of fruit and veggies in its wake, we're going to do an entire week devoted to facials, skincare, and haircare that you can create just from a trip to your …
Not that you could tell it in Colorado today, but winter's a-comin'. Oh, yes. It is. And with it comes chapped, dry lips.
Can I get a collective "booooo!"?
Now can I get a collective "yay!"? Because we're going to fix …
All around the internet, people are chanting “We want Crunchy Betty! We want Crunchy Betty!” Ripping their shirts off, and crying in stupor at the mere glimpse of my retro diva. This was in my dream last night. …
Yay! Just what you always wanted! A reason to clean the bathroom. It's your favorite thing to do. And even though you've probably cleaned it twice already today, you're itching to do it again.
What? You haven't cleaned …
Let's talk about soap, and how you shouldn't use it on your face.
Don't use soap on your face.
Okay. Now that that's out of the way, here's something you SHOULD use on your face, and you can use it daily - or morning …
Well, crunchy friends, look at what we have here. It's a brand-new design. And it's FABULOUS!
My courageous, patient, and clearly talented friend and designer Jan at TwoScoopz gets ALL the credit. And I must say, if …
Something exciting is happening today. Something big and grand and earth-shaking. For me, anyway.
Crunchy Betty is getting a HUGE makeover!
So while I chew my nails and wait for this magical moment to be upon us, here …
All summer, I tried to get my kid over there to try the acne honey-aspirin mask. He refused. I watched, as blemish after blemish came and went, and promised him it would work. He didn't care. I mean, really, a kid who …
For those of you who don't know (and many don't), there is a new bill in Congress called the Safe Cosmetics Act. It sounds benign enough - helpful, even, right? Who doesn't want safe cosmetics? Who wouldn't like to see the …
I'd wager a bet that no other fruit works quite as hard as the little lemon. And I know hard workers. I watch them from my couch all the time.
How many times have you juiced half a lemon for a meal and then watched coldly …
In The Book of Choice: Why More Is Less by Barry Schwartz, he postulates that the overabundance of choices in this day and age actually leads to more unhappiness with the decisions we finally do make.
Parenting styles are …
Summer in Manitou Springs is not always enjoyable. This might be surprising to hear, given it's a tourist destination for something like 1.4 kajillion people each July and August. They laugh, spill ice cream everywhere, and …
After I wrote about using almond butter as a facial scrub, my lovely friend Stephanie from Make It, Bake It, Buy It, Fake It made the huge mistake of commenting on how much she'd like to prepare her own. Thus began the …
When was the last time you woke up, looked in the mirror, spat the word “puffy!” and went back to bed? It happens to me a lot. Especially when summer starts turning to autumn. Fall brings out the puffy allergy …
I fear in my enthusiasm, I've forgotten to leave a few things out. Making your own skincare/haircare products and household recipes will most likely include a few "what the hecks."
Yesterday's odd post had a purpose. It …
It was a sweltering summer day in the dungeon apartment. The haggled-for farmer's-market irises were weeping onto the kitchen counter. I flicked water on them and opened the window, encouraging them to cheer up. Then I faced …
Let’s do something different today. Something wild. Something wacky. Something that has nothing to do with the fact that I have writer’s block. Nope. Nothing at all. Yay! Today is all about comments. It’s …
Let's get one thing straight, I'm no artist. You will see that below. What I am, though, is wondering what crazy rock I've been living under lately. I had no idea that companies had latched on to the dry shampoo idea, shoved …
Let’s face it. Things get stinky. My cat. He gets stinky. My kid, stinky. My hamper. Yep. Sometimes it’s stinky. Inspired by all this stink, I began thinking seriously about no-spray air fresheners. …
Almond butter - on your face.
Over the years, before Crunchy Betty was even a twinkle in my eye, I spent hours each week searching for homemade beauty recipes. There are a lot of them online. Maybe millions. …
After rewriting my About Page, it became blatantly apparent that the time has come. I’ve been putting it off for a month, knowing it was going to happen. It just didn’t feel “right” yet. Now it feels …
