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Archives for July 2012

YOUR Simply Thoughtful Steps to Change Your Life and the World

YOUR Simply Thoughtful Steps to Change Your Life and the World

by Crunchy Betty

Last week, we talked about the wasteful practice of planned and perceived obsolescence. In that post, I implored you all to share your solutions for ways that we, as caring and conscious people, can help combat or at least …

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Activated Charcoal for Bug Bites and Other Itchy Situations 1

Activated Charcoal for Bug Bites and Other Itchy Situations

by Crunchy Betty

I figure by now, many of you have picked up some activated charcoal to whiten your teeth with (which, by the way, has gotten rave reviews ... check the comments).

So, with your excess supply of the powdery black magic, I …

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Smooth 'n Silky Banana Milkshake Hair Mask 2

Smooth ‘n Silky Banana Milkshake Hair Mask

by Crunchy Betty

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 …

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The Runs In Your Pantyhose Are a Conspiracy!

The Runs In Your Pantyhose Are a Conspiracy!

by Crunchy Betty

We bought a new printer a few months ago. It only made sense, because my old, terminally dysfunctional printer (which started malfunctioning approximately 2.3 seconds after looking at it out of the box) was going to cost …

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Dazzle! Whiten Your Teeth With Activated Charcoal 4

Dazzle! Whiten Your Teeth With Activated Charcoal

by Crunchy Betty

Today, I'm going to tell you to put charcoal on your teeth to whiten them.

ONLY I DON'T MEAN REAL CHARCOAL, PEOPLE.

We have to get this out of the way - at the very beginning - so that no one reads the first four lines …

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Special Hints from Plastic Free: How I Kicked the Plastic Habit and How You Can Too

Special Hints from Plastic Free: How I Kicked the Plastic Habit and How You Can Too

by Crunchy Betty

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 …

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Humans: We're As Dumb and As Brilliant As We've Ever Been

Humans: We’re As Dumb and As Brilliant As We’ve Ever Been

by Crunchy Betty

It's hard to remember what century I'm in right now. Is the medicine made of turpentine or petrochemicals? Are women striving for equality or are they striving for ... equality? Are certain aspects of healthcare about …

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Historic Beauty Days: Snippets From A Magazine Past 9

Historic Beauty Days: Snippets From A Magazine Past

by Crunchy Betty

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 …

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Historic Beauty Days: A Cure For Freckles or Rose Complexion Masque 2

Historic Beauty Days: A Cure For Freckles or Rose Complexion Masque

by Crunchy Betty

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 …

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Wrinkle, Wrinkle Little Star

by Crunchy Betty

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 …

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