Crunchy Betty
Food on Your Face
Imagine you're at the emergency room. You have severe stomach cramps and you're throwing up every 10 minutes. While you probably just have the stomach flu, you're in so much pain and misery, you just want to make sure you're …
Jeezopee. Can you believe it's been three entire weeks since the beginning of the no 'poo experiment?
I cannot.
Time went by so quickly, and you know what? I only missed the shampoo twice: Once in the beginning when I …
Twenty bucks says at least 15 of you haven't ever had a fresh pomegranate.
Which is why I'm doing this. I want you to have a serious, hardcore reason to run out to the store and buy yourself one.
No excuses.
See, …
Last year, I tried to make my own glass cleaner with black tea and vinegar. It was disastrous.
A black film clung to my bathroom mirror for weeks. It looked like you were brushing your teeth in an old Bela Lugosi …
This is difficult for me to write.
Please understand that, first and foremost.
It brings back old feelings, old hurts, and all kinds of vulnerability, and it scares me, because I'm never sure if my "old friend" will …
If you only put food on your face once this week, make it nutmeg.
Really.
I doubt I can even come close to how amazing this simple nutmeg microdermabrasion treatment is.
In fact, I haven't been this excited about a …
Since four people have asked me recently about hangover cures, the weekend's upon us and Halloween's right around the corner, I thought this would be a great time to touch on the dreaded hangover and a whole heap of remedies …
There's a child outside who's been crying for the last 10 minutes while her mother says, "Just be quiet" eighty-thousand times.
Waaa. "Just be quiet." Waaaaaah! HUSH! Waaaaaaaicecream!
There's a lesson in this …
In this entry, you will learn about fennel.
You will get some superb beauty recipes using fennel.
And then it will all climax into this crescendo of surprising oohs and ahhs when you see what happens at the end.
If …
The outpouring of support from veteran no 'pooers is overwhelming.
Last night, a comment came in from the writer of The Simple Poppy that suggested perhaps we should do a No 'Poo: It Gets Better post as a way of …
I am having a sordid love affair with the ladies at Endless Beauty.
They don't know this, but I am. And we will live together happily ever after, in natural beauty, 'til crashed servers do us part.
Recently, they did a …
I just did my last 'poo.
Finally.
I'd like to say it was monumental, or highly satisfying, or even memorable. But it was not. It was just another 'poo.
After many months of goading by some of you, as well as a year …
I get the best emails, people.
The best emails, and the best comments, and you guys give me fantastic ideas.
Like Mari Jo, who recently emailed and said this: "I'd love to see a post about your daily (morning and …
With all the steamy talk around this joint lately - between the recipes to make your own love balm and yesterday's thought-provoking post on attraction and passion, I thought now would be a perfect time to share some of the …
What makes someone attractive to you? I know you’re envisioning Brad Pitt, George Clooney, or that vampire from…what’s that movie called? Oh, yeah. Twilight.
Attractiveness IS all about the physical: Brad …
Maybe you're new here.
Maybe you've stopped by a time or two.
Or maybe you've been with me from the very beginning. (Bless your little pea-pickin' hearts.)
Regardless of where you are in your crunchy life, I thought …
Ran out of lipgloss? Need some natural color? Want soft, kissable, oh-so-yummy lips?
Here's how you can do it - without store-bought makeup.
Use these natural lip color and care ideas in a pinch, or all the time. …
I've been researching things that stain your teeth for a side project.
All weekend.
Surprisingly, there aren't as many things as you might think. But there were a few things I'd never thought of before - like white …
Quite some time ago, a guy named Buddha said something like this:
"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common …
Let's make a pact today. You and me.
From now on, when we have a beauty issue, we'll look in the cabinets - first - before we run out and buy an expensive (or even bargain) product to fix us.
And, I know, I know ... …
A year ago, I learned how to make chai. I made it for myself, patrons at my friend's creperie, my friends and family - pretty much anyone who didn't turn around and run away from my cinnamon-stick wielding passion.
I was …
I've been called a LOT of things in my life, and "prude" is not one of them.
However, because I try to maintain a teen-friendly website, I'm going to go ahead and ask the under-18'ers to do something else, while the rest …
Soap and water get your hands clean, but there are just some days where you need a little extra.
Like when you're driving across the state of Kansas and have no other option but the rest stop in the middle of nowhere, and …
"Everything's got a moral, if only you can find it." - Lewis Carroll
On paper, you would think his life was a happy one.
As a rule, he did most things right. He and his wife took long walks daily - fresh air when it …
