Crunchy Betty
Food on Your Face
I made the switch to (mostly) homemade beauty, skincare, and haircare products after going through "the change." There was much sweating, crying, and raging about the house. And, no. It wasn't menopause.
It was reading …
I am so excited for this one, and I don’t even have dry skin. This was a new one for me, and I had a couple of people who needed the extra moisture try this out – and this got RAVE reviews! How it came to be was …
I have a giant. A 13-year-old, shaving, 5’9″ giant. And I’ve goaded him, pleaded him, and cried at his feet to test out some crunchy recipes for teens. He says no (although I will wear him down one of these …
Why Yogurt is Good For Your Skin
Full of protein, enzymes, and zinc, yogurt does a great job at cleaning up and softening your skin. It lightens dark spots and blemishes and helps protect your face with its antioxidant …
Twit a load of this: Got a sunburn? Mix a little cucumber juice and white wine together and spread on the toasty area. Enjoy the cooling sensation! When you’ve knocked your leg silly on the table edge and find yourself …
Crunchies! This is a blast. A refreshing summer project that very easily turned into two great recipes. It is going in my Trapper Keeper forever. It’s pretty intense, so I’ll cut with the chit-chat here. (My, …
Teddy bears are exceptional models.
I worked on a couple of very special recipes today, both involving cucumbers. I'm telling you this now so you can run out to the store and be ready for tomorrow. On your list: A …
I’ll tell you what, I feel like I’m giving away the whole crunchy farm here lately. Between my favorite hair rinse recipe and the homemade laundry detergent I can’t live without – and then this here, …
I have a special place in my heart for bees. I don't mind them buzzing around me, and I'll talk to them for hours. They really hear me. They feel my pain.
Mostly, though, I thank them for the honey.
Honey's kind of …
Ah, summer. Barbecues and cold beers with friends, butterflies and flowers, long afternoons spent poolside ... and oily hair.
If you're like me, your scalp starts working overtime during the summer, and your hair ends up …
So the theme for the Twofer Satur(tues)day is "avocados." Or "avocado" to be exact, because one avocado is all you need (plus the other minor ingredients) to make a fabulous hair mask AND facial mask.
Before I get to the …
Well, kids. I’m sick. It started as a tickle, and now I’m in full-blown, can’t-hear-a-thing, kleenex-hanging-out-of-every-pocket mode. My head feels as if it will tip me all the way over if I stand up, so …
Sometimes I don't make my own stuff. Sometimes (big breath), I buy it. This was the case while we were in California, as I got sucked in by a huge vacuum of homemade beauty product scent while walking past some shops off the …
I’m not sure what it is, but antique stores really do something for me these days. Whenever I’m feeling stressed, uninspired, or just plain bored, I’ll run down to the nearest shop full of old things, with …
Earlier this morning, Fiance (pronounced fee-yahnce) stumbled in to take his shower. As he was closing the door, I yelled, “Shave day!” because his neck was looking a little like a mid-July lawn that hadn’t …
If you're like most women, you've read a magazine or two. It probably had beauty tips in it. They probably made you feel like you were too fat/too frumpy/too lazy/too uninspired ... I can keep going here, but you don't want …
Good lord!
Blogging is so complicated these days. I feel like an old man who's never seen one of them new-fangled computerizer thingies.
I'm heartsick and nostalgic for the Diaryland days of yore, where you wrote, …
Stumbling toward enlightenment. That’s what I’ve told myself I’ve been doing for the majority of my adult life. Every time there’s a bump or a fall, I remind myself that I’m stumbling for a …
First, a big shout-out to my wonderful photographer of a mother for this picture. You have to get up REALLY early in the morning for a shot like this. I don’t get up really early in the morning. Priorities. I have …
My friend, we’ll call her Outdoorsey, she’s inspired by nature. When she’s feeling down, or stuck, or lost, she hikes. Another friend, whose pretend name is Bachman, would listen to classical music. And my …
To the person who left this note inside The Writer’s Notebook at the Borders in the Shops at Broadmoor center in Colorado Springs: Because of you, I’m out $18 that I would not have normally spent this afternoon. …
“What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.” – Ecclesiastes 1:9 (NIV) There was this girl, right? She made an effort to dislike things that …
I am very lucky to have a fiance who is thoughtful … and quiet. He chooses his words carefully, he artfully stays out of drama, and he would rather not speak when things get heated, as to avoid unnecessary …
At the last shoot of my brief and wildly anticlimactic modeling career, I met a photographer who nearly completely changed my mind about quitting. He was kind, caring, and funny – and I worked with him for a total of …
