Crunchy Betty
Food on Your Face
A few days ago, Skip and I were having our obligatory weekly heated disagreement about something like bills or wrinkled shirts or attempted arson, when he turned to me and looked, with his squinted-up, angry eyes and …
People come to me and ask me questions that are most often like this: "I have really dry skin/acne/dull skin/hair that won't grow ... what do you think I should do about it?"
My first response, bar none, is: "Whenever I …
Back when I was modeling, Preparation H was all the rage. Preparation H under the eyes. Preparation H whenever you'd had a few too many the night before and your whole face was puffy. Preparation H everywhere.
It smelled …
This blog was founded on one basic principle. One law. One love.
You should put food on your face.
It makes you pretty. It makes you feel, and look, young. It is absolutely fantastic for your skin.
Frankly, this is …
All this week, I'm going to feature little things I do (or desperately want to remember to do) on at least a weekly basis for more beautiful, detoxified, and clear skin. To wit, they're things you can just slip in to your …
A couple of days ago, I started to notice that I was in a funk.
Like, really in a funk.
Cranky. Angry. Defensive. Hopeless. Lost.
F.U.N.K.
Then, in one morning, several people pointed out that I've been less than …
The name should've tipped me off.
Xylitol.
It doesn't exactly roll off the tongue like "meadowlark" or "chamomile" or "cottonwood." Not particularly authentic-sounding, that xylitol.
But my box of xylitol sweetener …
Mathematically, I'm not really sure what the title of this post means.
Mentally and emotionally, I know it means love.
I know, deep down in my heart, that you guys are not only going to LOVE Bubble & Bee as much as I …
Did you get the memo?
Are you sitting down? Because you should probably stand up for this one.
Studies have now shown that sitting is as unhealthy as smoking cigarettes.
Sitting for long periods of time. As …
So, by now you've probably come to terms with bubble baths not necessarily being the healthiest, most nourishing alternative for your skin.
C'est la vie, crunchy people. C'est la vie.
Life goes on, and in much more …
There aren't a lot of things you have to give up when you go crunchy and start making your own beauty and household products.
Very, very few, actually.
To almost everything you can buy on the store shelves, a …
I was having lunch outside with a friend one breezy spring day. She'd ordered the duck special and two glasses of wine.
I had the sandwich and water.
When the check came, she said, "I forgot my wallet. Would you mind …
I'm on my way home soon! Wednesday!
Back to making sense.
Back to making crunchy things (as time and new-baby schedules never allowed for the making of many things here).
As I prepare to leave Kansas City, though, I …
The whole clan here has spent an inordinate amount of time in the basement since I've been in Kansas City.
Wednesday, at 11:00 a.m., we were down there again.
Tornadoes popped up all over the KC Metro area unexpectedly …
Life is what happens when you're making other plans.
I think you'll agree that quote is, perhaps, the most eye-crossingly, nose-whistlingly boring saying ever.
And ... also ... so annoyingly true.
Despite my …
Hello, fellow Betties! I'm Britt.
First off, I'd like to say that it's been a fun time just wandering around CB here. Betty is my favorite color crayon, and I type in awe of the knowledge and experience this website and …
Clothes are clean.
Bags are packed.
Alarm is set for 6:00 a.m.
And three superbly convenient new things have been made for my all-day road trip with my mom tomorrow to go tend to my sister's two little boys while …
"Sister, it's not like we were singing Don Gato or anything...go eat some Hot Tamales." - My sister, Facebook, May 9, 2011
This means nothing to you yet, but it will in a minute.
When I was a kid, my mother would sing …
I am at war. With these shoes.
In a take-no-prisoners, no-man-left-standing kind of way.
But I love them. I don't want them destroyed. I just want them to not be so offensively mean to my feet.
Summer's coming, you …
Has this happened to you?
You're getting ready to shop for an awesome recipe, which just so happens to call for 2 Tbsp of parsley. You go to the store, and all you can do is buy a bunch of parsley. Like, at least 2 cups …
“Sor-sor.” That’s probably the most catchy ism that one of my family members has infused in our own language. Whenever we’re kind of sorry about something, the word “sorry” isn’t used. But sor-sor is. (Pronounced sahr-sahr.) …
This is a call - to all businesses, all makers of goods, everywhere.
Stop being afraid.
Stop thinking you have to protect your information to the detriment of your consumers.
Stop hiding anything.
Tell us things. …
It was a simple housewarming gift.
He was a fair-trade importer, and she was a society girl of the most extravagant degree. Together, they were light and laughter embodied. I had nothing but pure adoration for them.
So …
Lest you think I'm suggesting my mother will actually come to your house and wrap her loving arms around you - I am not.
Not that her hugs won't cure you. She's just not much of a hugger. Unless you call her Mimi. And …
