First Improvement: Check!
I promise and swear I'm going to do some fun recipes soon (get your wine ready), but I just HAD to share my "improve"ment for the day.
I didn't have to do much to make it - just a phone call and a trip up the mountain. …
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Crunchy Martha – Easy Handcrafted Cards
This post was written (and written hilariously) in my absence by Lori at In Pursuit of Martha Points - where she typically writes both humorous and thought-provoking essays that are just ... aw ... you just have to visit her …
Kristin’s Daily Dose of Crunch
Hi folks. I’m Kristin from Peace, Love and Muesli. Stepping in for Betty and sharing my crunchy story. I am a pretty easy sell when it comes to make it yourself. It is possible that I have been known to go off the deep end …
Wanted: Ambassadors of Crunch
Remember when I got all indignant and weird about how companies are selling dry shampoo with all sorts of chemicals and calling it some kind of breakthrough - when you can use your own dry shampoo from stuff in your …
Learn From My Fail: Home Remedies For the Stomach Flu
It turns out, I'm not superhuman.
Who'd've guessed?
Fiance came home last week with a very mild case of the stomach flu, and I didn't even think twice about it. Seriously, it never even crossed my mind that I'd get it …
Battle of the Homemade Glass Cleaners
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 …
The Big Blog Post of Hangover Remedies
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 …
Weekend Surprise: Win Some Crunchy Lovin’ – Aloe Cadabra Personal Lubricant
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 …
The Best of Crunchy Betty (So Far)
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 …
Crunchy Ways to Keep (or Make) Your Teeth White
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 …
The Epic Guide to Making Your Own Chai Tea
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 …
Bathroom Cleaning (psst – I mean Make Your Own Love Balm)
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 …
Easy Homemade Hand Sanitizer That Works on Three Levels
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 …
Life, Death and the Alzheimer’s In Between
"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 …
Your Natural Medicine Cabinet : Home Remedies for Coughs and Colds
To be fair, there are as many home remedies for coughs and colds as there are sniffly noses in the world.
By no means are we going to cover them all today. I doubt you have eight straight reading hours to devote to …
Crunchy Betty’s Top 5 Puffy Face Treatments
There's this recipe I love, and I hesitate to even mention what it is, because it is SO awful for you. It involves ramen noodles. And eggs. And lots and lots of butter frying. (Okay, the eggs and butter are okay, but the …
Your Natural Medicine Cabinet : Remedies for Cuts, Scrapes, and Burns
Fiance was working in the film industry in California a few years ago. Now he's taking some time to "find himself" (in front of the XBox, mostly). While he's doing that (apparently by playing Red Dead Redemption for hours on …
The Unexpected Side Effect to Gradually Going Green
Think about your days. They probably go something like this:
You wake up a little groggy, and you make some coffee. Then you wake the kids, make breakfast, and get them off to school. At some point, you work. The same …
27 Quick and Crunchy Home Remedies for Pimples
There are a few things you can absolutely count on happening in your life: You'll scrape your knee, you'll fall in love, you'll drink too many margaritas and end up sobbing hysterically in a back alley about a boy you …
Farmers Market Facials – Potatoes! (More fun than you think)
Potatoes. They're lumpy, dirty, pocky, and misshapen. Clearly not the winner in the Miss Veggieverse Pageant. However, today we're going to award these big dumpy doofuses Miss Congeniality - because they're just so darned …
Crunchy Betty’s 3-Step Homemade Lip Treatment: Video Tutorial!
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 …
The Best Homemade Bathroom Cleaner Ever
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 …
Links to Know and Love
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 …
Why I Oppose the Safe Cosmetics Act (and Always Will)
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 …