DIY 101 – Working With Water
Water. Agua. Eau.
It is the great giver of life, the washer of dirt, the slow and steady drip of time. Without water, life on this planet would not exist.
Unfortunately, with water, life in your homemade creations may …
DIY Beauty
Tuesdays Outside the Box: Borax? And Taming Wild Hair
Shoot. Running behind today - bit off more than I can chew. So, without further ado, the third of four Tuesdays Outside the Box: Today featuring things to do with Borax and handy ways to fix oily, unruly, or otherwise …
Tuesdays Outside the Box in April!
What can you do with a wooden spoon?
Quick. Think about it. You can stir things, right? Like soup. Or pudding. Or pudding soup.
But if you took a little more time, you crafty people could think of a million things to …
Clean Your Makeup Brushes – Naturally
Did you know that 65.8% of you never clean your makeup brushes? This is a statistic I found in my brain, where I make things up that sound authoritative. But I bet I'm not far off.
It's okay. Until I discovered this …
Moisturizing Bath Candy: THE Hot Valentine Craft
Timing is really everything, isn't it?
Were it not for timing, a delicious sequence of events that brought you to a special place in time, you wouldn't have met your significant other or even your best friend. Without the …
Reflections On the Grand Experiment: By a Crunchy Betty
If you've ever felt frustrated with finding natural solutions to your beauty problems ...
If you've ever thought about throwing in the towel ...
If you've ever contemplated how much you wish you weren't the way you are …
Your Natural Hair Questions … Answered
Confession: We didn't even scratch the surface of what I wanted to cover about different hair care methods, so be looking for more hair stuff on the blog very soon. Specifically: A natural hairspray method and unconventional …
The Secrets to a Phenomenal Hot Oil Hair Treatment: Part 2 – Indulging
No need to dilly dally with chit chat here today. Many of you jumped right in and started making your hot oil hair treatment yesterday, so you're pumped and ready to go.
If you missed part one, here it is again for your …
The Secrets to a Phenomenal Hot Oil Hair Treatment: Part 1 – Creating
As I write this, at noon on a Tuesday, my hair is covered in the hot oil treatment you see pictured in this post. My locks are topped with the pink shower cap. The sun is shining and it feels like spring in January. My cat …
Hair: Dead Protein or Alien Communication Devices
Every child has a little chemist inside. That brainy, inquisitive spark that tells them to mix certain unrelated liquids together and see what happens. Most of the time, it's things like glue and orange juice. Or toilet …
Why Not Mulling Spices? Think About It …
In the Myers-Briggs world, I'm an INFP. This means I'm crazy, but in a mostly self-contained way. It also means I think for a long, long, long time about really deep things that probably have no applicable meaning in the …
Nutty Butt Butter: Your Little Cellulite Secret
Several weeks ago, I posted a quick tutorial on how to make lotion bars. They were fun and cute and all kidsy ... until you read to the bottom and see a mention of Nutty Butt Butter (which are also lotion bars).
It was …
Crunchy Gift Ideas: Love ALL the Lavender!
A couple of weeks ago, early in the morning, my friendly postman rang the doorbell. And I trudged. And trudged.
And trudged.
Down the 10 stairs to my front door.
(TRUDGED.)
He handed me a pretty box and said, …
Friday Madness: Crunchy Betty’s Food on Your Face for Acne and Oily Skin Sale – And Announcing the Affiliate Program
Good news, everybody!
I'm gearing up to write my next book (the outline's almost done), so in honor of that I decided to put the handy-dandy natural acne and oily skin book on sale for an entire week.
It's 25% …
Hello, Sexy! Make Your Own Unique Handmade Solid Perfume
Hey, sexy. Yeah, you. The one that smells so good - the one that's unique and alluring.
Today, we're going to learn how to make our own solid perfume, and I promise you (PROMISE YOU) that if you choose to do this, no one …
Clean Up! Reuse Old Lip Balm Containers and Tidy Up After Working With Waxes and Butters
Warning: This post contains graphic images of dirty things. Proceed at your own advisement.
Today, right now, it's a good idea to start saving old lip balm containers. You will want them. Often. For many different …
Crunchy Gifts: Sugared/Salted Candle Holders with Matching Bath Goodies
Over the next two months, I plan on posting several gifting ideas - so we can all get ready for ... dum dum dum ... the holidays.
This year, I took the handmade pledge for Christmas gifts (only buying or making gifts I …
Community Question: Shaving Cream and Manly Resistance
Every once in a while, I receive a question from a reader that I'm not sure I can thoroughly answer. When that happens, I want to turn to you - you with your wit and wisdom, to help out the reader, the crowd, and …
The FOYF Day Has Come – Buy Crunchy Betty’s Food on Your Face for Acne and Oily Skin N-O-W
THE BOOK IS READY!
Today is the day everything changes - for you and for me and for us.
I've written an incredibly detailed page RIGHT HERE all about the book - you can peek inside, you can watch a video of me making …
In Honor: The Trio of Homemade Fruity Beauty Recipes
In honor of the impending release of the book, I worked up THREE gorgeous recipes here using the fruit that's on my face on the cover of the book.
Lemon, kiwi, and strawberries.
And because I want everyone to play along, …
How to Make Lotion Bars – The Perfect Gift (Even If It’s For Yourself!)
Somewhere between the simplicity of making your own facial masks and the distant and far-off world of precision artisanal soap-making live a few homemade pursuits that I've yet to try. They're in that gray, hazy land of "Am …
Generations of Learning: Your Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Great Grandma’s Beauty Tips
For months, I've been slowly chewing on Jeanne Rose's Herbal Body Book, published in 1976.
It's so lovely and just overflowing with excellent bath and body recipes for every skin type and issue known to man. If I may, …
Excuse Me, You Have Makeup In Your Kitchen
All day – all day – I spent trying to figure out how to tint lip gloss with food so it didn’t contain water, so we wouldn’t have to worry about preservatives. No go. And, actually, Crunchy Amanda …
5 Natural Ways to Remove Blackheads
You know how, if your pants fall down just a little tiny bit when you're leaning over and a millimeter of your crack shows? A MILLIMETER?
Everyone CAN see that. Everyone sees it. Even the men in the space …