Crunchy Betty
Food on Your Face
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 …
Have you ever noticed how the universe sometimes really wants you to go down a certain path? Everywhere you turn, there are reminders of a track you almost chose, still have the opportunity to choose, but are resistant for …
Nothing strikes fear in the heart of me quite like Christmas. I wish I could be less grinchy about it, but mandatory gift-giving doesn't do much to heal my soul, and I'm pretty sure two month a year of straight-up, white-hot …
Woohoo! We made it through a whole week of facials based purely around produce you can buy at the farmers market. Now, granted, we could have done SO much more - but I'm exhausted. And out of produce. Those tomato slices you …
So I spent the day with carrots - cutting them, grating them, chopping them, and otherwise pulverizing the heck out of them to find some recipes that worked. My heart and soul I poured into this crunchy endeavor.
And …
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 …
Let me give you a little run-down on what goes into these particular kinds of posts. It involves researching for half an hour in my books and an hour online in the morning, two to three hours of recipe creation and …
Look at this fruit to the left. Just look at it.
It's juicy, beautiful, tangy and sweet. But it's not a cantaloupe.
That's right, boys and girls. That is not a cantaloupe. Technically.
I just learned this afternoon …
After a trip to the farmers market on Friday, and a ginormous bounty of fruit and veggies in its wake, we're going to do an entire week devoted to facials, skincare, and haircare that you can create just from a trip to your …
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 …
Let's talk about soap, and how you shouldn't use it on your face.
Don't use soap on your face.
Okay. Now that that's out of the way, here's something you SHOULD use on your face, and you can use it daily - or morning …
Well, crunchy friends, look at what we have here. It's a brand-new design. And it's FABULOUS!
My courageous, patient, and clearly talented friend and designer Jan at TwoScoopz gets ALL the credit. And I must say, if …
All summer, I tried to get my kid over there to try the acne honey-aspirin mask. He refused. I watched, as blemish after blemish came and went, and promised him it would work. He didn't care. I mean, really, a kid who …
I'd wager a bet that no other fruit works quite as hard as the little lemon. And I know hard workers. I watch them from my couch all the time.
How many times have you juiced half a lemon for a meal and then watched coldly …
Summer in Manitou Springs is not always enjoyable. This might be surprising to hear, given it's a tourist destination for something like 1.4 kajillion people each July and August. They laugh, spill ice cream everywhere, and …
After I wrote about using almond butter as a facial scrub, my lovely friend Stephanie from Make It, Bake It, Buy It, Fake It made the huge mistake of commenting on how much she'd like to prepare her own. Thus began the …
When was the last time you woke up, looked in the mirror, spat the word “puffy!” and went back to bed? It happens to me a lot. Especially when summer starts turning to autumn. Fall brings out the puffy allergy …
I fear in my enthusiasm, I've forgotten to leave a few things out. Making your own skincare/haircare products and household recipes will most likely include a few "what the hecks."
Yesterday's odd post had a purpose. It …
It was a sweltering summer day in the dungeon apartment. The haggled-for farmer's-market irises were weeping onto the kitchen counter. I flicked water on them and opened the window, encouraging them to cheer up. Then I faced …
Let's get one thing straight, I'm no artist. You will see that below. What I am, though, is wondering what crazy rock I've been living under lately. I had no idea that companies had latched on to the dry shampoo idea, shoved …
Almond butter - on your face.
Over the years, before Crunchy Betty was even a twinkle in my eye, I spent hours each week searching for homemade beauty recipes. There are a lot of them online. Maybe millions. …
If you're even remotely interested in creating your own skincare and haircare products, you might want to add a few things to your cupboards. These are the most useful items I know of - the ones that are versatile and work …
After yesterday's mango/melon fiasco (but a fab mango mask recipe nonetheless), I'm a little scaredy cat to write anything else about mangoes. But I must.
Why, you ask?
Because I need mango recipes below. If you have …
Did you ever see that YouTube clip of the documentary about the mothers who breastfeed their kids into the ages of 8 or 10? It's okay. You don't have to see it. I pretty much just told you what it's about.
Well, it bugs …
