It’s a seasonal paradox: the days are getting shorter, but our calendars are getting fuller. Between travel time, party time and cooking time, it’s tough to find to take care of yourself.

Just when you want to look fabulous, your hair may wind up frizzy, frazzled or flat. In a pinch, you may seek shortcuts and use products laden with sulfates or other harsh chemicals. Since what you put on your body is just as important as what you put in your body, we’ve got tips to help you pass up questionable hair care ingredients (just like you pass up Aunt Trudy’s mystery casserole).

Update: Thank you to everyone who entered! Congratulations to our winner, June, from California!

Halloween is almost here, but that doesn’t mean your everyday makeup has to look like a mask. Natural-look makeup is all about revealing (rather than hiding) your face’s true potential, so your unique inner beauty can shine through.

The giveaway is now closed. Thank you to everyone who entered! Congratulations to our winner, Brittany C. from Texas!

It’s finally beginning to feel like fall in my hometown of Austin, Texas. But while I’m looking forward to sweater weather, my skin is wearing the lingering effects of summer.

Two years ago my team found a rich lathering, freshly scented USDA-certified organic castile soap that exemplifies so many of our core values that we not only brought the product to our stores, we also included those values on the label!

It might sound strange to say that I am proud of my grocery store. Proud of my kids, yes; but my grocery store? Indeed it’s true, and I have to tell you one of the biggest reasons has to do with body care — Premium Body Care™ to be exact. 

Here’s a tidbit that will impress: Do you know that roughly 70% of your immune system is housed in your digestive tract? Okay, maybe that won’t impress everyone, but it sure impressed me. See, now that I am a parent, my health-seeking goals focus on my kids.

Long gone are the days of gulping down cod liver oil to ensure your body is getting the recommended amount of Vitamin D. In fact, your best and cheapest source is right outside the window: the sun, specifically UVB rays.

“Hooray! Vitamins!”

Vitamin Angels is an organization that is deeply impacting the lives of children around the world. In part one of our two-part conversation with founder Howard Schiffer, hear firsthand about his travels in the developing world and how Vitamin Angels is helping to break the cycle of poverty.