There are a lot of beneficial skincare ingredients. But if we had to boil it down to the absolute essentials, the ones you can’t do without, the ones that are the foundation of every skincare regimen, it comes down to...
Exclusive photo from The Vivant Archive. What is your must-have ingredient? Retinoids? Benzoyl peroxide? Mandelic acid? Vitamin C? It’s hard to imagine a typical skincare regimen that doesn’t include at least one of these crucial ingredients. Aside from their stellar...
Vivant’s patented retinoid (Vitamin A) therapies are multi-tiered, meaning the formula strength increases with each level to allow you to advance your regimen as your skin progresses. For those who are just starting with the Vivant line, and even for...
Dear Internet: no, they don't. Here's what's actually happening. Retinoids do not thin your skin. They thin the stratum corneum — the outermost layer of dead cells — while thickening the living epidermis and dermis beneath it. The myth confuses...
