Ingredients

An inside look at the science, purpose, and benefits behind the actives that power your skincare routine.

toner is essential
How to Speed Your Skin Metabolism With a Toner
There’s one sometimes-overlooked step that can supercharge your skincare results: toner. Far from being an optional extra, a well-formulated toner acts like a catalyst for your skin’s metabolism—revving it up, enhancing circulation, and priming your skin to absorb active ingredients...
Best product for acne and dark spots
Acne and Dark Spots? A Mandelic Acid Toner Is Your Hero
If you’re just discovering mandelic acid and wondering how to incorporate this multi-tasking ingredient into your regimen, a toner with mandelic acid is a perfect place to start. Few ingredients are as versatile or tick as many boxes as mandelic...
Witch Hazel is Living Its Best Life in Vivant Toners
Witch Hazel is Living Its Best Life in Vivant Toners
  Witch hazel was the number one most Googled natural ingredient of 2018. We’re excited about that because for too long, witch hazel has been maligned as too astringent, written off as old fashioned, or just plain misunderstood. The truth...
Witch Hazel Is Totally Underrated
Witch Hazel Is Totally Underrated
  You’ve probably got some witch hazel hiding deep in your medicine cabinet next to a bottle of hydrogen peroxide and some rubbing alcohol. You may know it as an astringent, something to swipe across your skin when you want...