Ingredients

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

How to Minimize the Appearance of Pores
How to Minimize the Appearance of Pores
Table of contents Why Pores Are Essential to Healthy Skin Why Pores Look Larger During the Day How Age Affects the Appearance of Pores Best Cleansers for Minimizing Pores Toners and Pads That Refine Pores Pore-Clearing Masks for Deep Detox...
Benzoyl Peroxide Is To Zits What Dragonglass Is To White Walkers
Benzoyl Peroxide Is To Zits What Dragonglass Is To White Walkers
  Benzoyl peroxide is a subject we know a bit about. Back in the 70s, Dr. James Fulton, the pioneering dermatologist and formulator whose innovative work forms the basis of the Vivant Skin Care line, created the stabilized version of...
Everything You Need to Know About Benzoyl Peroxide
Everything You Need to Know About Benzoyl Peroxide
  Whiteheads? Blackheads? Inflamed, angry, clear-your-calendar-because-you’re-not- going-out-till-this-is-over cysts? Benzoyl peroxide is there for you. Whether alone or in combination with other medications, BP has been a mainstay of effective acne treatments for decades. How does the heavyweight champion of acne...
Your Expert Guide to Exfoliation
Your Expert Guide to Exfoliation
An AHA, a BHA, and a facial scrub walk into a bar. The bartender says, “Thank God you’re here. It’s a rough crowd tonight.” If you got the joke, congratulations, you know what exfoliators are, and your skin is benefitting...
What Makes Benzoyl Peroxide Such an Acne-Fighting Superhero?
What Makes Benzoyl Peroxide Such an Acne-Fighting Superhero?
Benzoyl peroxide is a triple threat to acne. It kills bacteria, reduces inflammation, and peels impactions to face down everything from vexing little white bumps to angry red pustules. It works quickly, bringing improvement in as few as five days...
Benzoyl Peroxide Wouldn’t Be Benzoyl Peroxide Without Dr. Fulton
Benzoyl Peroxide Wouldn’t Be Benzoyl Peroxide Without Dr. Fulton
Table of content What’s the Best Way to Use Benzoyl Peroxide? Anyone who’s ever had a pimple has likely used benzoyl peroxide. This Gold Standard is the most widely used acne treatment around the globe. But it wasn’t always that...
The Secret Complexion Killers Hiding In Your Cosmetics
The Secret Complexion Killers Hiding In Your Cosmetics
Makeup is supposed to enhance your appearance, but are your favorite cosmetic colors, concealers and creams actually creating more problems for your skin? Many are loaded up with ingredients that clog pores, irritate skin and lead to breakouts. It’s time...
Skin Care Ingredients: Absorption Matters
Skin Care Ingredients: Absorption Matters
Ingredients that target signs of aging, skin texture, or hyperpigmentation need to get past the top layers of the epidermis to have any effect on the skin. But there are a few things that regularly get in the way. What...
Glycerin: A Natural Elixir for Skin Health
Glycerin: A Natural Elixir for Skin Health
Skincare is so full of buzzy ingredients, it can be easy to overlook the more humble molecules. Glycerin, for instance, while not the sexiest of skincare ingredients, has been doing some heavy lifting in many of your most-used products for...
Get Your Skin Wedding-Ready
Get Your Skin Wedding-Ready
Table of contents Simple is better Daily: Weekly: Get Monthly Facials Plan Ahead Avoid trying new products in the month before the wedding. Don’t overdo. De-stress. Don’t forget hands and feet. Give your lips some love. Breathe. You’re getting married!...