Your skin needs antioxidants like a fish needs water. These all-important compounds are vital in supporting healthy cell function and helping skin look more youthful over time. Antioxidants support the appearance of firmer, more elastic skin and help defend against...
The skin barrier is your body’s first line of defense, protecting you from irritants, allergens, pollutants, and moisture loss. It’s made up of a lipid matrix— cholesterol, fatty acids, and ceramides —that holds skin cells together and keeps the good...
With so many exotic ingredients out there, it might be tempting to relegate tried and true aloe to the back of the drawer. After all, aloe has been used for healing since the times of ancient Greece. Solid history. Bit...
Vitamin A has long been the crown jewel in anti-aging formulas. But is it really effective at keeping wrinkles away? As one of the most studied and proven ingredients in skin care, Vitamin A has the results to back up...
If the words “salicylic acid” conjure zit-zapping gels of your awkward youth, you may be surprised to learn that this acne-fighting constituent has more to offer than just clear pores. Salicylic acid calms, exfoliates, clears impactions, reduces the appearance...
Treat Your Skin With Care Your skin is the pashmina scarf of biological organs; a beautiful, finely textured, strong, but soft, protective covering that requires special care. A lot of people have advice on how to keep your pashmina beautiful....
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...
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...
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...
Benzoyl peroxide is a triple threat against acne. It targets acne-causing bacteria, helps calm the redness of breakouts, and clears out the impactions behind everything from small whiteheads to inflamed pustules. It works efficiently, too; many people see their skin...
When people talk about gold standard ingredients, the ones that are widely accepted as true changemakers in the skin, they are mainly talking about ingredients developed by James E. Fulton, M.D., Ph.D. Dr. Fulton, a scientist, biochemist, dermatologist, and cosmetic...
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 way. Without the intervention of Vivant formulator Dr. James Fulton, everyone’s...
