Category Archives: Ingredients

Great skincare starts with great ingredients. This category explores the botanicals, vitamins, peptides, acids, and antioxidants that give Reviva formulas their purpose. Since 1973, Reviva has blended nature and science to create functional treatments that target specific concerns. Here, we break down how individual ingredients work, what they pair well with, and who benefits most from them. If you like to read labels and want to know what each component does for your skin, this is your space.

How long should it take a new skin care product to work for your skin?

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We live in a pretty impatient world. We have so much at our fingertips, it can be difficult to accept that some things may take more time than we’d like. Skin care is no different. While I believe everyone reading this would love to put on a skin care treatment tonight, and wake up with […]

Essential Fatty Acids (EFAs) are crucial for healthy skin

Essential Fatty Acids (EFAs) are crucial for healthy skin

Essential Fatty Acids (EFAs) are a type of polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA), and play a critical role in skin function and appearance, but the human body is unable to synthesize these EFAs on its own. Instead, we have to get our EFAs from external sources: Omega-3 and Omega-6 fatty acids are commonly known to be […]

Glycolic Acid: A super ingredient for skin rejuvenation

Glycolic Acid: A super ingredient for skin rejuvenation

The benefits of glycolic acid have been touted in the skin care industry for years, with good reason. Glycolic acid works as a superb exfoliant, uncovering healthier, brighter skin, and allowing other skin care products and ingredients to penetrate and absorb into the skin more effectively. What is glycolic acid? Glycolic Acid is an AHA […]

How does Hyaluronic Acid (HA) work? And why are some of Reviva’s HA products named “Intercell”?

Benefits of Hyaluronic Acid

Hyaluronic acid is a naturally occurring polysaccharide found in the body, particularly in the skin, where it helps to retain moisture and keep the skin plump and hydrated. When used in skincare products, it can help to improve the overall appearance and health of the skin by attracting and retaining moisture, reducing the appearance of […]

Vitamin P: Good News for Spider Veins and Redness

Vitamin P: Good News for Spider Veins and Redness

In 1937, Dr. Albert Szent-Györgyi from Hungary won the Nobel Prize in Medicine for his isolation of Vitamin C. In the course of his research of Vitamin C, he discovered various bioflavonoids, including flavanone, known as Vitamin P. During his research, he found that rutin and citrus bioflavonoids (Vitamin P) plus hesperidin (another bioflavonoid) have […]

Non-Technical Explanation of Free Radicals… and why Alpha Lipoic Acid is a super antioxidant

Alpha Lipoic Acid is a super antioxidant

By Stephen Strassler Free Radicals & Alpha Lipoic Acid We hear a lot about Antioxidants these days and there is no question it’s one of the most important categories in anti-aging skin care. The function of antioxidants, as you know, is to neutralize free radicals. But before we talk about a specific antioxidant like alpha […]

How hyaluronic acid boosts skin moisture

How hyaluronic acid boosts skin moisture

It’s known that hyaluronic acid (HA) is vital to maintaining skin moisture. But very few understand how HA works. How does hyaluronic acid help maintain skin moisture? The Hyaluronic Acid intercellular gel acts like a sponge. It absorbs and stores water from the liquids we drink and feeds moisture to skin cells. Moisture, as you […]