Category Archives: Skin Care

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 […]

Can you treat nasolabial folds naturally and topically?

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The quick answer is yes. Our Nasolabial Fold + Multi-Peptide Cream has proven wonderfully effective at minimizing the appearance of nasal lines and deep wrinkles – and even helping to lift and tighten sagging jowls. But we’ll examine other treatments too. Cosmetic Surgery Surgical correction or elimination of nasolabial folds is an option. Slackened, sagging […]

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 […]

What’s “Layering” All About?

Layering in skin care

By Stephen Strasler Basically, layering skincare is the principle of applying one product on top of another – products which have a synergistic effect. Synergism simply means “the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.” Facially speaking, with proper products layered, each item can boost and complement the action of the product applied […]

The difference between Reviva Labs and the other Health Food Store brands.

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Five years before Reviva Labs was established, Stephen Strassler (Reviva’s founder) had become one of America’s earliest Aestheticians. He opened South Jersey’s first skin care salon and began importing European Skin Specialties to sell to America’s emerging Skin Salon market. Thus, in 1973 when Reviva Labs was established, along with his wife Judy, and started […]

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 […]

Change the diet of your face often

Change your skin care diet

By Stephen Strassler For many years, Reviva Labs has been urging consumers to “change the product diet of the face often.” We’ve said that the skin should not only alternate products to suit the environment or internal issues but that it’s important to alternate, to vary, day and night creams. Reviva Labs skin salon experience […]

Reviva Labs Product Effectiveness

Product effectiveness is not only a matter of the right ingredients, but the experience in blending the proper percentages, and the knowledge of the interaction of those ingredients. The wrong percentage of one active ingredient could inactivate the performance of the product. As leading dermatologist, Dr. Jeanette Jacknin, author of Smart Medicine for Your Skin, […]

Reviva Labs Skin Care Innovations

In 1973 when Reviva Labs was established, the word “exfoliation” was unkown in America. Over four decades ago is when Reviva Labs introduced the first non-chemical European Exfoliant, known as “Light Skin Peel,” to Health Food Stores and many skin salons. Our unique formula and blending remains unduplicated and unrivaled today. Because Reviva has been […]

Swiss Apple Stem Cell Serum – An Apple-a-Day Can Keep Aging Away

Stem cell research has had many incredible breakthroughs in recent years. One of the biggest related to anti-aging skin care is the Uttwiler Spatlauber Apple. This extremely rare Swiss Apple possesses an almost magical extract that rejuvenates or reactivates stem cells in your skin. By helping the activity of your skin’s cells, aging dull skin […]

Natural Skin Care Experience

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Reviva Labs is one of the most unique skin care brands in the cosmetic industry. Reviva’s products are not conventional commerical items. Establish in 1973 to serve the newly emerging skin-salon market, the Reviva line is comprised of skin treatments created for skin professionals demand for individualized formulas that meet specific needs. Thus in Reviva’s […]

A long history of skin care breakthroughs

A long history of breakthrough skin care

Reviva Labs has had a long history of skin care ingredient, product, and treatment breakthroughs over its four decades plus. Our founder, Stephen Strassler was one of the first aestheticians in the United States. But more importantly, he was a skin care enthusiast that explored the world for natural skin care remedies and ingredients and brought […]

Beautiful Skin Care shouldn’t cost a fortune

Beautiful Skin Care shouldn't cost a fortune

One of the many things Reviva has been proud of over its history is that our products offer effective skin care at an affordable price. Reviva strives to use cutting-edge ingredients in a manner that properly blends them for the maximum efficacy and potency. We don’t simply dump large amounts of key ingredients into a […]

Reviva Labs EFAs Cream (with Omega-3 and Omega-6 Fatty Acids)Wins “Better Nutrition Best of Natural Beauty Award”

Better Nutrition’s picks for this year’s Best of Natural Beauty Awards combine the best of what’s happening in the world of natural personal care—pure, simple ingredients expertly infused with innovative, effective ingredients. Our award winning breakthrough formula — with 10 different EFA oils from plants (including sunfower, avocado, hemp, flaxseed, borage, black currant & pomegranate […]

Reviva Labs EFAs Cream (with Omega-3 and Omega-6 Fatty Acids) Wins “Skin Care Innovator of the Year” Award from prestigious ICMAD Association.

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ICMAD, the highly respected “Independent Cosmetic Manufacturers and Distributors Association honored Reviva’s new EFAs Cream as the 2010 Innovative Skin Care Product of the Year. One of the major criteria in judging the entrees from various manufacturers was “does the product fulfill an unmet consumer or retailer need. For the over-40 skin, the continuing loss […]