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Serum Vivant

Serum Vivant

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Serum Vivant is targeted serum designed to fight stubborn blemishes. It helps to visably reduce blemishes and associated redness, reduce excess sebum, and support the skin barrier to preserve skin comfort. 

This serum a continuous and progressive improve of adult blemish-prone skin:
1. Blemish correction: helps to reduce persistent blemishes and the look of redness, for clearer looking skin.
2. Sebum & texture: helps reduce excess sebum and shine while refining uneven texture, for a smoother, more regular-looking skin surface without drying.
3. A different approach to imperfections: no harshness, no over-drying. Just respect for the skin.

Skin concern

In the world of Biologique Recherche, the skin concern is called Skin Instant, the very status of your skin and its needs at this moment. Learn more about your Skin Instant and how to treat your skin with an consultation. Read more

Effect

  • Reduces blemish redness
  • Controls excess sebum
  • Supports skin barrier
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Product deep dive

In the world of Biologique Recherche (BR), the word "Vivant", French for "living" or "alive", is practically holy ground. It refers to the brand's biological, postbiotic-driven approach to treating problem skin using live yeast extracts and fermentation.

The Heritage Behind "Vivant"

When Yvan and Josette Allouche founded Biologique Recherche in the 1970s, their philosophy centered on cold-formulated, raw, active ingredients designed to restore the skin barrier rather than strip it.

  • The Core Philosophy: Traditional anti-blemish treatments rely heavily on harsh drying agents that damage the skin mantle. Vivant represents the opposite strategy: rebalancing the skin's natural microbiome through bio-fermented yeast rich in B vitamins and amino acids.
  • The "Living" Signature: Yeast acts as a natural regulator. It signals the skin to normalize sebum production, speed up cell turnover, and calm inflammation without destroying healthy tissue.

The Cult Following

For decades, the "Vivant" name belonged almost exclusively to Masque Vivant, one of the most famous, polarizing, and beloved cult beauty products in history.

  • The "VegeMite" Aesthetic: Masque Vivant is notorious for its appearance and smell. It looks like sticky brown molasses, smells strongly like Marmite or brewer's yeast.
  • The Ritual: Masque Vivant is often refferred as a "face lift in a tube" or the ultimate emergency treatment for breakouts. 10-20 minutes a week and your skin feels alive again.
  • Why People Endure It: Despite the pungent smell and messy application, the results are immediate, tightened pores, clear skin, and a distinct glow. Skin enthusiasts famously treat the unpleasant scent as a badge of honor; if a product smells good, it usually means it contains artificial fragrance, which BR strictly avoids.

What Serum Vivant Means for the Brand

For years, devotees had to rely on a 20-minute wash-off mask to get their "Vivant" fix. The introduction of Serum Vivant marks a major evolution: taking the high-efficacy, yeast-driven rebalancing power of the cult mask and turning it into a leave-on daily treatment. It brings the brand's signature "respect the skin barrier" philosophy into a light, continuous serum built for modern adult acne.

Skin science

CLINICAL TESTS SCORING* :-42% persistent blemishes after 28 days

INSTRUMENTAL TESTS** :-27% excess sebum after 14 days ; -19% TEWL (transepidermal water loss) .

CONSUMER SELF -ASSESSMENTS*** :
After 1application : Skin is smoother 95%.
After 7 days :skin is less oily 90 %.
After 14 days :skin’s texture looks refined 75%.
After 28 days : blemish -linked redness is reduced 86 %.*

Dermatological scoring (number of blemishes) : clinical study on 21volunteers, application twice daily for 28 days, test result after 28 days .**
Sebum reduction : instrumental sebum measurement with a clinical study on 19 volunteers, application twice daily for 28 days, test result after 14 days .
TEWL : instrumental measurement : clinical study on 21volunteers, application twice daily for 28 days, test result after 28 days .
***User test (self-assessment) on 21volunteers, twice a day .

Results represent the percentage of volunteers reporting agreement .

How to use Serum Vivant

Apply few drops in the morning and evening to a cleaned skin over the face,
neck and décolleté in a light ascending massage until the product has
completely been absorbed .

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Key ingredients

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INCI

WATER (AQUA), GLYCERIN, METHYLPROPANEDIOL, YEAST EXTRACT, PROPANEDIOL, INULIN, GLYCERYL CAPRYLATE/CAPRATE, LENS ESCULENTA (LENTIL) SEED EXTRACT, RHODOMYRTUS TOMENTOSA FRUIT EXTRACT, PUNICA GRANATUM PERICARP EXTRACT, PISTACIA LENTISCUS (MASTIC) GUM, BACILLUS FERMENT, ALTEROMONAS FERMENT EXTRACT, POLYLYSINE, PHYTIC ACID, MALTODEXTRIN, XANTHAN GUM, LECITHIN, GLYCERYL CAPRYLATE, PENTYLENE GLYCOL, CAPRYLIC/CAPRIC TRIGLYCERIDE, PHENETHYL ALCOHOL, CAPRYLYL GLYCOL, POTASSIUM SORBATE, PHENYLPROPANOL, SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SODIUM BENZOATE, LEVULINIC ACID

Precautions

Avoid contact with eyes . Do not inject . External use only . Do not expose to direct light or heat.

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