Loss per share attributable to CVSL (Details) (USD $)	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2014 Rochon Capital	Apr. 10, 2013 Rochon Capital
Adjustments to net earnings	$ 0
Number of additional shares available for issuance included in the calculation of basic and diluted shares		25,240,676	25,240,676

Amount of increase (decrease) to net income used for calculating diluted earnings per share (EPS), resulting from the assumed exercise stock options, restrictive stock units (RSUs), convertible preferred stock of an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP), and other dilutive convertible securities.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 260

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 1

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6371337&loc=d3e3550-109257

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