Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2014
Income Statement [Abstract]
Revenue	$ 36,954	$ 24,017	$ 91,915	$ 75,274
Program costs and discounts	(4,044)	(4,380)	(9,203)	(14,577)
Net revenue	32,910	19,637	82,712	60,697
Costs of sales	10,823	6,573	27,188	20,452
Gross profit	22,087	13,064	55,524	40,245
Commissions and incentives	11,999	5,801	30,479	18,779
Gain on sale of assets	(532)	(633)	(615)	(1,040)
Selling, general and administrative	13,014	12,556	34,479	32,751
Depreciation and amortization	920	555	2,228	1,419
Share based compensation expense	1,087	544	(109)	941
Impairment of goodwill	0	0	192	0
Operating loss	(4,401)	(5,759)	(11,130)	(12,605)
Loss (gain) on marketable securities	2	(108)	9	444
Gain on acquisition	0	0	(2,819)	0
Interest expense, net	564	713	1,906	1,192
Loss from operations before income tax provision	(4,967)	(6,364)	(10,226)	(14,241)
Income tax provision	(29)	298	356	789
Net loss	(4,938)	(6,662)	(10,582)	(15,030)
Net loss attributable to non-controlling interest	1,043	1,039	2,935	2,725
Net loss attributable to CVSL Inc.	$ (3,895)	$ (5,623)	$ (7,647)	$ (12,305)
Basic and diluted loss per share:
Weighted average common shares outstanding	34,367,095	49,628,683	32,842,579	49,638,935
Loss per common share attributable to common stockholders, basic and diluted (in dollars per share)	$ (0.11)	$ (0.11)	$ (0.23)	$ (0.25)
Pro-forma weighted average common shares outstanding	34,367,095	24,398,241	32,842,579	24,387,950
Pro-forma loss per common share attributable to common stockholders, basic and diluted (in dollars per share)	$ (0.11)	$ (0.23)	$ (0.23)	$ (0.50)