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CeraVe vs Vasanti

Rated by Lovi · Unbiased, science-based skincare AI trained on real user outcomes · How the Fit score works

CeraVe and Vasanti are two established skincare brands offering distinct approaches to daily maintenance and targeted care. The American brand provides a thoughtful range of moisturizers, cleansers, serums, and sunscreens formulated with hyaluronic acid and glycerin, making it best suited for acne-prone and combination skin. Meanwhile, the Canadian brand is cherished for its gentle exfoliants and balanced formulas that suit balanced, combination, and sensitive skin types. While both deliver reliable results, the former relies on active components like glycerin to restore barrier function, whereas the latter focuses on complexion renewal through meticulous formulation.

CeraVe is an American skincare brand founded in 2005 and owned by L'Oréal since 2017.

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Vasanti is a Canadian skincare brand founded in 1999.

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This page compares some of the most popular CeraVe and Vasanti products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.

Popular CeraVe vs Vasanti products

Questions and answers

CeraVe or Vasanti: which is better?

CeraVe offers a much larger selection of fragrance-free products on this page that help various skin types, whereas Vasanti features only a single exfoliator that contains fragrance.

What is the difference between CeraVe and Vasanti?

CeraVe offers a large range of fragrance-free cleansers, moisturizers, and treatments that Lovi rates best for acne-prone skin, combination skin, and skin with dark spots. In contrast, Vasanti features just one exfoliating product on this page, which contains fragrance.

Which is more affordable, CeraVe or Vasanti?

This page does not provide pricing information for either CeraVe or Vasanti, so affordability cannot be compared.

Which causes fewer breakouts, CeraVe or Vasanti?

CeraVe features products on this page that are sometimes noted by reviewers to cause breakouts, whereas Vasanti has no such reviews for its exfoliator. However, CeraVe also includes effective cleansers for acne and oil that help manage breakouts.

Which brand has been around longer and where were they founded, CeraVe or Vasanti?

Vasanti has been around longer, having been founded in Canada in 1999, whereas CeraVe was founded in the United States in 2005.

How many products from Vasanti list no fragrance in their ingredients compared to CeraVe?

Zero of the products on this page from Vasanti list no fragrance in their ingredients, whereas every CeraVe product on this page lists no fragrance.

Which brand offers a dedicated Lovi fit level for dry skin using an exfoliant called Brighten Up! Exfoliator?

Vasanti offers the Brighten Up! Exfoliator, which has a High Lovi fit level for dry skin. CeraVe does not feature this product on its page.

Research behind their key ingredients

Behind this comparison

Lovi compares products by their fit scores, calculated from the full ingredient list with brand-independent rules our dermatologists and cosmetic chemists build and review, and personalizes every pick with AI trained on the real results of millions of users. Lovi trains its fit score models on a proprietary dataset built from more than 10,000 expert-labeled products and more than 100,000 simulated examples, following an internally consistent methodology presented at Cosmoprof, AMWC, and Skin of Color Update.

  • Nadia Kapleva, MS

    Nadia Kapleva, MS

    Co-founder, Medical Director

    Cosmetic chemist, cosmetologist, aesthetic products developer

  • Alexey Shagraev, PhD

    Alexey Shagraev, PhD

    Co-founder, CEO and CTO

    PhD in computer science, 3x US patent holder, ex-Google, ex-Yandex

  • Dr. Sofía Perea Pérez, MD, MSc

    Dr. Sofía Perea Pérez, MD, MSc

    Medical Board

    Aesthetic medicine practitioner, MSc in Longevity and Anti-Aging Medicine

  • Aishani Shah, MD

    Aishani Shah, MD

    Medical Board

    Specialist dermatologist, MBBS, MD, IFAAD

  • Asya Zubkova, MS

    Asya Zubkova, MS

    Medical Board

    Cosmetic chemist, SCS, IFSCC member

  • Hanna Kurets, MD

    Hanna Kurets, MD

    Medical Board, Medical Advisor

    Dermatology MD

  • Elina Nazarenko, MD

    Elina Nazarenko, MD

    Medical Board

    Dermatology and diagnostic consultant

  • Victoria Derkova, MS

    Victoria Derkova, MS

    Medical Board

    Cosmetic chemist, cosmetic development technologist

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