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Clarins vs Skintific

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Clarins and Skintific are skincare brands that offer effective formulations for daily routines. The French house, founded in 1954 and owned by Famille C, is celebrated for its luxurious moisturizers, potent serums, soothing eye products, and gentle toners enriched with shea and squalane, while the other brand is known for its moisturizers, serums, and sunscreens. Both brands suit dry sensitive skin best, though the first also serves sensitive skin through gentle and nourishing formulations. They differ in their standout treatments and targeted concerns, as the first relies on shea butter to reduce redness and squalane to increase collagen, whereas the second relies on carefully selected ingredients to support overall skin health and resilience.

Clarins is a French skincare brand founded in 1954 and owned by Famille C (Groupe Clarins).

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

Popular Clarins vs Skintific products

People Say

ClarinsSkintific
  • Texture and Absorption Mostly MentionedMostly Mentioned
    • “absorbs immediately — Clarins Double Serum Eye”
    • “sinks in immediately — Clarins Double Serum Light Texture”
    • “absorbs instantly — Skintific 5X Ceramide Barrier Moisture Gel”
    • “super light and leaves a radiant glow — Skintific All Day Light Sunscreen Mist”
  • Hydration and Moisture Mostly MentionedNot noted
    • “skin drinks it up — Clarins Double Serum”
    • “keeps skin moist — Clarins Multi-Active Jour”
    • “woke up with baby soft skin — Clarins Multi-Active Nuit”
  • Sensitive Eyes and Soothing Care Rarely NotedMostly Mentioned
    • “calm my acne instantly — Skintific MUGWORT”
    • “redness berkurang — Skintific 5X Ceramide Barrier Moisture Gel”
    • “good for acne prone — Skintific MATE FIT”
    • “no irritation for contact wearers — Clarins Total Eye Lift”
  • Radiance and Glow Often MentionedSometimes Noted
    • “skin looks brighter immediately — Clarins Cryo-Flash Cream-Mask”
    • “Gives off the most stunning natural radiance I've ever come across. — Clarins Beauty Flash Balm”
    • “eyes look more open — Clarins Total Eye Lift”
    • “Tampak lebih cerah — Skintific AHA BHA PHA LHA Peeling Solution”
  • Makeup Compatibility Sometimes NotedSometimes Noted
    • “concealer glides on smoothly — Clarins Total Eye Lift”
    • “Perfect primer for any foundation, which all glide on smoothly. — Clarins Beauty Flash Balm”
    • “concealer sits better — Clarins Double Serum Eye”
    • “maintain your makeup without any mess — Skintific All Day Light Sunscreen Mist”
  • Skin Type Compatibility Rarely NotedOften Mentioned
    • “controls shine for 8 hours — Skintific MATE FIT”
    • “oil control is good — Skintific 5X Ceramide Barrier Moisture Gel”
    • “doesn't make me greasy — Clarins Double Serum Light Texture”
  • Fragrance and Scent Sensitivity Often MentionedOften Mentioned
    • “scent is actually quite strong — Skintific All Day Light Sunscreen Mist”
    • “Bau jamu/rempah — Skintific AHA BHA PHA LHA Peeling Solution”
    • “smell put me off — Skintific MUGWORT”
    • “smells like perfume — Clarins Multi-Active Jour”
  • High Price Point Mostly MentionedNot noted
    • “way too expensive — Clarins Double Serum”
  • Insufficient Hydration or Dryness Rarely NotedOften Mentioned
    • “not moisturizing enough — Clarins Total Eye Lift”
    • “not enough moisture — Clarins Multi-Active Jour”
    • “not rich enough for winter — Clarins Multi-Active Nuit”
    • “kurang lembab — Skintific 5X Ceramide Barrier Moisture Gel”

Clarins vs Skintific routines for dry skin

Buy Skintific routine · AED 529.61 · 94% fitBuy Clarins routine · AED 1,301.95 · 73% fitSee multi-brand routine · 96% fit

Clarins vs Skintific routines for oily skin

Buy Skintific routine · AED 1,025.94 · 94% fitBuy Clarins routine · AED 1,305.87 · 71% fitSee multi-brand routine · 97% fit

Clarins vs Skintific routines for combination skin

Buy Skintific routine · AED 914.88 · 93% fitBuy Clarins routine · AED 1,132.10 · 71% fitSee multi-brand routine · 96% fit

Questions and answers

Clarins or Skintific: which is better?

Skintific is a better choice for fragrance-sensitive and budget-conscious shoppers, whereas Clarins offers more luxurious textures and glowing results. Skintific has better overall routine fit across most skin types, though reviewers note Clarins provides superior hydration and moisture.

What is the difference between Clarins and Skintific?

Clarins fits best for sensitive skin, dry sensitive skin, and mature skin, while Skintific fits best for dry sensitive skin, dry skin, and oily skin. Topically applied hyaluronic acid helps improve skin quality and signs of skin aging.

Dermatologic Therapy, 2022

Clarins or Skintific for dry skin?

For dry skin, Skintific offers superior routine fit compared to Clarins, which has an average fit for dry skin on this page. Clarins products on this page often feature hydrating and smoothing moisturizers, but most include fragrance, whereas Skintific products on this page list no fragrance.

Clarins or Skintific: which moisturizer is better?

Clarins offers hydrating and smoothing moisturizers with ingredients like hyaluronic acid that helps improve skin quality. However, Skintific products on this page list no fragrance, making Skintific a better choice for sensitive skin types.

Dermatologic Therapy, 2022

Which is more affordable, Clarins or Skintific?

Reviewers note that Skintific has a high price point, whereas Clarins is not described as such on the page.

How do the founding years and countries of origin compare between Clarins and Skintific?

Clarins was founded in France in 1954, whereas Skintific was founded in 2021 with its country of origin not provided on this page.

Which brand has more products containing fragrance on the page, Clarins or Skintific?

Clarins has more products containing fragrance on the page, with 23 out of 24 products listing fragrance, whereas every Skintific product on this page lists no fragrance.

How does the routine fit for mature skin compare between Clarins and Skintific?

For mature skin, the routine fit for Clarins is High, while the routine fit for Skintific is Superior.

Clarins or Skintific for oily skin?

For oily skin, Lovi rates Skintific as Superior while Clarins is Average. Skintific focuses on fragrance-free formulas, whereas nearly all products on the Clarins page list fragrance.

Clarins or Skintific for sensitive skin?

Skintific is a better fit for sensitive skin, as Lovi rates its routine as Superior compared to Clarins at High. Skintific also avoids added fragrance entirely across the products on this page.

Clarins or Skintific for acne-prone skin?

For acne-prone skin, Lovi rates Clarins as High and Skintific as Superior. Skintific may be the better choice because every product on this page lists no fragrance, whereas Clarins formulas frequently contain fragrance.

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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