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Clarins vs Valmont

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

Clarins and Valmont are esteemed European skincare houses that offer luxurious moisturizers, potent serums, soothing eye products, and gentle toners. The French brand is known for utilizing nourishing shea and hydrating squalane, suiting sensitive and dry sensitive skin best, while the Swiss brand is celebrated for refined formulas that suit mature and dehydrated skin. They primarily differ in their geographic origins, founding years, and specific target skin types.

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

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Valmont is a Swiss skincare brand founded in 1985.

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

Popular Clarins vs Valmont products

Clarins vs Valmont moisturizers

Questions and answers

Clarins or Valmont: which is better?

Clarins offers a much wider range of products on this page compared to Valmont, helping shoppers find targeted options for various skin concerns and types like mature and dry sensitive skin. Its moisturizers and serums often include ingredients like vitamin E, which helps support skin quality and anti-aging effects.

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What is the difference between Clarins and Valmont?

Clarins offers a wide range of products including serums, cleansers, and masks that have high fit levels for sensitive, mature, and dry skin, whereas Valmont features just one moisturizer on the page with a high fit for mature and dry sensitive skin. Additionally, Clarins was founded in France in 1954, while Valmont is a Swiss brand established in 1985.

Clarins or Valmont: which moisturizer is better?

Clarins offers a wider variety of moisturizers on this page with better fit levels for dry and mature skin than Valmont, which features only one moisturizer. The products on this page help deliver hydration using ingredients like hyaluronic acid and vitamin E.

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Which is more affordable, Clarins or Valmont?

The products on this page for Clarins and Valmont do not include pricing information, so affordability cannot be compared here.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Clarins or Valmont?

Clarins has many products on this page rated with an average or low fit for acne-prone skin, while Valmont has only one product on this page, which is rated as an average fit for acne-prone skin. Therefore, neither brand stands out as causing fewer breakouts since both offer similar moderate compatibility for acne-prone skin.

Which brand has been around longer, Clarins or Valmont?

Clarins has been around longer than Valmont, having been founded in France in 1954 compared to Valmont which was founded in Switzerland in 1985.

Do Clarins products contain fragrance?

The products on this page by Clarins are likely to contain fragrance, as 23 out of 24 list it. Only 1 product on this page lists no fragrance.

Which Clarins moisturizer is best suited for dry skin according to the brand's focused routine?

According to the brand-focused routine for dry skin, Clarins features the Hydra-Essentiel Silky Cream as the daily moisturizer, which achieves a Superior fit level for dry skin.

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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