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Lancôme vs Charlotte Tilbury

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Lancôme and Charlotte Tilbury are established beauty houses offering thoughtful moisturizers, eye products, serums, and toners. While the French brand is celebrated for gentle formulations featuring glycerin, hyaluronic acid, and adenosine that suit sensitive and acne-prone skin best, the British brand focuses on luxurious moisturizers and eye creams. Ultimately, the two differ in heritage and specific ingredient compositions, with the first emphasizing targeted actives for hydration and barrier support and the second offering specialized creams and facial oils.

Lancôme is a French skincare brand founded in 1935 and owned by L'Oréal S.A. since 1964.

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Charlotte Tilbury is a British skincare brand founded in 2013 and owned by Puig since 2020.

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

Popular Lancôme vs Charlotte Tilbury products

People Say

LancômeCharlotte Tilbury
  • Deep hydration Mostly MentionedMostly Mentioned
    • “extremely emollient and rich — Charlotte Tilbury Magic Eye Rescue”
    • “floods skin with moisture — Charlotte Tilbury Charlotte's Magic Cream”
    • “super hydrated — Charlotte Tilbury Collagen Superfusion Facial Oil”
    • “gives my skin an instant dewy glow — Lancôme Tonique Confort”
  • Luxurious texture and scent Often MentionedMostly Mentioned
    • “smells like spa — Charlotte Tilbury Collagen Superfusion Facial Oil”
    • “rich and nourishing — Charlotte Tilbury Charlotte's Magic Cream”
    • “thick glossy cream — Charlotte Tilbury Magic Eye Rescue”
    • “melts right into skin — Lancôme Absolue Revitalizing Eye Cream”
  • Radiance and glow Sometimes NotedMostly Mentioned
    • “radiant skin filter — Charlotte Tilbury Collagen Superfusion Facial Oil”
    • “lit-from-within glow — Charlotte Tilbury Charlotte's Magic Cream”
    • “Skin looks lit from within — Lancôme Advanced Génifique Youth Activating Concentrate”
  • Makeup compatibility and base Sometimes NotedMostly Mentioned
    • “perfect canvas for base — Charlotte Tilbury Charlotte's Magic Cream”
    • “foundation looks flawless — Charlotte Tilbury Collagen Superfusion Facial Oil”
    • “concealer applies smoothly — Lancôme Advanced Génifique Eye Cream”
  • Lightweight texture Often MentionedNot noted
    • “absorbs quickly — Lancôme RÉNERGIE”
    • “absorbs almost instantly — Lancôme Génifique Ultimate”
    • “absorbs instantly — Lancôme Advanced Génifique Eye Cream”
  • Visible firming and anti-aging Sometimes NotedSometimes Noted
    • “skin looks plumper — Lancôme RÉNERGIE”
    • “Helps with wrinkles and makes skin soft. — Lancôme Advanced Génifique Night Cream”
    • “instantly smoothed out lines — Charlotte Tilbury Magic Eye Rescue”
  • High price point Mostly MentionedMostly Mentioned
    • “super expensive — Lancôme Absolue Precious Oil”
    • “expensive as hell — Lancôme RÉNERGIE”
    • “extremely overpriced — Charlotte Tilbury Charlotte's Magic Cream”
    • “not worth the splurge — Charlotte Tilbury Magic Eye Rescue”
  • Skin irritation and breakouts Sometimes NotedOften Mentioned
    • “caused a breakout — Lancôme RÉNERGIE”
    • “felt a burning sensation immediately — Lancôme Tonique Confort”
    • “Caused tiny white bumps — Lancôme Advanced Génifique Youth Activating Concentrate”
    • “gave me acne — Charlotte Tilbury Collagen Superfusion Facial Oil”
  • Strong fragrance and scent issues Often MentionedOften Mentioned
    • “My only issue with it is the fragrance. — Lancôme Hydra Zen Gel Cream”
    • “scent is too strong — Lancôme Absolue Revitalizing Eye Cream”
    • “grandma perfume smell — Charlotte Tilbury Charlotte's Magic Cream”
    • “scent too strong — Charlotte Tilbury Collagen Superfusion Facial Oil”

Questions and answers

Lancôme or Charlotte Tilbury: which is better?

Charlotte Tilbury performs better for deep hydration, radiance, and luxurious texture, whereas Lancôme offers lighter textures but has more notes of skin irritation and breakouts on this page.

What is the difference between Lancôme and Charlotte Tilbury?

Charlotte Tilbury does better for deep hydration, luxurious texture and scent, radiance and glow, and makeup compatibility and base, while Lancôme does better for lightweight texture. Reviewers note that Lancôme is associated with skin irritation and breakouts, whereas both brands share issues with a high price point.

Lancôme or Charlotte Tilbury: which moisturizer is better?

Charlotte Tilbury does better for deep hydration, giving products on this page a High to Superior fit for dry skin compared to Lancome's lower ratings. Topical hyaluronic acid, found in both brands, helps improve skin hydration and signs of aging.

Dermatologic Therapy, 2022

Which is more affordable, Lancôme or Charlotte Tilbury?

Both Lancôme and Charlotte Tilbury have a high price point, so neither brand is more affordable than the other on this page.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Lancôme or Charlotte Tilbury?

Charlotte Tilbury causes fewer breakouts on this page, as Lancôme is noted for skin irritation and breakouts. Glycerin helps provide hydration in the products on this page.

Which brand has more products containing fragrance, Lancôme or Charlotte Tilbury?

Lancôme has more products containing fragrance on this page, with 11 out of 14 products listing fragrance, whereas every Charlotte Tilbury product on this page lists no fragrance.

Which brand offers better results for deep hydration according to review themes?

Charlotte Tilbury does better for deep hydration according to the review themes on this page.

What are the founding years and countries of origin for Lancôme and Charlotte Tilbury?

Lancôme was founded in 1935 in France, while Charlotte Tilbury was founded in 2013 in the United Kingdom.

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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