Simple and ILIA Beauty are distinct skincare lines originating from the United Kingdom and Canada, respectively. Simple is known for gentle moisturizers, makeup removers, cleansers, and toners featuring niacinamide and glycerin, which suit oily and acne-prone skin best. Conversely, ILIA Beauty is recognized for thoughtful moisturizers with nourishing formulas that suit dry, normal, and combination skin best. While both brands offer reliable daily care, they differ primarily in their ingredient profiles and targeted skin types.
Simple is a British skincare brand founded in 1960 and owned by Unilever PLC since 2011.
This page compares some of the most popular Simple and ILIA Beauty products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.
Simple is the better choice on this page because it offers a wide variety of cleansers, toners, and moisturizers with High to Superior Lovi fit levels for sensitive and acne-prone skin, whereas ILIA Beauty features only a single moisturizer with Average fit across all skin types.
What is the difference between Simple and ILIA Beauty?
Simple offers a broad range of fragrance-free cleansers, toners, and moisturizers featuring niacinamide and glycerin that fit oily and acne-prone skin best, whereas ILIA Beauty features just one moisturizer on this page.
Simple or ILIA Beauty: which moisturizer is better?
Simple offers more moisturizer options on this page, including lightweight and value-friendly choices, whereas ILIA Beauty features just one moisturizer, The Base Face Milk, and Lovi gives both brands an Average fit level for dry skin.
Which is more affordable, Simple or ILIA Beauty?
Simple offers budget-friendly choices, as reviewers frequently note its lightweight, value-friendly moisturizers.
Which causes fewer breakouts, Simple or ILIA Beauty?
Simple offers products that help with oily and acne-prone skin, though some reviewers note breakouts, while ILIA Beauty has only one product on this page with average fits across skin types and no specific focus on acne.
When was each brand founded and who currently owns them?
Simple was founded in 1960 in the United Kingdom and has been owned by Unilever PLC since 2011. ILIA Beauty was founded in 2011 in Canada and is currently owned by Famille C since 2022.
Do products from Simple and ILIA Beauty contain fragrance?
Every product from both Simple and ILIA Beauty on this page lists no fragrance in its ingredients.
Which Simple products are best suited for sensitive skin?
Simple Kind to Skin Soothing Facial Toner has a High Lovi fit level for sensitive skin, while the brand's micellar cleansing waters receive a High fit level as well. Glycerin helps provide hydration, and every product on this page lists no fragrance in its ingredients.
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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.
