Avène vs Rilastil
Avène and Rilastil are respected skincare lines known for thoughtful formulations and soothing care. The French brand, founded in 1990 and owned by Fondation Pierre Fabre, is universally loved for its rich moisturizers, reliable sunscreens, targeted serums, gentle cleansers, and hydrating glycerin, suiting oily acne-prone skin best with items like the Tolerance Control Soothing Skin Recovery Balm, the Cleanance, and the Hyaluron Activ B3 Concentrated Plumping Serum. Meanwhile, the second line is warmly loved for its targeted serums and meticulously balanced formulas, suiting sensitive, dry, and mature skin types best through options like the Acnestil. Ultimately, both rely on science-backed or carefully composed approaches to restore daily comfort, improve hydration, and ensure a calm, resilient, and balanced complexion.
Avène is a French skincare brand founded in 1990 and owned by Fondation Pierre Fabre.
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This page compares some of the most popular Avène and Rilastil products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.
Questions and answers
Avène or Rilastil: which is better?
Avène has a much larger selection of products on this page across various skin types, whereas Rilastil only features a single serum for acne-prone and oily skin. Lovi rates Avène with Superior and High fit levels for multiple products and skin types, while Rilastil's Acnestil serum has only Average fits for those same skin types.
What is the difference between Avène and Rilastil?
Avène is a French brand founded in 1990 that offers a wide range of products including sunscreens, moisturizers, and serums with varying fit levels for different skin types, whereas Rilastil is an Italian brand founded in 1972 whose products on this page are represented by only one item, Acnestil. Additionally, every product on this page from Rilastil lists no fragrance in its ingredients, while nearly half of the Avène products on this page contain fragrance.
Which is more affordable, Avène or Rilastil?
Reviewers note that Avène has a strong fragrance and a varying price point. The page facts do not mention affordability details for Rilastil.
Which causes fewer breakouts, Avène or Rilastil?
Avène has several products on this page that fit acne-prone skin with varying levels, such as the Cleanance sunscreen at a High fit level and the Cleanance Comedomed Anti-Blemish Concentrate at an Average fit level. Rilastil has only one product on this page, Acnestil, which has an Average fit level for acne-prone skin.
Which brand has been around longer and where was it founded?
Rilastil has been around longer, having been founded in 1972, whereas Avène was founded in 1990 in France.
How many products from Avène contain fragrance compared to Rilastil?
On the products on this page, 7 of 15 Avène products list fragrance, whereas every Rilastil product lists no fragrance in its ingredients.
What are the main shared key ingredients across the products for both brands?
Avene features Thermal water and Glycerin as key ingredients across its products, while Rilastil does not list shared key ingredients due to having only one product on the page.
Research behind their key ingredients
Molecular basis of retinol anti-ageing properties in naturally aged human skin in vivo
An oil-soluble extract of Rubus idaeus cells enhances hydration and water homeostasis in skin cells
Chemical peels for acne vulgaris: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials
Comparative benefit of two thermal spring waters after photodynamic therapy procedure
Comparison of methods for assessing photoprotection against ultraviolet A in vivo
Treatment with Ascorbyl Glucoside-Arginine Complex Ameliorates Solar Lentigos
Retrospective Review of Dermal Safety Studies of Organic Sunscreens
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.
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Elina Nazarenko, MD
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