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Elemis vs facefacts

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Elemis and facefacts are British skincare brands offering nourishing cleansers and targeted formulas. The former is celebrated for nourishing serums, rich moisturizers, and refining toners that weave together glycerin and shea, suiting dry and mature skin best. Conversely, the latter is loved for nourishing cleansers that suit dry, normal, and combination skin best. While both brands feature standout solutions for acne-prone skin, Elemis also addresses dark spots and mature skin through its specialized formulations.

Elemis is a British skincare brand founded in 1989 and owned by L'Occitane Group since 2019.

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facefacts is a British skincare brand founded in 2019 and owned by Brand Masters B.V. since 2026.

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

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Questions and answers

Elemis or facefacts: which is better?

Elemis is a better fit for dry and mature skin types, whereas the products on this page for facefacts offer a High fit specifically for dry, sensitive, acne-prone, and mature skin. Glycerin helps support the skin barrier in Elemis formulations.

What is the difference between Elemis and facefacts?

Elemis is a larger brand founded in the United Kingdom in 1989 and offers a wide range of fragranced products on this page, whereas facefacts was founded in 2019 and features a single fragrance-free cleanser.

Elemis or facefacts: which cleanser is better?

Elemis and facefacts both offer cleansers on this page with High fit levels for dry skin, though Lovi rates the Elemis Dynamic Resurfacing Facial Wash as High for sensitive skin and the facefacts Hydrating Gentle Cleanser as High for sensitive and acne-prone skin. Glycerin, which is found in the products on this page, helps improve skin barrier function in dry skin.

Which is more affordable, Elemis or facefacts?

Elemis is a higher-priced brand, as reviewers on the page frequently note its high price point, while facefacts offers a more budget-friendly option.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Elemis or facefacts?

Facefacts features a single product on this page with a high Lovi fit for acne-prone skin, whereas Elemis offers a broader range with mixed acne-prone fit levels across its products. Additionally, every facefacts product lists no fragrance, while the majority of Elemis products on this page contain fragrance.

Which brand has been around longer, Elemis or facefacts?

Elemis was founded in 1989 in the United Kingdom, whereas facefacts was founded more recently in 2019.

Do Elemis products contain fragrance while facefacts products do not?

Elemis has fragrance in most of its products on this page, whereas every facefacts product lists no fragrance.

Which brand is owned by the L'Occitane Group?

Elemis is owned by the L'Occitane Group, having been acquired in 2019.

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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