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Avène vs facefacts

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

Avène and facefacts are skincare brands that serve different complexions through distinct formulations. The French brand Avène relies on glycerin to power its gentle moisturizers, protective sunscreens, targeted serums, and soothing cleansers, suiting oily acne-prone and combination skin best. Conversely, facefacts features nourishing cleansers and targeted formulas that maintain the natural moisture balance for dry, normal, and combination skin. While both offer effective solutions, they differ in their foundational ingredients, regional origins, and ideal skin types.

Avène is a French skincare brand founded in 1990 and owned by Fondation Pierre Fabre.

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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 Avène and facefacts products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.

Popular Avène vs facefacts products

Questions and answers

Avène or facefacts: which is better?

Avène offers a much wider range of products tailored for oily and acne-prone skin with High and Superior Lovi fit levels, whereas facefacts only features a single hydrating cleanser on this page. Reviewers note that Avène sunscreens are gentle and non-stripping, though some formulas contain fragrance.

What is the difference between Avène and facefacts?

Avene offers fifteen products on this page with key ingredients like thermal water and glycerin, whereas facefacts features just one fragrance-free cleanser called Hydrating Gentle Cleanser. Avene fits best for oily acne-prone skin, combination skin, and oily skin, and its products on this page have various fit levels across different skin types.

Avène or facefacts: which cleanser is better?

For cleansing, Avène has a wide range of options with Lovi fit levels up to High depending on your skin type, whereas facefacts features just one cleanser with a High fit for dry, sensitive, acne-prone, dry sensitive, and mature skin. Reviewers mostly mention that Avène offers gentle deep clean cleansers, while every product on the facefacts page lists no fragrance in its ingredients.

Which is more affordable, Avène or facefacts?

Reviews note that the price point is sometimes a drawback for Avène, whereas facefacts offers budget-friendly products founded in the United Kingdom.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Avène or facefacts?

When it comes to breakout control, the products on this page for Avène fit acne-prone skin with levels ranging from Average to High, while facefacts has a Hydrating Gentle Cleanser that fits acne-prone skin at a High level.

How does the founding year and origin country compare between Avène and facefacts?

Avène was founded in France in 1990, whereas facefacts was founded in the United Kingdom in 2019.

Which brand offers more fragrance-free skincare products, Avène or facefacts?

Facefacts offers more fragrance-free options because every product on its page lists no fragrance, whereas Avène includes fragrance in 8 of its 15 products on the page.

What are the Lovi fit levels of the Hydrating Gentle Cleanser by facefacts for dry and sensitive skin?

Lovi rates the Hydrating Gentle Cleanser by facefacts as having a High fit for both dry skin and sensitive 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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