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Avène vs Rilastil

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

Avène and Rilastil are respected European skincare brands offering thoughtfully crafted daily essentials. The French brand, founded in 1990 and owned by Fondation Pierre Fabre, is loved for its gentle moisturizers, protective sunscreens, targeted serums, and soothing cleansers formulated with glycerin, suiting oily acne-prone skin and combination skin best. Meanwhile, the Italian counterpart is warmly loved for its targeted serums and meticulously balanced formulas, which suit sensitive, dry, and mature skin types best due to a gentle yet deeply nourishing approach. Both companies differ in their ideal skin types and specific standout products, such as the Tolerance Control Soothing Skin Recovery Balm, Cleanance, Hyaluron Activ B3 Concentrated Plumping Serum, and Acnestil.

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.

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Questions and answers

Avène or Rilastil: which is better?

Avène is better than Rilastil for most shoppers since the products on this page offer a wide selection with options achieving a Superior fit for dry and sensitive skin, whereas Rilastil only features a single serum with lower fit levels. Avène also provides formulas containing glycerin, which helps maintain skin hydration.

Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology, 2017

What is the difference between Avène and Rilastil?

Avene offers a wide variety of products on this page across many skin types, whereas Rilastil is represented by just one serum, Acnestil, which has average to caution fit levels depending on the skin type. Furthermore, Avene includes fragrance in over half of its products on this page, while Rilastil lists no fragrance in any of its products on this page.

Which is more affordable, Avène or Rilastil?

Reviewers note that price point is sometimes a concern for Avene, whereas the page facts do not mention pricing information for Rilastil.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Avène or Rilastil?

Avène offers a wider variety of products on this page with better fit levels for acne-prone skin, such as Cleanance sunscreen and Cleanance Cleansing Gel which have a High Lovi fit for acne-prone skin, whereas Rilastil has only one product on this page with an Average Lovi fit.

How do the founding years and corporate ownerships of Avène and Rilastil compare?

Avene was founded in 1990 in France and is owned by Fondation Pierre Fabre, whereas Rilastil was founded in 1972 and is owned by Istituto Ganassini.

Which brand offers more fragrance-free product options on this page?

Avene offers more fragrance-free product options on this page, with 8 out of 15 products listing no fragrance.

How does the Lovi fit level for dry skin compare between Avène's Tolerance Control Soothing Skin Recovery Balm and Rilastil's Acnestil serum?

Avène's Tolerance Control Soothing Skin Recovery Balm has a Superior Lovi fit level for dry skin, whereas Rilastil's Acnestil serum has a Caution fit level for dry 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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