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Clarins vs KORRES

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Clarins and KORRES are two respected skincare brands known for their thoughtful moisturizers and gentle formulas. Clarins is a French brand founded in 1954 and owned by Famille C, celebrated for its serums, eye products, and toners enriched with shea and squalane, while the other draws on a rich botanical heritage. The French line suits sensitive and dry sensitive skin best, whereas its counterpart suits dry, sensitive, normal, and combination skin. They differ primarily in their specific targeted treatments and foundational ingredients, with the French brand utilizing shea butter and squalane and the botanical line focusing on harmonizing natural extracts.

Clarins is a French skincare brand founded in 1954 and owned by Famille C (Groupe Clarins).

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

Popular Clarins vs KORRES products

People Say

ClarinsKORRES
  • Luxurious and lightweight texture Mostly MentionedMostly Mentioned
    • “absorbs immediately — Clarins Double Serum Eye”
    • “sinks in immediately — Clarins Double Serum Light Texture”
    • “feels like velvet — KORRES Velvet Skin Drink”
    • “absorbs instantly — KORRES Santorini Grape Poreless Skin Cream”
  • Hydration and moisture Mostly MentionedOften Mentioned
    • “skin drinks it up — Clarins Double Serum”
    • “keeps skin moist — Clarins Multi-Active Jour”
    • “woke up with baby soft skin — Clarins Multi-Active Nuit”
    • “saved my dry skin — KORRES Velvet Skin Drink”
  • Anti-aging and skin firming Often MentionedOften Mentioned
    • “neck feels smoother — Clarins Extra-Firming Neck & Décolleté Cream”
    • “visibly tighter, lifted skin — Clarins Super Restorative Night Cream”
    • “brings bounce back — KORRES Bounce Firming Moisturizer”
    • “skin feels baby soft — KORRES Santorini Grape Poreless Skin Cream”
  • Visible glow, radiance and brightening Often MentionedRarely Noted
    • “skin looks brighter immediately — Clarins Cryo-Flash Cream-Mask”
    • “Gives off the most stunning natural radiance I've ever come across. — Clarins Beauty Flash Balm”
    • “eyes look more open — Clarins Total Eye Lift”
    • “gives a no-shine glow — KORRES Velvet Skin Drink”
  • Gentle on sensitive eyes and skin Rarely NotedOften Mentioned
    • “Calms redness — KORRES Foaming Cream Cleanser”
    • “helped with my redness — KORRES Greek Yoghurt Foaming Cream Cleanser”
    • “calmed my redness — KORRES Santorini Grape Poreless Skin Cream”
    • “no irritation for contact wearers — Clarins Total Eye Lift”
  • Non-stripping and effective makeup removal Not notedOften Mentioned
    • “Leaves skin soft — KORRES Foaming Cream Cleanser”
    • “leaves face soft and smooth — KORRES Greek Yoghurt Foaming Cream Cleanser”
    • “removes liquid eyeliner — KORRES Greek Yoghurt Foaming Cream Cleanser”
  • High price point Mostly MentionedOften Mentioned
    • “jar is very small — KORRES Santorini Grape Poreless Skin Cream”
    • “Expensive for cleanser — KORRES Foaming Cream Cleanser”
    • “priciest face cleanser — KORRES Greek Yoghurt Foaming Cream Cleanser”
    • “way too expensive — Clarins Double Serum”
  • Strong fragrance and scent sensitivity Often MentionedOften Mentioned
    • “smells like perfume — Clarins Multi-Active Jour”
    • “Smell was very off putting — Clarins Extra-Firming Day Cream”
    • “smells like babies — KORRES Greek Yoghurt Foaming Cream Cleanser”
    • “smell is too strong — KORRES Velvet Skin Drink”
  • Packaging and design issues Often MentionedSometimes Noted
    • “Needs a pump — KORRES Foaming Cream Cleanser”
    • “hard to control amount — KORRES Greek Yoghurt Foaming Cream Cleanser”
    • “dispenses too much product — Clarins Total Eye Lift”
  • Skin irritation and breakouts Sometimes NotedSometimes Noted
    • “caused cystic acne — Clarins Double Serum”
    • “caused redness — Clarins Double Serum Eye”
    • “broke me out — KORRES Greek Yoghurt Foaming Cream Cleanser”
    • “caused tiny bumps — KORRES Velvet Skin Drink”

Questions and answers

Clarins or KORRES: which is better?

Clarins is better for hydration, radiance, and anti-aging, while KORRES is better for gentle, non-stripping cleansers. Both brands frequently receive complaints about strong fragrance. Additionally, topical vitamin E helps improve skin brightness and smoothness.

Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology, 2020

What is the difference between Clarins and KORRES?

Clarins does better for hydration and moisture, visible glow, and radiance and brightening, while KORRES does better at being gentle on sensitive eyes and skin and providing non-stripping and effective makeup removal.

Clarins or KORRES: which cleanser is better?

KORRES does better for cleansers on this page, as reviewers find them gentle, non-stripping, and effective at removing makeup. Lovi shows that Clarins cleansers have lower fit levels for dry sensitive skin, whereas KORRES offers high-fitting options for sensitive and dry skin types.

Which is more affordable, Clarins or KORRES?

KORRES is more affordable, as high price point is a frequently mentioned drawback for Clarins products on this page.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Clarins or KORRES?

According to the review themes on this page, both Clarins and KORRES do equally well regarding skin irritation and breakouts.

Clarins or KORRES: which brand is better for sensitive skin?

KORRES is better for sensitive skin, as review themes show it is more gentle on sensitive eyes and skin than Clarins. Lovi rates the products on this page for sensitive skin as High for KORRES's cleansers and Bounce Firming Moisturizer, while Clarins mixes High fits with Average and warning levels.

Which brand has a wider variety of serums and anti-aging products, Clarins or KORRES?

Clarins offers a much wider variety of serums and anti-aging products on this page compared to KORRES. While KORRES features only basic cleansers and a few general moisturizers, Clarins includes dedicated items like Double Serum, Total Eye Lift, and multiple extra-firming and super-restorative creams.

Clarins or KORRES: which brand offers better hydration and glow-boosting benefits?

Clarins offers better hydration and glow-boosting benefits compared to KORRES. Reviewers frequently note that Clarins provides hydrating and smoothing moisturizers as well as radiance and glow-boosting moisturizers.

Clarins or KORRES: which moisturizer is better?

Clarins is generally better for hydration and glowing results, as Lovi rates several of its moisturizers like the Hydra-Essentiel Silky Cream with High or Superior fit levels, whereas KORRES focuses more on lightweight and velvety textures.

Dermatologic Therapy, 2022

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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