Simple and ILIA Beauty are distinct skincare lines created to support daily routines with focused care. Simple is known for its gentle moisturizers, soothing makeup removers, dependable cleansers, and refreshing toners formulated with niacinamide and glycerin, which suit oily and mature skin best. ILIA Beauty is known for its thoughtful moisturizers and nourishing formulas that suit dry, normal, and combination skin best. The British brand differs from the Canadian brand in its specific ingredient focus and the skin types it targets.
Simple is a British skincare brand founded in 1960 and owned by Unilever PLC since 2011.
This page compares some of the most popular Simple and ILIA Beauty products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.
Simple stands out for its wide selection of fragrance-free cleansers, makeup removers, and moisturizers featuring glycerin and niacinamide, which helps hydrate skin and may reduce pigmentation. ILIA Beauty features only a single moisturizer on this page, The Base Face Milk, offering an average Lovi fit across skin types.
What is the difference between Simple and ILIA Beauty?
Simple features a variety of cleansers, makeup removers, toners, and moisturizers with Lovi fit levels ranging from Low to Superior, while ILIA Beauty offers just one moisturizer with an Average Lovi fit level across skin types. Niacinamide and glycerin are key ingredients across Simple products, helping to support skin health.
Simple or ILIA Beauty: which moisturizer is better?
Simple offers a wider variety of moisturizers with average Lovi fit levels across skin types, including lightweight and value-friendly options, whereas ILIA Beauty features only one moisturizer on this page, The Base Face Milk, which also achieves an average Lovi fit level across skin types.
Which is more affordable, Simple or ILIA Beauty?
Simple features lightweight, value-friendly moisturizers among the products on this page, while ILIA Beauty does not emphasize affordability.
Which causes fewer breakouts, Simple or ILIA Beauty?
Simple products on this page are sometimes noted by reviewers for causing breakouts or irritations, while ILIA Beauty has no such feedback listed for its single moisturizer. Glycerin helps provide hydration across Simple products.
When was Simple founded and who owns it compared to ILIA Beauty?
Simple was founded in 1960 in the United Kingdom and has been owned by Unilever PLC since 2011, whereas ILIA Beauty was founded in 2011 in Canada and is owned by Famille C.
Do any products from Simple or ILIA Beauty contain fragrance?
Every product on this page from both Simple and ILIA Beauty lists no fragrance in its ingredients.
What are the key ingredients found across Simple products?
The key ingredients found across the products on this page for Simple are Niacinamide and Glycerin.
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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.
