Simple and Rilastil are British and Italian skincare brands known for their gentle, nourishing formulations. Simple offers moisturizers, makeup removers, cleansers, and toners with niacinamide and glycerin, while Rilastil is warmly loved for its targeted serums. The British brand suits acne-prone and oily skin best, whereas the latter suits sensitive, dry, and mature skin types. Ultimately, they differ in their specific ingredient focus and targeted skin concerns.
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 Rilastil products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.
Simple offers a much wider selection of fragrance-free products on this page, whereas Rilastil has only a single serum listed. Lovi rates Simple with High and Superior fits for several skin types and concerns, while Rilastil's Acnestil serum achieves only Average or lower fit levels.
What is the difference between Simple and Rilastil?
Simple offers a broad range of fragrance-free cleansers, makeup removers, and moisturizers featuring niacinamide and glycerin that fit acne-prone, oily, and sensitive skin with high or average levels. In contrast, Rilastil is represented on this page by just one fragrance-free serum that achieves lower fit levels for sensitive and mature skin.
Simple features lightweight, value-friendly moisturizers among the products on this page, while Rilastil does not list pricing information here.
Which causes fewer breakouts, Simple or Rilastil?
Simple products on this page are rated Average for acne-prone skin, while Rilastil has only one product on the page with an Average fit for acne-prone skin, but reviewers note that Simple can sometimes cause breakouts or irritations.
Which brand has been around longer, Simple or Rilastil?
Simple has been around longer, having been founded in 1960 in the United Kingdom, whereas Rilastil was founded in 1972.
Do any products from Simple or Rilastil contain fragrance?
No, every product on this page from both Simple and Rilastil lists no fragrance in its ingredients.
How does the Lovi fit level for oily skin compare between Simple's Micellar Cleansing Water and Rilastil's Acnestil serum?
Simple's Micellar Cleansing Water has a High Lovi fit level for oily skin, whereas Rilastil's Acnestil serum has an Average fit level. Glycerin helps provide hydration across the products on this page.
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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.
