Simple vs Sebamed
Simple and Sebamed are established European skincare brands offering thoughtful moisturizers, gentle cleansers, and clarifying formulas enriched with ingredients like niacinamide and glycerin. The British collection suits acne-prone and oily skin best, while the German brand excels in supporting sensitive, reactive, and problematic skin through scientifically balanced, skin-neutral pH options. The two diverge primarily in their foundational approaches, with one utilizing specific vitamins for hydration and the other maintaining a steady focus on barrier health through reliable offerings.
Simple is a British skincare brand founded in 1960 and owned by Unilever PLC since 2011.
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Sebamed is a German skincare brand founded in 1967 and owned by Sebapharma GmbH & Co. KG.
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This page compares some of the most popular Simple and Sebamed products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.
Popular Simple vs Sebamed products
Questions and answers
Simple or Sebamed: which is better?
Simple and Sebamed both offer fragrance-free options, but Simple has a much wider range of products on this page with High Lovi fits for sensitive and acne-prone skin. Niacinamide helps reduce pigmentation and skin aging.
What is the difference between Simple and Sebamed?
Simple offers a broad range of everyday skincare like cleansers, makeup removers, and moisturizers that Lovi rates with high to average fits across several skin types, whereas Sebamed provides just two specific products for cleansing and moisturizing. Both brands feature fragrance-free formulas throughout their products on this page.
Simple or Sebamed: which cleanser is better?
For cleansing, Sebamed Facial Cleanser achieves a High Lovi fit for sensitive, combination, oily, acne-prone, and oily acne-prone skin types, whereas Simple Refreshing Facial Wash has a Low fit for dry and dry sensitive skin. Both brands list no fragrance in their products on this page.
Which is more affordable, Simple or Sebamed?
Simple products are frequently described by shoppers as value-friendly moisturizers, whereas Sebamed does not have specific affordability feedback on this page.
Which causes fewer breakouts, Simple or Sebamed?
Simple products on this page are frequently noted by reviewers to sometimes cause breakouts or irritations, while Sebamed does not have this issue reported.
Which brand has been around longer and where was it founded?
Simple has been around longer, having been founded in 1960 in the United Kingdom, whereas Sebamed was founded in 1967 in Germany.
Do any products from either Simple or Sebamed contain added fragrance?
Every product on this page from both Simple and Sebamed lists no fragrance in its ingredients.
How does the Lovi fit level for oily acne-prone skin compare between Simple's and Sebamed's cleansers?
For oily acne-prone skin, Lovi rates Simple's Refreshing Facial Wash as Average, whereas Sebamed's Facial Cleanser achieves a High fit level.
Simple or Sebamed: which moisturizer is better?
Simple offers several moisturizers like the Hydrating Light Moisturiser, Replenishing Rich Moisturiser, and Water Boost Hydrating Gel Cream, all achieving an Average fit across various skin types on this page. Sebamed features the Clear Face Care Gel, which has a High Lovi fit for oily acne-prone skin and an Average fit for other skin types.
Research behind their key ingredients
The effect of niacinamide on reducing cutaneous pigmentation and suppression of melanosome transfer
Apigenin inhibits UVA-induced cytotoxicity in vitro and prevents signs of skin aging in vivo
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.
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Dr. Sofía Perea Pérez, MD, MSc
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Elina Nazarenko, MD
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Victoria Derkova, MS
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