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Avène vs ILIA Beauty

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

Avène and ILIA Beauty are distinct skincare houses rooted in clinical gentleness and conscious formulation, respectively. The French brand centers its moisturizers, sunscreens, targeted serums, and cleansers on glycerin to suit oily, acne-prone, and combination skin, featuring standout items like the Tolerance Control Soothing Skin Recovery Balm, the Cleanance line, and the Hyaluron Activ B3 Concentrated Plumping Serum. Conversely, the Canadian brand offers thoughtful moisturizers tailored best to dry, normal, and combination skin, with nourishing compositions that include The Base Face Milk for acne-prone skin. While both prioritize skin health through hydrating ingredients, they differ significantly in their founding origins, proprietary ingredient focuses, and ideal skin-type matches.

Avène is a French skincare brand founded in 1990 and owned by Fondation Pierre Fabre.

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ILIA Beauty is a Canadian skincare brand founded in 2011 and owned by Famille C since 2022.

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

Popular Avène vs ILIA Beauty products

Questions and answers

Avène or ILIA Beauty: which is better?

Avène provides a much larger selection of products on this page than ILIA Beauty, which features only a single moisturizer. Avène has specific fit levels across many skin types, whereas ILIA Beauty offers average fits for all skin types on this page.

What is the difference between Avène and ILIA Beauty?

Avène offers an extensive selection of fifteen products on this page covering cleansers, sunscreens, and serums, whereas ILIA Beauty features only one moisturizer, The Base Face Milk. Avène lists fragrance in over half its formulations, while every product on this page from ILIA Beauty contains no fragrance.

Avène or ILIA Beauty: which moisturizer is better?

For moisturizers, Avène offers several options with high Lovi fit levels for dry and sensitive skin, such as the Cicalfate+ Restorative Protective Cream, whereas ILIA Beauty only features The Base Face Milk, which has an average fit level across all skin types.

Which is more affordable, Avène or ILIA Beauty?

Price point is sometimes noted as a drawback for Avène, while the provided information does not compare the overall affordability of Avène and ILIA Beauty.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Avène or ILIA Beauty?

ILIA Beauty features only a single product on this page, The Base Face Milk, which has an Average Lovi fit for acne-prone and oily acne-prone skin. In contrast, Avène offers multiple products tailored for acne-prone skin, including Cleanance sunscreen and Cleanance Cleansing Gel which both achieve a High Lovi fit for oily acne-prone skin.

Which brand has been around longer, Avène or ILIA Beauty?

Avène has been around longer, having been founded in France in 1990, while ILIA Beauty was founded in Canada in 2011.

How many Avène products on the page list no fragrance compared to ILIA Beauty?

7 of the 15 Avène products on this page list no fragrance, whereas every ILIA Beauty product on this page lists no fragrance.

What is an example of an Avène-focused morning routine for dry skin?

An example Avène-focused morning routine for dry skin on this page includes the Cleanance Cleansing Gel as a cleanser, the Supple Preparation Unscented Toner as a hydrating toner, the Tolerance Control Soothing Skin Recovery Balm as a moisturizer, and the Ultra Fluid for SPF.

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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