Simple vs Skinfix
Simple and Skinfix are distinct skincare lines created to address diverse complexions through specialized formulations. The British brand is known for gentle moisturizers, makeup removers, cleansers, and toners featuring niacinamide and glycerin that suit oily and acne-prone skin best. Meanwhile, the Canadian brand is beloved for deeply nourishing moisturizers and scientifically targeted formulas that suit dry, sensitive skin best. Both companies differ in their ingredients and target skin types, offering reliable care for maintaining a healthy and balanced complexion.
Simple is a British skincare brand founded in 1960 and owned by Unilever PLC since 2011.
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Skinfix is a Canadian skincare brand founded in 2014 and owned by Skinfix Inc..
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This page compares some of the most popular Simple and Skinfix products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.
Popular Simple vs Skinfix products
Questions and answers
Simple or Skinfix: which is better?
Simple offers more choices, including makeup removers and toners with a High Lovi fit for sensitive skin, whereas the products on this page for Skinfix consist solely of a barrier cream with a High fit for dry and dry sensitive skin. Niacinamide helps reduce cutaneous pigmentation.
What is the difference between Simple and Skinfix?
Simple offers a broad variety of fragrance-free cleansers, toners, makeup removers, and moisturizers that fit sensitive, oily, and acne-prone skin best with High to Superior Lovi fit levels. Skinfix features a single moisturizer on the page with a High Lovi fit for dry and sensitive skin. Glycerin helps provide hydration across the products on this page.
Simple or Skinfix: which moisturizer is better?
Simple offers lightweight, value-friendly moisturizers with Lovi fit levels ranging from Average to High depending on the specific product and skin type, featuring niacinamide and glycerin which help hydrate and improve skin appearance. Skinfix provides the Barrier+ Triple Lipid-Peptide Cream, which has a High Lovi fit for dry and dry sensitive skin.
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Which is more affordable, Simple or Skinfix?
Simple offers lightweight, value-friendly moisturizers, making it the more affordable choice compared to Skinfix.
Which causes fewer breakouts, Simple or Skinfix?
Skinfix does not have enough breakout data on this page, while reviewers note that Simple sometimes causes breakouts or irritations.
Where and when were Simple and Skinfix founded?
Simple was founded in 1960 in the United Kingdom, and Skinfix was founded in 2014 in Canada.
Do any products from Simple or Skinfix contain fragrance?
Every product on this page from both Simple and Skinfix lists no fragrance in its ingredients.
How does the Lovi fit level for dry skin compare between Simple's Micellar Cleansing Water and Skinfix's Barrier+ Triple Lipid-Peptide Cream?
Simple's Micellar Cleansing Water has a High Lovi fit level for dry skin, and Skinfix's Barrier+ Triple Lipid-Peptide Cream also has a High Lovi fit level for dry skin.
Research behind their key ingredients
The effect of niacinamide on reducing cutaneous pigmentation and suppression of melanosome transfer
Topical palmitoyl pentapeptide provides improvement in photoaged human facial skin
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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Cosmetic chemist, cosmetologist, aesthetic products developer
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PhD in computer science, 3x US patent holder, ex-Google, ex-Yandex
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Dr. Sofía Perea Pérez, MD, MSc
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Aesthetic medicine practitioner, MSc in Longevity and Anti-Aging Medicine
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Specialist dermatologist, MBBS, MD, IFAAD
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Cosmetic chemist, SCS, IFSCC member
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Elina Nazarenko, MD
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Dermatology and diagnostic consultant
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Victoria Derkova, MS
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Cosmetic chemist, cosmetic development technologist
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