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Avène vs facefacts

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

Avène and facefacts are skincare brands that serve different complexions through distinct formulations. The French brand Avène relies on glycerin to power its gentle moisturizers, protective sunscreens, targeted serums, and soothing cleansers, suiting oily acne-prone and combination skin best. Conversely, facefacts features nourishing cleansers and targeted formulas that maintain the natural moisture balance for dry, normal, and combination skin. While both offer effective solutions, they differ in their foundational ingredients, regional origins, and ideal skin types.

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

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facefacts is a British skincare brand founded in 2019 and owned by Brand Masters B.V. since 2026.

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

Popular Avène vs facefacts products

Questions and answers

Avène or facefacts: which is better?

Avène is better suited for a wider variety of skin types and concerns, as the products on this page offer extensive options for oily, acne-prone, and mature skin, whereas facefacts features only a single hydrating gentle cleanser. Glycerin is a key ingredient across Avène products that helps maintain skin hydration.

What is the difference between Avène and facefacts?

Avene offers an extensive range of products with varying Lovi fit levels across multiple skin types, whereas facefacts features a single cleanser on this page with High fit for dry, sensitive, acne-prone, dry sensitive, and mature skin. Avène includes fragrance in over half of its products on this page, while every product on the facefacts page lists no fragrance.

Avène or facefacts: which cleanser is better?

For cleansers, Avène has a large range with options like Cleanance Cleansing Gel having a High fit for oily acne-prone skin, whereas facefacts has just one cleanser, Hydrating Gentle Cleanser, which has a High fit for dry skin, sensitive skin, acne-prone skin, dry sensitive skin, and mature skin.

Which is more affordable, Avène or facefacts?

Facefacts is more affordable than Avène, as reviewers note that Avène has a higher price point while facefacts offers budget-friendly options.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Avène or facefacts?

Both Avène and facefacts offer products that are well suited for acne-prone skin, with facefacts Hydrating Gentle Cleanser having a High fit for acne-prone skin and Avène featuring several options like Eau Thermale Thermal Spring Water with a High fit. Lovi rates the facefacts cleanser as having a High fit for acne-prone skin, while Avène includes a wide variety of cleansers, sunscreens, and serums tailored for blemish-prone skin types.

Which brand has been around longer, Avène or facefacts?

Avène has been around longer than facefacts, having been founded in France in 1990 compared to facefacts, which was established in the United Kingdom in 2019.

How many products from Avène are fragrance-free compared to facefacts?

Avène has 8 fragrance-free products on this page out of a total of 15, whereas facefacts has every product on this page listed without fragrance.

Which brand offers products specifically formulated for dry skin with a Superior Lovi fit level?

Avene offers products specifically formulated for dry skin with a Superior Lovi fit level, such as Eau Thermale Thermal Spring Water. Facefacts only lists a single product on this page, which has a High fit level for dry skin.

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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