Avène vs Valmont
Avène and Valmont are esteemed skincare houses originating from France and Switzerland in 1990 and 1985, respectively. The French brand is loved for its gentle moisturizers, protective sunscreens, targeted serums, and soothing cleansers formulated with glycerin, while the Swiss line is widely loved for its luxurious moisturizers and refined formulas. The former suits oily acne-prone skin and combination skin best with offerings like the Tolerance Control Soothing Skin Recovery Balm, Cleanance, and Hyaluron Activ B3 Concentrated Plumping Serum, whereas the latter suits mature and dehydrated skin best through products like the Prime Renewing Pack. While both deliver lasting comfort and gentle care, glycerin in the first improves hydration and restores barrier function, whereas the second focuses on delivering these benefits through refined luxury.
Avène is a French skincare brand founded in 1990 and owned by Fondation Pierre Fabre.
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Valmont is a Swiss skincare brand founded in 1985.
This page compares some of the most popular Avène and Valmont products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.
Questions and answers
Avène or Valmont: which is better?
Avene offers many more products on this page than Valmont and achieves High Lovi fit levels for a wide variety of skin types. Reviewers often note that Avene products soothe irritation and provide gentle, non-stripping sunscreens.
What is the difference between Avène and Valmont?
Avène is a French brand founded in 1990 with fifteen products on this page, whereas Valmont is a Swiss brand founded in 1985 with just one product on this page. Avène fits oily acne-prone skin, combination skin, and acne-prone skin best, while Valmont does not have listed best-fit skin types on this page.
Avène or Valmont: which moisturizer is better?
For moisturizers, Avène provides multiple options such as Cicalfate+ Restorative Protective Cream, which has a High Lovi fit for dry and sensitive skin, whereas Valmont offers the Prime Renewing Pack, which achieves a High Lovi fit for mature and dry sensitive skin.
Which is more affordable, Avène or Valmont?
Price point is sometimes noted for Avène as a drawback, while Valmont has only one product on this page and is known as a luxury Swiss brand.
Which causes fewer breakouts, Avène or Valmont?
Avène offers a wide variety of products on this page with High to Average Lovi fit levels for acne-prone skin, whereas Valmont has only one product on the page, which has an Average fit for acne-prone skin.
How does the founding year and country of origin compare between Avène and Valmont?
Avène was founded in 1985 in Switzerland, while Valmont was founded in 1990 in France.
Which brand offers more fragrance-free product options among their featured lineups?
Avène offers more fragrance-free product options on this page, with seven out of fifteen products listing no fragrance compared to none for Valmont.
How many total products are listed on the comparison page for Avène versus Valmont?
There are 15 products listed for Avène and 1 product listed for Valmont on this comparison page.
Research behind their key ingredients
Molecular basis of retinol anti-ageing properties in naturally aged human skin in vivo
Panax ginseng induces human Type I collagen synthesis through activation of Smad signaling
An oil-soluble extract of Rubus idaeus cells enhances hydration and water homeostasis in skin cells
Comparative benefit of two thermal spring waters after photodynamic therapy procedure
Comparison of methods for assessing photoprotection against ultraviolet A in vivo
Treatment with Ascorbyl Glucoside-Arginine Complex Ameliorates Solar Lentigos
Anti-Aging Efficacy of Low-Molecular-Weight Polydeoxyribonucleotide Derived from Paeonia lactiflora
Retrospective Review of Dermal Safety Studies of Organic Sunscreens
The harnessing potential of carboxymethyl beta glucan: A driver of skin repair
Targeting Circadian Rhythm for the Regulation of Skin Collagen Metabolism
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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