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Bioderma vs Estée Lauder

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Bioderma and Estée Lauder are esteemed skincare brands that offer thoughtful selections of moisturizers, serums, cleansers, and more. The French brand, founded in 1977, is known for gentle glycerin formulas that suit sensitive and acne-prone skin best, while the American brand, founded in 1946, is beloved for hyaluronic acid and glycerin mixtures that suit acne-prone and mature skin best. While both brands nourish the skin barrier and improve hydration, they differ in their heritage and precise active ingredients.

Bioderma is a French skincare brand founded in 1977 and owned by Jean-Noël Thorel Foundation since 2018.

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Estée Lauder is an American skincare brand founded in 1946 and owned by The Estée Lauder Companies Inc..

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

Popular Bioderma vs Estée Lauder products

People Say

BiodermaEstée Lauder
  • Deep Hydration and Moisture Often MentionedMostly Mentioned
    • “healed my dry skin — Bioderma Sébium Hydra”
    • “skin feels plump — Bioderma Atoderm Crème Ultra”
    • “skin drinks it up immediately — Estée Lauder Advanced Night Repair”
    • “texture is dreamy — Estée Lauder Advanced Night Repair Eye Supercharged Gel-Creme”
  • Gentle and Non-Irritating Formula Mostly MentionedRarely Noted
    • “doesn't sting my eyes — Bioderma Sensibio H2O”
    • “doesn't cause any irritation — Bioderma Sensibio Micellar Cleansing Oil”
    • “mildest face wash I've tried — Bioderma Sensibio Gel Moussant”
    • “doesn't strip the skin — Estée Lauder Advanced Night Cleansing Gelée”
  • Texture and Fast Absorption Often MentionedMostly Mentioned
    • “Absorbs quickly into the skin — Estée Lauder Revitalizing Supreme+”
    • “watery — Estée Lauder Micro Essence Treatment Lotion”
    • “Has a luxurious feel and texture. — Estée Lauder Re-Nutriv”
    • “absorbs instantly — Bioderma Hydrabio Serum”
  • Improves Skin Texture and Radiance Rarely NotedMostly Mentioned
    • “gives me that glass skin look — Estée Lauder Advanced Night Repair”
    • “skin feels like a baby's bottom — Estée Lauder Advanced Night Repair”
    • “silky smooth — Estée Lauder Micro Essence Treatment Lotion”
    • “It brightened my skin and faded dark spots. — Bioderma Pigmentbio Sensitive Areas”
  • Effective Cleansing and Makeup Removal Sometimes NotedOften Mentioned
    • “Lathers well — Estée Lauder Soft Clean Moisture Rich Foaming Cleanser”
    • “removes all my makeup effortlessly — Estée Lauder Advanced Night Cleansing Gelée”
    • “Melts away Double Wear foundation instantly — Estée Lauder Take It Away Makeup Remover Lotion”
    • “melts every bit of make up and SPF off — Bioderma Sensibio Micellar Cleansing Oil”
  • Good Makeup Base Sometimes NotedSometimes Noted
    • “Foundation didn't settle into pores — Bioderma Sébium Pore Refiner”
    • “Noticeable difference in size of pores — Bioderma Sébium Pore Refiner”
    • “doesn't pill — Estée Lauder Advanced Night Repair Eye Supercharged Gel-Creme”
    • “layers flawlessly under foundation — Estée Lauder DayWear Moisturizer”
  • High Price Point Sometimes NotedMostly Mentioned
    • “pricier than other brands — Bioderma Sensibio Gel Moussant”
    • “finished too quickly — Bioderma Hydrabio Serum”
    • “pricey for water — Bioderma Sensibio H2O”
    • “way too expensive for the size — Estée Lauder Advanced Night Repair”
  • Strong or Unpleasant Fragrance Sometimes NotedSometimes Noted
    • “Very unpleasant chemical smell. You definitely don't want this accidentally going into your mouth. — Bioderma Sébium Gel moussant”
    • “scent is too strong — Bioderma Hydrabio Serum”
    • “strong scent — Bioderma Sébium Hydra”
    • “Scent is too overpowering — Estée Lauder Revitalizing Supreme+”
  • Skin Irritation and Dryness Sometimes NotedSometimes Noted
    • “Skin looks like sandpaper — Bioderma Sébium Pore Refiner”
    • “It isn't a cleanser I can use every day... it can be very drying. — Bioderma Sébium Gel moussant”
    • “left my skin very dry — Estée Lauder Advanced Night Cleansing Gelée”
    • “Stings my eyes badly — Estée Lauder Take It Away Makeup Remover Lotion”

Bioderma vs Estée Lauder routines for dry skin

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Bioderma vs Estée Lauder routines for oily skin

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Bioderma vs Estée Lauder routines for combination skin

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Questions and answers

Bioderma or Estée Lauder: which is better?

Both brands offer strong options, but Bioderma achieves a High routine fit for dry, oily, and dark spot skin types compared to Estée Lauder's Average fit for those concerns. Estée Lauder's products on this page frequently feature hyaluronic acid, which helps improve skin hydration.

Dermatologic Therapy, 2022

What is the difference between Bioderma and Estée Lauder?

Bioderma offers soothing and barrier-repairing options with key ingredients like glycerin and golden seaweed, while Estée Lauder provides deep hydration and lightweight textures using hyaluronic acid and glycerin. Bioderma performs better for dry skin routines, whereas Estée Lauder achieves equal fit levels for combination, sensitive, acne-prone, mature, and oily acne-prone skin.

Bioderma or Estée Lauder for dry skin?

For dry skin, Bioderma is better because its routine fit is High compared to Estée Lauder's Average. Key ingredients across the products on this page include glycerin and hyaluronic acid.

Bioderma or Estée Lauder: which cleanser is better?

Both Bioderma and Estée Lauder offer highly effective cleansers, with the products on this page achieving High fit levels for a range of skin types. Bioderma is particularly noted for gentle and non-irritating formulas, while Estée Lauder excels in effective cleansing and makeup removal.

Which is more affordable, Bioderma or Estée Lauder?

Estée Lauder has a high price point mostly mentioned by reviewers, whereas Bioderma sometimes notes high price point and value concerns as a drawback.

Between Bioderma and Estée Lauder, which brand has better fragrance options or fewer scent issues?

Bioderma has more scent issues than Estee Lauder, because 9 of its 20 products on this page list no fragrance compared to 12 of 14 for Estee Lauder, and reviewers sometimes note unpleasant fragrance and scent issues for Bioderma.

Which brand performs better for hydration and moisture according to review themes?

According to the review themes, both Bioderma and Estée Lauder perform equally well for deep hydration and moisture. The products on this page help deliver steady hydration, and key ingredients like hyaluronic acid and glycerin support skin moisture.

Journal of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2015Dermatologic Therapy, 2022

How do the founding years and corporate ownerships of Bioderma and Estée Lauder compare?

Bioderma was founded in France in 1977 and is owned by the Jean-Noël Thorel Foundation since 2018, whereas Estée Lauder was founded in the United States in 1946 and is owned by The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.

Bioderma or Estée Lauder for oily skin?

Bioderma has a High routine fit for oily skin, whereas Estée Lauder has an Average fit, making Bioderma the better option on this page.

Bioderma or Estée Lauder: which moisturizer is better?

Bioderma offers soothing and barrier-repairing moisturizers that fit dry skin at a High level on this page. Estée Lauder products on this page provide deep hydration and a lightweight feel, with a routine fit for dry skin at an Average level.

Bioderma or Estée Lauder for sensitive skin?

Both Bioderma and Estée Lauder are a High fit for sensitive skin on the products on this page. Reviewers note that Bioderma provides gentle and non-irritating formulas, while Estée Lauder offers deep hydration and gentle cleansers.

Bioderma or Estée Lauder for acne-prone skin?

Both Bioderma and Estée Lauder are a High fit for acne-prone skin on the products on this page. Reviewers note that Bioderma does better for a gentle and non-irritating formula.

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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