Simple vs OPTASE
Simple and OPTASE are gentle skincare brands known for makeup removers, cleansers, and soothing formulas. The British brand incorporates niacinamide and glycerin to suit oily and acne-prone skin best, while the latter relies on balanced, restorative qualities for sensitive, dry, and irritated skin. Although both offer reliable daily routines, they differ in key ingredients and target skin concerns.
Simple is a British skincare brand founded in 1960 and owned by Unilever PLC since 2011.
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This page compares some of the most popular Simple and OPTASE products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.
Questions and answers
Simple or OPTASE: which is better?
Simple is the better choice on this page because it offers a wide variety of moisturizers, cleansers, and makeup removers with High or Average Lovi fit levels for most skin types, whereas OPTASE features only a single makeup remover with lower fit levels for several skin types. Glycerin helps provide hydration across Simple products, and niacinamide may help improve skin pigmentation and aging.
What is the difference between Simple and OPTASE?
Simple offers a broad range of everyday cleansers, toners, and moisturizers featuring ingredients like glycerin that help hydrate the skin, whereas OPTASE features a single eye makeup remover listed on this page. Lovi rates Simple as having a High fit for sensitive skin with its Kind to Skin Soothing Facial Toner, while OPTASE also achieves a High fit for sensitive skin with its LIFE SENSITIVE EYE MAKEUP REMOVER.
Which is more affordable, Simple or OPTASE?
Simple offers value-friendly moisturizers, while OPTASE features fewer products on the page without explicit affordability mentions. Glycerin helps maintain skin hydration across the products on this page.
Which causes fewer breakouts, Simple or OPTASE?
Simple features products on this page that shoppers often note to cause breakouts or irritations, while OPTASE lists no such user feedback. Lovi rates Simple as having an average fit for acne-prone skin, whereas OPTASE has an average fit for that skin type.
How do the Lovi fit levels for sensitive skin compare between Simple's makeup remover and OPTASE's eye makeup remover?
Simple's Micellar Cleansing Water has a High Lovi fit level for sensitive skin, matching the High fit level of OPTASE's Life Sensitive Eye Makeup Remover. Both makeup removers are well-suited for sensitive skin types.
Which brand offers more products for dry skin on this page, Simple or OPTASE?
Simple offers more products for dry skin on this page than OPTASE, which features only a single eye makeup remover. The products on this page by Simple include several moisturizers and cleansers that list average or low fit levels for dry skin.
Between Simple and OPTASE, which company was founded earlier?
Simple was founded earlier, in 1960 in the United Kingdom, while OPTASE was founded in 2016.
Research behind their key ingredients
The effect of niacinamide on reducing cutaneous pigmentation and suppression of melanosome transfer
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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Dr. Sofía Perea Pérez, MD, MSc
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Elina Nazarenko, MD
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Victoria Derkova, MS
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