Simple and Rilastil are skincare brands known for gentle formulations that support different complexion needs. The British line offers moisturizers, makeup removers, cleansers, and toners featuring niacinamide and glycerin, which suit oily and acne-prone skin best by reducing hyperpigmentation, improving aging signs, and boosting hydration. Meanwhile, the second brand provides targeted serums and meticulously balanced formulas that suit sensitive, dry, and mature skin types best. While both prioritize delicate care, they differ in their core ingredient focus and ideal skin types.
Simple is a British skincare brand founded in 1960 and owned by Unilever PLC since 2011.
This page compares some of the most popular Simple and Rilastil products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.
Simple offers a much broader range of products on this page with High to Average Lovi fit levels for sensitive and oily skin, whereas Rilastil has only one serum with lower fits.
What is the difference between Simple and Rilastil?
Simple offers a broad range of fragrance-free products on this page, with the Kind to Skin Soothing Facial Toner achieving a Superior Lovi fit for mature skin, whereas Rilastil features a more limited selection on this page, such as the Acnestil serum, which has a Caution Lovi fit for dry skin.
Which is more affordable, Simple or Rilastil?
Simple features lightweight, value-friendly moisturizers according to reviewers, whereas the page provides no affordability information for Rilastil.
Which causes fewer breakouts, Simple or Rilastil?
Simple products on this page are known for lightweight moisturizers and gentle makeup removers, though some reviewers mention that the brand can occasionally cause breakouts or irritations. Rilastil has fewer products featured here, but its Acnestil serum rates as Average for acne-prone skin.
Which brand has been around longer, Simple or Rilastil?
Simple has been around longer, having been founded in the United Kingdom in 1960, while Rilastil was founded in 1972.
Do any products from Simple or Rilastil contain fragrance?
Every product on this page from both Simple and Rilastil lists no fragrance in its ingredients.
How many products are listed for Rilastil compared to Simple?
Simple offers seven products on this page, whereas Rilastil has only one product listed. Both brands feature fragrance-free formulations across their selections.
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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.
