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Avène vs grace & stella

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Avène and grace & stella are two distinct skincare lines established to support daily well-being through thoughtfully crafted formulations. The French brand, founded in 1990, is known for gentle moisturizers, protective sunscreens, targeted serums, and soothing cleansers featuring glycerin, making it best suited for oily, acne-prone, and combination skin. Meanwhile, the Canadian brand, founded in 2016, is recognized for nourishing eye products and moisturizers designed for all skin types. While both offer targeted options like hyaluronic acid serums for dark spots and treatments for acne-prone skin, Avène relies on glycerin to restore barrier function, whereas grace & stella focuses on daily self-care and balanced, healthy-looking skin.

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

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grace & stella is a Canadian skincare brand founded in 2016 and owned by Gravitiq since 2022.

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

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Questions and answers

Avène or grace & stella: which is better?

Avène is better suited for oily and acne-prone skin, while grace & stella offers highly rated hydrating options and eye masks for all skin types. Lovi rates grace & stella's Hyaluronic Acid Serum as High for dry skin and dry sensitive skin, and Lovi rates Avène's Eau Thermale Thermal Spring Water as Superior for dry skin.

Dermatologic Therapy, 2022

What is the difference between Avène and grace & stella?

Avène is a French brand founded in 1990 with fifteen products on this page including thermal water and cleansers, while grace & stella is a Canadian brand founded in 2016 with just two products on this page like an under eye mask. Every product on the grace & stella page lists no fragrance, whereas nearly half of the products on the Avène page contain fragrance. Glycerin helps moisturize the skin, and topical hyaluronic acid improves skin hydration.

Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology, 2017

Avène or grace & stella: which moisturizer is better?

For moisturizers, Avène provides a wider variety of options with Lovi fit levels ranging from Superior to Low depending on your specific skin type, while grace & stella offers products like its Hyaluronic Acid Serum that has High Lovi fit levels for dry and sensitive skin. Lovi rates Avène's Tolerance Control Soothing Skin Recovery Balm as Superior for dry skin, and Lovi rates grace & stella's Hyaluronic Acid Serum as High for dry skin.

Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology, 2017

Which is more affordable, Avène or grace & stella?

Reviewers note that Avène has a higher price point, while grace & stella offers more affordable products on this page.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Avène or grace & stella?

grace & stella offers the Under Eye Mask and Hyaluronic Acid Serum on this page, and Lovi rates both as having a High fit for acne-prone skin, while Avène includes fifteen products on this page with varying breakout-related fits, such as a Low fit for the Ultra Fluid sunscreen on acne-prone skin.

Between Avène and grace & stella, which brand offers a wider variety of products on this page?

Avène offers a wider variety of products on this page with fifteen different skincare options, whereas grace & stella features only two. Avène includes cleansers, sunscreens, and specialized serums, while grace & stella provides just an under eye mask and a hyaluronic acid serum.

Which brand has been established longer, Avène or grace & stella?

Avène has been established longer, having been founded in France in 1990, whereas grace & stella was founded in Canada in 2016.

How does the fragrance content differ between Avène and grace & stella products?

Among the products on this page, Avène features fragrance in nearly half of its items, whereas grace & stella includes no fragrance in any of its products. Every product listed for grace & stella is completely fragrance-free in its ingredients, while several Avène items list fragrance.

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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