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Avène vs ILIA Beauty

Rated by Lovi · Unbiased, science-based skincare AI trained on real user outcomes · How the Fit score works

Avène and ILIA Beauty are distinct skincare houses rooted in clinical gentleness and conscious formulation, respectively. The French brand centers its moisturizers, sunscreens, targeted serums, and cleansers on glycerin to suit oily, acne-prone, and combination skin, featuring standout items like the Tolerance Control Soothing Skin Recovery Balm, the Cleanance line, and the Hyaluron Activ B3 Concentrated Plumping Serum. Conversely, the Canadian brand offers thoughtful moisturizers tailored best to dry, normal, and combination skin, with nourishing compositions that include The Base Face Milk for acne-prone skin. While both prioritize skin health through hydrating ingredients, they differ significantly in their founding origins, proprietary ingredient focuses, and ideal skin-type matches.

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

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ILIA Beauty is a Canadian skincare brand founded in 2011 and owned by Famille C since 2022.

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

Popular Avène vs ILIA Beauty products

Questions and answers

Avène or ILIA Beauty: which is better?

Avène is better suited for a wide range of skin concerns because the products on this page cover multiple routines and skin types, unlike ILIA Beauty which features only one moisturizer. Avène features specialized key ingredients like glycerin, which helps hydrate the skin.

Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology, 2017

What is the difference between Avène and ILIA Beauty?

Avène is a French brand founded in 1990 with fifteen products on this page featuring key ingredients like thermal water and glycerin, while ILIA Beauty is a Canadian brand founded in 2011 with just one moisturizer on this page called The Base Face Milk. Avène products on this page have fragrance in seven of their formulas, whereas every product on this page by ILIA Beauty lists no fragrance.

Avène or ILIA Beauty: which moisturizer is better?

For moisturizers, Avène provides products on this page with High fit levels for dry and sensitive skin, such as the Tolerance Control Soothing Skin Recovery Balm, while ILIA Beauty features only The Base Face Milk with an Average fit across skin types. Glycerin is a key ingredient across Avène moisturizers that helps support skin hydration.

Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology, 2017

Which is more affordable, Avène or ILIA Beauty?

Reviews note that the price point is sometimes a drawback for Avène, while the provided page information does not detail pricing for ILIA Beauty.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Avène or ILIA Beauty?

Avène features several products on this page rated with a High Lovi fit level for acne-prone skin, whereas ILIA Beauty includes only one product, which is rated Average. Avène products may help control oil for some shoppers.

Which brand has been around longer, Avène or ILIA Beauty?

Avène has been around longer, having been founded in France in 1990 compared to ILIA Beauty, which was founded in Canada in 2011.

How many Avène products on the page contain fragrance compared to ILIA Beauty?

On the Lovi page, 7 of the 15 Avène products list fragrance, whereas every ILIA Beauty product lists no fragrance in its ingredients.

Which brand offers a thermal spring water toner?

Avene offers a thermal spring water toner on this page, specifically the Eau Thermale Thermal Spring Water, which has a Superior Lovi fit level for dry, dry sensitive, and sensitive skin.

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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