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Clarins vs Charlotte Tilbury

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Clarins is a French skincare brand founded in 1954 and owned by Famille C (Groupe Clarins).

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Charlotte Tilbury is a British skincare brand founded in 2013 and owned by Puig since 2020.

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

Popular Clarins vs Charlotte Tilbury products

People Say

ClarinsCharlotte Tilbury
  • Hydration and Glow Mostly MentionedMostly Mentioned
    • “skin drinks it up — Clarins Double Serum”
    • “absorbs immediately — Clarins Double Serum Eye”
    • “perfect canvas for base — Charlotte Tilbury Charlotte's Magic Cream”
    • “radiant skin filter — Charlotte Tilbury Collagen Superfusion Facial Oil”
  • High Price Point Mostly MentionedMostly Mentioned
    • “way too expensive — Clarins Double Serum”
    • “too expensive for results — Clarins Total Eye Lift”
    • “extremely overpriced — Charlotte Tilbury Charlotte's Magic Cream”
    • “not worth the splurge — Charlotte Tilbury Magic Eye Rescue”

Questions and answers

Clarins or Charlotte Tilbury: which is better?

Clarins and Charlotte Tilbury are equal for hydration and glow as well as their high price point. Lovi finds that Clarins has a High fit for sensitive, mature, and dry sensitive skin types across the products on this page.

What is the difference between Clarins and Charlotte Tilbury?

Clarins offers a much larger variety of products on this page across categories like serums, cleansers, and masks, whereas Charlotte Tilbury features only a few specific items. Reviewers note that both brands share a high price point and provide good hydration, but Clarins products frequently contain added fragrance while Charlotte Tilbury lists no fragrance in its products.

Clarins or Charlotte Tilbury: which moisturizer is better?

When comparing moisturizers, Clarins offers a wider variety of options on this page with High to Superior Lovi fit levels for dry and mature skin types, such as the Hydra-Essentiel Silky Cream and Extra-Firming Day Cream, whereas Charlotte Tilbury features Charlotte's Magic Cream which also achieves High to Superior fit levels for those skin types.

Which is more affordable, Clarins or Charlotte Tilbury?

Both Clarins and Charlotte Tilbury share the same level for high price points, as reviewers frequently mention high price points for the products on this page for both brands.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Clarins or Charlotte Tilbury?

When it comes to breakouts, neither brand stands out as a clear winner, as both Clarins and Charlotte Tilbury generally offer average or moderate fit levels for acne-prone skin across the products on this page. Reviewers do not highlight acne-fighting benefits for either brand, though Clarins includes several products with warnings or caution ratings for oily and acne-prone skin types.

How do Clarins and Charlotte Tilbury compare in terms of offering fragrance-free skincare products?

Charlotte Tilbury offers a fully fragrance-free range among the products on this page, whereas almost all of Clarins's products contain added fragrance. Specifically, only 1 of the 24 Clarins products on this page lists no fragrance.

Which brand has a longer history, and where were Clarins and Charlotte Tilbury founded?

Clarins has a longer history, having been founded in France in 1954, whereas Charlotte Tilbury was founded in the United Kingdom in 2013.

What are the main negative review themes associated with Clarins skincare products?

Reviewers of Clarins products on this page most often mention a high price point and a strong fragrance as key drawbacks. Shoppers also point to a lack of dramatic or subtle results and pump or packaging design issues.

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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