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Clarins vs Weleda

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Clarins and Weleda are established European skincare brands founded in France in 1954 and Switzerland in 1921, respectively. The French brand is loved for its nourishing moisturizers, targeted serums, delicate eye products, and refreshing toners, which harness soothing shea and replenishing squalane, while the Swiss brand is widely loved for its rich moisturizers and meticulously crafted formulas. Both brands suit sensitive skin best because of their gentle botanical bases, though the French brand also suits mature skin best with standouts like the Extra-Firming Day Cream and Super Restorative Night Cream. Ultimately, they differ in their specific offerings, as the French brand provides specialized serums and restorative creams to combat dark spots and collagen loss, whereas the Swiss brand provides targeted relief through versatile staples like Skin Food and Skin Food Light.

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

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Weleda is a Swiss skincare brand founded in 1921 and owned by Weleda AG.

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

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Clarins vs Weleda moisturizers

Questions and answers

Clarins or Weleda: which is better?

Clarins is better suited for sensitive, mature, and dry sensitive skin, offering a much wider range of specialized products compared to Weleda.

What is the difference between Clarins and Weleda?

Clarins is a French brand founded in 1954 with an extensive product range on this page featuring varied fit levels for sensitive, mature, and dry sensitive skin. In contrast, Weleda is a Swiss brand founded in 1921 with only two moisturizers on this page.

Clarins or Weleda: which moisturizer is better?

When comparing moisturizers, Clarins offers a much wider range with options like Hydra-Essentiel Silky Cream rated High for dry sensitive skin, while Weleda provides just two options such as Skin Food, which is also rated High for dry skin.

Which is more affordable, Clarins or Weleda?

Reviewers frequently note that Clarins has a high price point, while Weleda offers a much smaller selection of products on this page.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Clarins or Weleda?

Clarins includes products on this page with low or caution fit levels for acne-prone skin, while Weleda features items like Skin Food that may cause breakouts for oily or acne-prone skin due to richer ingredients. Overall, both brands offer options that require care for breakout-prone skin types.

Between Clarins and Weleda, which brand offers a wider variety of skincare products on this page?

Clarins offers a wider variety of skincare products on this page, featuring serums, eye products, masks, and cleansers compared to Weleda's limited selection of moisturizers.

How do the founding countries and years of Clarins and Weleda compare?

Clarins was founded in 1954 in France, while Weleda was established earlier in 1921 in Switzerland.

Which brand has more fragrance-free options listed among its products?

Clarins has more fragrance-free options listed on this page, with one out of twenty-four products lacking fragrance. In contrast, Weleda has zero fragrance-free options among its products.

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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