Simple vs Valmont
Simple and Valmont are established European skincare brands defined by distinct botanical and scientific heritages. Simple is beloved for its gentle moisturizers, makeup removers, cleansers, and toners crafted with niacinamide and glycerin, which suit acne-prone skin and skin with dark spots best. Conversely, Valmont is widely loved for its luxurious moisturizers and refined formulas that suit mature and dehydrated skin best. While both brands deliver lasting comfort and gentle care, they differ in their origins, ingredient focuses, and ideal skin types.
Simple is a British skincare brand founded in 1960 and owned by Unilever PLC since 2011.
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Valmont is a Swiss skincare brand founded in 1985.
This page compares some of the most popular Simple and Valmont products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.
Questions and answers
Simple or Valmont: which is better?
Simple stands out for its wide range of fragrance-free, budget-friendly moisturizers and cleansers that feature niacinamide and glycerin. Glycerin helps provide skin hydration, while niacinamide may help control skin aging and pigmentation. Meanwhile, the products on this page for Valmont feature fragrance.
What is the difference between Simple and Valmont?
Simple offers budget-friendly, fragrance-free products like makeup removers and moisturizers that feature ingredients like niacinamide and glycerin, whereas Valmont features scented luxury options such as the Prime Renewing Pack. Lovi rates Simple as having a High fit for mature skin with its Kind to Skin Soothing Facial Toner and High fits for sensitive skin across multiple cleansers, while Valmont achieves a High fit for mature skin and dry sensitive skin with its moisturizer. Niacinamide helps reduce cutaneous pigmentation.
Simple or Valmont: which moisturizer is better?
Simple offers lightweight, value-friendly moisturizers with key ingredients like glycerin, which helps hydrate the skin, while Valmont provides options like Prime Renewing Pack. Lovi gives Simple's moisturizers an average fit across skin types, and Prime Renewing Pack a high fit for mature and dry sensitive skin. Glycerin helps maintain skin hydration as supported by clinical studies.
Which is more affordable, Simple or Valmont?
Simple offers budget-friendly moisturizers, while Valmont is a luxury Swiss brand. Reviewers frequently note that the products on this page for Simple are value-friendly.
Which causes fewer breakouts, Simple or Valmont?
Simple features products on this page that shoppers often note to sometimes cause breakouts or irritations, while Valmont has only one moisturizing product listed here without specific breakout data. Niacinamide helps control skin aging and pigmentation.
Which brand has more products listed on the page, Simple or Valmont?
Simple has more products listed on the page than Valmont, offering seven items compared to Valmont's single product.
Do both Simple and Valmont products contain fragrance?
No, they do not both contain fragrance because every product on the Simple page lists no fragrance in its ingredients, whereas Valmont's Prime Renewing Pack contains fragrance.
When was Simple founded compared to Valmont?
Simple was founded in the United Kingdom in 1960, whereas Valmont was founded in Switzerland in 1985.
Research behind their key ingredients
The effect of niacinamide on reducing cutaneous pigmentation and suppression of melanosome transfer
Apigenin inhibits UVA-induced cytotoxicity in vitro and prevents signs of skin aging in vivo
Panax ginseng induces human Type I collagen synthesis through activation of Smad signaling
Borage Oil Treated with Immobilized Lipase Inhibits Melanogenesis
Anti-Aging Efficacy of Low-Molecular-Weight Polydeoxyribonucleotide Derived from Paeonia lactiflora
Saccharide isomerate ameliorates cosmetic scalp conditions in a Chinese study population
The harnessing potential of carboxymethyl beta glucan: A driver of skin repair
Targeting Circadian Rhythm for the Regulation of Skin Collagen Metabolism
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.
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PhD in computer science, 3x US patent holder, ex-Google, ex-Yandex
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Dr. Sofía Perea Pérez, MD, MSc
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Aesthetic medicine practitioner, MSc in Longevity and Anti-Aging Medicine
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Specialist dermatologist, MBBS, MD, IFAAD
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Elina Nazarenko, MD
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Dermatology and diagnostic consultant
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Victoria Derkova, MS
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Cosmetic chemist, cosmetic development technologist
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