Alba Botanica skincare
Alba Botanica is an American skincare brand founded in 1979 and owned by The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. since 2007.
Alba Botanica is beloved for its botanical-forward serums and thoughtfully crafted formulas. Its products suit balanced, combination, and acne-prone skin best. For targeted care, the standout products for particular concerns include, for acne-prone skin, the ACNEdote Face & Body Scrub. The brand relies on natural extracts to gently cleanse and renew the complexion.
This page covers some of the most popular Alba Botanica products; for the whole Alba Botanica range, with a fit score for every product, use the Lovi app.
Alba Botanica serums and treatments
Questions and answers
Is Alba Botanica worth it?
Yes, Alba Botanica is worth it because Lovi rates the brand-focused routines Superior for dry, oily, sensitive, combination, and acne-prone skin. Every Alba Botanica product on this page lists no fragrance in its ingredients.
What are Alba Botanica's best products?
Alba Botanica's best products are built around the ACNEdote Face & Body Scrub, which Lovi rates Superior for oily acne-prone skin.
Does Alba Botanica cause breakouts?
Alba Botanica is unlikely to cause breakouts, as the scrub on this page features salicylic acid to help clear oily, acne-prone skin. Lovi rates this scrub Superior for oily acne-prone skin and High for oily skin.
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Is Alba Botanica fragrance-free?
Yes, every product from the Alba Botanica products on this page lists no fragrance in its ingredients.
What are the key ingredients in Alba Botanica products?
How do I build a Alba Botanica skincare routine?
To build an Alba Botanica skincare routine, focus on the products available on this page to suit your skin type. Lovi rates Alba Botanica-focused routines Superior for dry, oily, sensitive, combination, and acne-prone skin.
What are good alternatives to Alba Botanica?
Good alternatives to Alba Botanica on Lovi include CeraVe, Cetaphil, Paula's Choice, Neutrogena, Kiehl's, and Dermalogica. Lovi rates the CeraVe-focused routine Superior for oily, sensitive, combination, and acne-prone skin, and High for dry skin.
Alba Botanica vs CeraVe: which is better?
For dry skin, Lovi rates the Alba Botanica-focused routine Superior and the CeraVe-focused routine High. For oily, sensitive, combination, and acne-prone skin, Lovi rates both brand-focused routines as Superior.
Who owns Alba Botanica, and where is it from?
Alba Botanica is an American brand founded in 1979, owned by The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. since 2007.
Is Alba Botanica cruelty-free?
Yes: PETA lists Alba Botanica as cruelty-free.
Research behind Alba Botanica's key ingredients
Behind these ratings
Lovi rates every product from its 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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Co-founder, Medical Director
Cosmetic chemist, cosmetologist, aesthetic products developer
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Co-founder, CEO and CTO
PhD in computer science, 3x US patent holder, ex-Google, ex-Yandex
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Dr. Sof铆a Perea P茅rez, MD, MSc
Medical Board
Aesthetic medicine practitioner, MSc in Longevity and Anti-Aging Medicine
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Specialist dermatologist, MBBS, MD, IFAAD
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Medical Board
Cosmetic chemist, SCS, IFSCC member
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Medical Board, Medical Advisor
Dermatology MD
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Elina Nazarenko, MD
Medical Board
Dermatology and diagnostic consultant
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Victoria Derkova, MS
Medical Board
Cosmetic chemist, cosmetic development technologist
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