Simple and Azclear are two distinct skincare lines offering thoughtful, gentle formulations for daily routines. Simple is a British brand known for its moisturizers, makeup removers, cleansers, and toners featuring niacinamide and glycerin, which suit oily and acne-prone skin best. Meanwhile, Azclear is appreciated for its soothing serums that nurture sensitive, acne-prone, and reactive skin types. While both brands focus on gentle care, they differ in their specific product ranges and targeted active ingredients.
Simple is a British skincare brand founded in 1960 and owned by Unilever PLC since 2011.
This page compares some of the most popular Simple and Azclear products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.
Simple and Azclear serve different needs, with Simple offering a wide range of gentle cleansers, toners, and moisturizers featuring niacinamide and glycerin, while Azclear features a medicated lotion suited for oily acne-prone skin.
What is the difference between Simple and Azclear?
Simple offers a wide range of fragrance-free cleansers, makeup removers, and moisturizers featuring niacinamide and glycerin that Lovi rates best for oily, acne-prone, and mature skin. In contrast, Azclear provides a single fragrance-free medicated lotion that Lovi rates high for oily acne-prone skin.
Simple features lightweight and value-friendly moisturisers among the products on this page, whereas Azclear does not list affordability details.
Which causes fewer breakouts, Simple or Azclear?
Simple features products on this page that some reviewers note may cause breakouts or irritations, while Azclear offers a medicated lotion that helps manage oily acne-prone skin with a High Lovi fit level.
When were Simple and Azclear founded and who owns them?
Simple was founded in the United Kingdom in 1960 and has been owned by Unilever PLC since 2011. Azclear was founded in 2010 and is owned by Ego Pharmaceuticals.
Do any products from Simple or Azclear contain fragrance?
Every product on this page from both Simple and Azclear lists no fragrance in its ingredients.
Which brand offers more product options on this page?
Simple offers more product options on this page, featuring a wide variety of cleansers, makeup removers, and moisturizers.
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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.
