Simple vs Valmont
Simple and Valmont are established British and Swiss skincare lines founded in 1960 and 1985, respectively. The former is celebrated for its gentle moisturizers, makeup removers, cleansers, and toners enriched with niacinamide and glycerin, which suit oily and acne-prone skin best. Conversely, the latter is widely loved for its luxurious moisturizers and refined formulas that suit mature and dehydrated skin best. While both brands prioritize comforting care, they differ distinctly in their heritage, ingredient profiles, 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 is a better fit for fragrance-free routines, as the products on this page list no fragrance and offer high fit levels for sensitive and acne-prone skin, while Glycerin helps keep skin hydrated. Valmont offers luxurious anti-aging care, though its Prime Renewing Pack contains fragrance.
What is the difference between Simple and Valmont?
Simple offers a broad range of fragrance-free products containing niacinamide and glycerin that Lovi rates best for oily, acne-prone, and mature skin, while Valmont features a single luxury moisturizer with fragrance that Lovi rates high for mature and dry sensitive skin. Glycerin helps maintain skin hydration, and niacinamide helps reduce cutaneous pigmentation and skin aging signs.
Simple or Valmont: which moisturizer is better?
Simple offers lightweight, value-friendly moisturizers with high glycerin content that helps hydrate the skin, while Valmont provides the Prime Renewing Pack, a moisturizer with a High Lovi fit for mature and dry sensitive skin. Niacinamide in Simple products may also help reduce cutaneous pigmentation.
Which is more affordable, Simple or Valmont?
Simple features lightweight, value-friendly moisturizers on the products on this page, making it the more affordable choice compared to Valmont. Glycerin helps provide hydration in Simple products.
Which causes fewer breakouts, Simple or Valmont?
Simple products on this page sometimes cause breakouts or irritations according to reviewer feedback, whereas Valmont does not have reported breakout issues in its page data. Glycerin helps hydrate the skin, and niacinamide may control skin aging and pigmentation.
Where and when were Simple and Valmont founded, and who owns them?
Simple was founded in 1960 in the United Kingdom and has been owned by Unilever PLC since 2011, while Valmont was founded in 1985 in Switzerland and has been independently owned since 1996.
Which products from Simple and Valmont contain fragrance?
Valmont's Prime Renewing Pack contains fragrance, whereas every Simple product on this page lists no fragrance in its ingredients.
What are the shared key ingredients across the Simple products?
The products on this page from Simple share Niacinamide and Glycerin as key ingredients. Glycerin helps provide moisture to the skin, while Niacinamide may help reduce cutaneous pigmentation.
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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Elina Nazarenko, MD
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Victoria Derkova, MS
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