Simple vs VR
Simple and VR are skincare lines offering distinct daily remedies. The British brand, founded in 1960 and owned by Unilever PLC since 2011, is beloved for gentle moisturizers, makeup removers, cleansers, and toners crafted with niacinamide and glycerin, suiting acne-prone skin and skin with dark spots best. Conversely, enthusiasts deeply appreciate the sensory pleasure of moisturizers and considered design from VR, whose offerings suit combination, sensitive, and dry skin best. While both cater to daily needs, Simple relies on niacinamide to reduce hyperpigmentation and improve aging signs and glycerin to improve hydration and barrier function, whereas the latter continually refines its formulations for varied skin types, including the PDRN CREAM for acne-prone skin.
Simple is a British skincare brand founded in 1960 and owned by Unilever PLC since 2011.
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This page compares some of the most popular Simple and VR products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.
Questions and answers
Simple or VR: which is better?
Simple is the better choice on this page, offering a wider variety of cleansers, makeup removers, and moisturizers with fragrance-free formulas. Glycerin helps provide hydration to the skin, while niacinamide helps reduce pigmentation and signs of aging.
What is the difference between Simple and VR?
Simple offers a broad range of fragrance-free cleansers, makeup removers, toners, and moisturizers featuring niacinamide and glycerin, while VR features only one moisturizer, PDRN Cream. Lovi rates Simple's Kind to Skin Soothing Facial Toner as Superior for mature skin and High for sensitive, acne-prone, and dry sensitive skin, whereas VR's PDRN Cream gets a High fit for sensitive skin but only a Low fit for oily skin.
Simple or VR: which moisturizer is better?
Simple offers a wider variety of moisturizers on this page, such as the Hydrating Light Moisturiser, while VR features a single option like the PDRN CREAM. Glycerin helps provide hydration for skin, which is a key ingredient featured across Simple products.
Which is more affordable, Simple or VR?
Simple offers lightweight, value-friendly moisturizers, while VR has no affordability information on this page. Glycerin helps maintain skin hydration.
Which causes fewer breakouts, Simple or VR?
Simple products on this page are rated as having an average fit for acne-prone skin, while reviewers mention that they sometimes cause breakouts or irritations. VR features only one product on this page, PDRN CREAM, which has an average fit for acne-prone skin.
When was Simple founded and who owns it compared to VR?
Simple was founded in 1960 in the United Kingdom and has been owned by Unilever PLC since 2011, whereas VR was founded in 2018 and is owned independently.
Which products do Simple and VR offer that contain no fragrance?
Every product on this page from both Simple and VR lists no fragrance in its ingredients.
What are the key ingredients found across products from Simple?
Niacinamide and glycerin are key ingredients found across the products on this page from Simple. Glycerin helps improve skin hydration, and niacinamide may help reduce skin pigmentation and aging signs.
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
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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Dr. Sofía Perea Pérez, MD, MSc
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Aesthetic medicine practitioner, MSc in Longevity and Anti-Aging Medicine
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Elina Nazarenko, MD
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Victoria Derkova, MS
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