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La Roche-Posay vs Weleda

Rated by Lovi · Unbiased, science-based skincare AI trained on real user outcomes · How the Fit score works

La Roche-Posay and Weleda are established European skincare brands founded in France and Switzerland, respectively. The former offers thoughtfully formulated serums, moisturizers, cleansers, and eye products harnessing glycerin, soothing thermal water, and niacinamide, while the latter is widely loved for rich moisturizers and meticulously crafted botanical formulas. Both brands suit sensitive skin best, with La Roche-Posay also suiting oily skin, and the former featuring standout products like the Anthelios, Pure Vitamin C Cream, and MELA B3 Facial Gel Cleanser for specific concerns, whereas Weleda provides targeted relief through Skin Food Light and Skin Food. Ultimately, they differ in their foundational components and heritage, as the French brand utilizes science-backed mineral waters and vitamins, while the Swiss brand relies on gentle botanical bases.

La Roche-Posay is a French skincare brand founded in 1975 and owned by L'Oréal S.A. since 1989.

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Weleda is a Swiss skincare brand founded in 1921 and owned by Weleda AG.

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This page compares some of the most popular La Roche-Posay and Weleda products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.

Popular La Roche-Posay vs Weleda products

La Roche-Posay vs Weleda moisturizers

Questions and answers

La Roche-Posay or Weleda: which is better?

La Roche-Posay offers a much broader range of products on this page with High to Superior Lovi fit levels for oily, sensitive, and acne-prone skin, whereas Weleda features only two moisturizers with lower fit ratings for those skin types.

What is the difference between La Roche-Posay and Weleda?

La Roche-Posay offers a much wider selection of thirty-five products on the page spanning cleansers, serums, sunscreens, and moisturizers with a high fit for oily, sensitive, and acne-prone skin, whereas Weleda features only two moisturizers on the page with higher suitability mostly for dry skin.

La Roche-Posay or Weleda: which moisturizer is better?

La Roche-Posay offers a much wider variety of moisturizers with High to Superior Lovi fit levels for many skin types, whereas Weleda only features Skin Food and Skin Food Light on this page. Ingredients like hyaluronic acid and panthenol help improve skin hydration and barrier function.

Dermatologic Therapy, 2022American Journal of Clinical Dermatology, 2002

Which is more affordable, La Roche-Posay or Weleda?

Reviewers note price, value, and size concerns for the products on this page from La Roche-Posay, while Weleda has no available reviewer pricing feedback on this page.

Which causes fewer breakouts, La Roche-Posay or Weleda?

La Roche-Posay products on this page generally fit acne-prone skin with High or Average levels, whereas Weleda products on this page mostly fit acne-prone skin poorly at Low or Caution levels. Therefore, La Roche-Posay is much more likely to cause fewer breakouts than Weleda for acne-prone skin.

Between La Roche-Posay and Weleda, which brand has been established longer and where are they from?

Weleda was founded earlier, in 1921 in Switzerland, whereas La Roche-Posay was founded in 1975 in France.

How do the fragrance options compare across the product lines of La Roche-Posay and Weleda?

La Roche-Posay offers more fragrance flexibility, as 21 of the 35 products on this page list no fragrance, whereas Weleda includes fragrance in all 2 of its listed products.

What are some of the key ingredients found across La Roche-Posay products?

La Roche-Posay features key ingredients across the products on this page such as glycerin, thermal water, niacinamide, hyaluronic acid, shea butter, and ceramide. Niacinamide helps reduce cutaneous pigmentation and manage skin aging and pigmentation.

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Research behind their key ingredients

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.

  • Nadia Kapleva, MS

    Nadia Kapleva, MS

    Co-founder, Medical Director

    Cosmetic chemist, cosmetologist, aesthetic products developer

  • Alexey Shagraev, PhD

    Alexey Shagraev, PhD

    Co-founder, CEO and CTO

    PhD in computer science, 3x US patent holder, ex-Google, ex-Yandex

  • Dr. Sofía Perea Pérez, MD, MSc

    Dr. Sofía Perea Pérez, MD, MSc

    Medical Board

    Aesthetic medicine practitioner, MSc in Longevity and Anti-Aging Medicine

  • Aishani Shah, MD

    Aishani Shah, MD

    Medical Board

    Specialist dermatologist, MBBS, MD, IFAAD

  • Asya Zubkova, MS

    Asya Zubkova, MS

    Medical Board

    Cosmetic chemist, SCS, IFSCC member

  • Hanna Kurets, MD

    Hanna Kurets, MD

    Medical Board, Medical Advisor

    Dermatology MD

  • Elina Nazarenko, MD

    Elina Nazarenko, MD

    Medical Board

    Dermatology and diagnostic consultant

  • Victoria Derkova, MS

    Victoria Derkova, MS

    Medical Board

    Cosmetic chemist, cosmetic development technologist

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