Simple and Blue Lizard are two gentle skincare lines known for thoughtful formulations that suit specific complexions. Simple offers soothing moisturizers, makeup removers, cleansers, and toners enriched with niacinamide and glycerin that suit acne-prone skin and oily skin best. Meanwhile, the brand is widely loved for its reliable mineral sunscreens that suit sensitive skin best. While both emphasize calm and skin-loving care, they differ in their primary offerings and key 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 Blue Lizard products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.
Simple and Blue Lizard serve different needs, with Simple offering value-friendly cleansers and moisturizers featuring niacinamide and glycerin, while Blue Lizard provides a mineral sunscreen rated Superior for sensitive and dry sensitive skin. Glycerin helps maintain skin hydration.
What is the difference between Simple and Blue Lizard?
Simple offers a broad variety of skincare products on this page including cleansers, moisturizers, and makeup removers that achieve High fits for sensitive skin, whereas Blue Lizard features a sun protection option achieving a Superior fit for sensitive and dry sensitive skin. Glycerin helps provide hydration across the products on this page.
Simple features lightweight and value-friendly moisturizers on the products on this page. Blue Lizard does not have pricing information highlighted on this page.
Which causes fewer breakouts, Simple or Blue Lizard?
Simple features products on this page that may sometimes cause breakouts or irritations according to reviewers, whereas Blue Lizard offers Sensitive Mineral Sunscreen SPF 50+, which has a High Lovi fit for acne-prone skin.
Which brand has been around longer, Simple or Blue Lizard?
Simple has been around longer, having been founded in 1960 compared to Blue Lizard, which was founded in 1995.
Do any products from either Simple or Blue Lizard contain fragrance?
No, every product on this page from both Simple and Blue Lizard lists no fragrance in its ingredients.
What key ingredients are found across Simple's products?
Simple's products contain Niacinamide and Glycerin as key ingredients. Niacinamide helps reduce cutaneous pigmentation.
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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.
