Simple and Rilastil are British and Italian skincare brands known for their gentle, nourishing formulations. Simple offers moisturizers, makeup removers, cleansers, and toners with niacinamide and glycerin, while Rilastil is warmly loved for its targeted serums. The British brand suits acne-prone and oily skin best, whereas the latter suits sensitive, dry, and mature skin types. Ultimately, they differ in their specific ingredient focus and targeted skin concerns.
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 Rilastil products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.
Simple is the better choice on this page, offering a much wider range of fragrance-free cleansers, makeup removers, and moisturizers that fit acne-prone, oily, and sensitive skin at High to Average levels, whereas Rilastil features only a single serum with lower suitability.
What is the difference between Simple and Rilastil?
Simple offers a broad range of fragrance-free cleansers, toners, and moisturizers featuring niacinamide and glycerin, with Lovi fit levels reaching High for sensitive skin. Rilastil features only the Acnestil serum on this page, which has a low fit for sensitive skin.
Simple features lightweight, value-friendly moisturizers on the products on this page, whereas Rilastil has no affordability mentions available.
Which causes fewer breakouts, Simple or Rilastil?
Simple features products on this page that may sometimes cause breakouts or irritations, while Rilastil has too few products on this page to judge. Glycerin helps provide hydration across Simple products.
When was each skincare brand founded and who is their current parent company?
Simple was founded in 1960 in the United Kingdom and has been owned by Unilever PLC since 2011, while Rilastil was founded in 1972 and is owned by Istituto Ganassini.
How does the Lovi fit level for oily skin compare between Simple's Micellar Cleansing Water and Rilastil's Acnestil serum?
Simple's Micellar Cleansing Water has a High Lovi fit level for oily skin, whereas Rilastil's Acnestil serum has an Average fit level.
Do any of the products from Simple or Rilastil contain fragrance in their ingredients?
No, every product on this page from both Simple and Rilastil lists no fragrance in its ingredients.
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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.
