Avène vs Environ
Avène and Environ are specialized skincare brands known for supporting overall skin health through carefully crafted treatments. The French brand founded in 1990 offers gentle moisturizers, protective sunscreens, targeted serums, and soothing cleansers formulated with glycerin, while the other is widely loved for its luxurious masks and advanced formulas. Both lines suit different needs best, with the former suiting oily acne-prone and combination skin, and the latter suiting sensitive, dry, and mature skin. They differ in their standout products and key ingredients, where the former uses glycerin to improve hydration and restore barrier function through items like the Tolerance Control Soothing Skin Recovery Balm, the Cleanance, and the Hyaluron Activ B3 Concentrated Plumping Serum, and the latter features the Tri BioBotanical Revival Masque for acne-prone concerns.
Avène is a French skincare brand founded in 1990 and owned by Fondation Pierre Fabre.
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This page compares some of the most popular Avène and Environ products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.
Questions and answers
Avène or Environ: which is better?
Avène is the better choice on this page, offering fifteen products with High fit levels for dry and sensitive skin types, whereas Environ features only a single mask with low to average fit levels.
What is the difference between Avène and Environ?
Avene offers a wide range of products on this page with various fit levels like Superior for dry and sensitive skin, whereas Environ features only a single mask product with lower fit levels. Reviewers note that Avene products soothe irritation and provide gentle deep cleansing, while Environ products on this page list no fragrance in their ingredients.
Which is more affordable, Avène or Environ?
Reviewers on this page sometimes note that Avène has a high price point, while pricing information is not detailed here for Environ.
Which causes fewer breakouts, Avène or Environ?
Avène has products on this page with a High Lovi fit for acne-prone skin, such as Cleanance and Cleanance Cleansing Gel, whereas Environ has only one mask listed which has an Average fit for acne-prone skin.
How does the founding year and ownership of Avène compare to Environ?
Avène and Environ were both founded in the year 1990. However, Avène is owned by Fondation Pierre Fabre, while Environ is owned independently.
Which brand offers more products with no fragrance listed in their ingredients?
Avene offers more products with no fragrance listed in their ingredients, with 8 of 15 products on this page containing no fragrance compared to 1 of 1 for Environ.
What are the main skin types that Avène brand-focused routines are designed to fit best?
The products on this page show that Avène brand-focused routines are designed to fit oily acne-prone skin, combination skin, and acne-prone skin best.
Research behind their key ingredients
Molecular basis of retinol anti-ageing properties in naturally aged human skin in vivo
An oil-soluble extract of Rubus idaeus cells enhances hydration and water homeostasis in skin cells
Chemical peels for acne vulgaris: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials
Comparative benefit of two thermal spring waters after photodynamic therapy procedure
Comparison of methods for assessing photoprotection against ultraviolet A in vivo
Treatment with Ascorbyl Glucoside-Arginine Complex Ameliorates Solar Lentigos
Retrospective Review of Dermal Safety Studies of Organic Sunscreens
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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Co-founder, Medical Director
Cosmetic chemist, cosmetologist, aesthetic products developer
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Co-founder, CEO and CTO
PhD in computer science, 3x US patent holder, ex-Google, ex-Yandex
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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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Specialist dermatologist, MBBS, MD, IFAAD
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Cosmetic chemist, SCS, IFSCC member
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Medical Board, Medical Advisor
Dermatology MD
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Elina Nazarenko, MD
Medical Board
Dermatology and diagnostic consultant
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Victoria Derkova, MS
Medical Board
Cosmetic chemist, cosmetic development technologist
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