Avène vs Valmont
Avène and Valmont are esteemed skincare houses originating from France and Switzerland in 1990 and 1985, respectively. The French brand is loved for its gentle moisturizers, protective sunscreens, targeted serums, and soothing cleansers formulated with glycerin, while the Swiss line is widely loved for its luxurious moisturizers and refined formulas. The former suits oily acne-prone skin and combination skin best with offerings like the Tolerance Control Soothing Skin Recovery Balm, Cleanance, and Hyaluron Activ B3 Concentrated Plumping Serum, whereas the latter suits mature and dehydrated skin best through products like the Prime Renewing Pack. While both deliver lasting comfort and gentle care, glycerin in the first improves hydration and restores barrier function, whereas the second focuses on delivering these benefits through refined luxury.
Avène is a French skincare brand founded in 1990 and owned by Fondation Pierre Fabre.
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Valmont is a Swiss skincare brand founded in 1985.
This page compares some of the most popular Avène and Valmont products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.
Questions and answers
Avène or Valmont: which is better?
Avene offers many more products on this page than Valmont, covering a wider range of skin types and concerns. Lovi rates Avene with a Superior fit for dry and sensitive skin with its thermal water toner, and the products on this page are mostly fragrance-free.
What is the difference between Avène and Valmont?
Avene offers a much wider variety of products on this page than Valmont, with choices tailored for dry, oily, sensitive, and mature skin. Valmont features only a single moisturizer called Prime Renewing Pack. Avene also provides several fragrance-free options, whereas Valmont includes fragrance in its sole product.
Avène or Valmont: which moisturizer is better?
For moisturizers, Avène provides multiple options with Lovi fit levels ranging from Superior to Average across different skin types, while Valmont features the Prime Renewing Pack with High fit levels for mature and dry sensitive skin. Avène also offers a wider variety of specialized moisturizers compared to Valmont's single listed product on this page.
Which is more affordable, Avène or Valmont?
Price point is a sometimes noted concern for Avène products on this page, but there is no pricing data provided for Valmont to make a direct comparison.
Which causes fewer breakouts, Avène or Valmont?
Avène is a better option for avoiding breakouts, as the products on this page fit acne-prone and oily acne-prone skin with a High level, whereas Valmont has only one product on this page with an Average fit for those skin types.
Which brand has more fragrance-free products, Avène or Valmont?
Avene has more fragrance-free products than Valmont, with 7 of its 15 products on this page listing no fragrance compared to none for Valmont.
When was Avène founded compared to Valmont?
Avène was founded in 1990 in France, while Valmont was founded earlier in 1985 in Switzerland.
What key ingredients are found across Avène products?
Thermal water and glycerin are the key ingredients found across the Avène products on this page.
Research behind their key ingredients
Molecular basis of retinol anti-ageing properties in naturally aged human skin in vivo
Panax ginseng induces human Type I collagen synthesis through activation of Smad signaling
An oil-soluble extract of Rubus idaeus cells enhances hydration and water homeostasis in skin cells
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
Anti-Aging Efficacy of Low-Molecular-Weight Polydeoxyribonucleotide Derived from Paeonia lactiflora
Retrospective Review of Dermal Safety Studies of Organic Sunscreens
The harnessing potential of carboxymethyl beta glucan: A driver of skin repair
Targeting Circadian Rhythm for the Regulation of Skin Collagen Metabolism
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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