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Clarins vs Olay

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Clarins and Olay are beloved skincare brands offering thoughtful moisturizers, serums, eye products, cleansers, and toners. Clarins is a French skincare brand founded in 1954 and owned by Famille C, enriching its products with nourishing shea and squalane, while Olay enriches its formulations with nourishing niacinamide and glycerin. Both brands suit sensitive skin and acne-prone skin best, yet they differ in their specific standout items and key ingredients, as shea butter reduces redness and protects the skin, squalane increases collagen and fights skin damage, niacinamide improves wrinkles, pigmentation, and skin aging, and glycerin improves skin hydration and barrier function.

Clarins is a French skincare brand founded in 1954 and owned by Famille C (Groupe Clarins).

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

Popular Clarins vs Olay products

People Say

ClarinsOlay
  • Luxurious and lightweight texture Mostly MentionedMostly Mentioned
    • “absorbs immediately — Clarins Double Serum Eye”
    • “sinks in immediately — Clarins Double Serum Light Texture”
    • “absorbs quickly — Olay Vitamin C Serum”
    • “Absorbs so quickly! — Olay Regenerist Regenerating Serum”
  • Hydration and moisture Mostly MentionedMostly Mentioned
    • “skin drinks it up — Clarins Double Serum”
    • “keeps skin moist — Clarins Multi-Active Jour”
    • “Instantly smoother, softer, and more hydrated — Olay Regenerist Micro-Sculpting Cream”
    • “light and smooth — Olay Ultimate Eye Cream”
  • Smooth and soft skin texture Rarely NotedMostly Mentioned
    • “skin feels baby soft — Olay Retinol24”
    • “Skin feels like silk — Olay Regenerist Retinol 24 Night Moisturizer”
    • “hydrates the skin — Olay Advanced Eye Cream”
    • “makes skin silky smooth — Clarins Hydrating Toning Lotion”
  • Radiance and glow Often MentionedOften Mentioned
    • “skin looks brighter immediately — Clarins Cryo-Flash Cream-Mask”
    • “Gives off the most stunning natural radiance I've ever come across. — Clarins Beauty Flash Balm”
    • “iridescent glow — Olay Super Serum”
    • “hides dark shadows — Olay Ultimate Eye Cream”
  • Good makeup base and primer Sometimes NotedSometimes Noted
    • “concealer glides on smoothly — Clarins Total Eye Lift”
    • “Perfect primer for any foundation, which all glide on smoothly. — Clarins Beauty Flash Balm”
    • “concealer sits better — Clarins Double Serum Eye”
    • “absorbs instantly — Olay Eye Lifting Serum”
  • Anti-aging and firming results Often MentionedRarely Noted
    • “neck feels smoother — Clarins Extra-Firming Neck & Décolleté Cream”
    • “visibly tighter, lifted skin — Clarins Super Restorative Night Cream”
    • “plumped my fine lines — Clarins Double Serum”
    • “Helps my skin and eye wrinkles — Olay Regenerist Micro-Sculpting Cream”
  • High price point Mostly MentionedRarely Noted
    • “expensive for drugstore — Olay Super Serum”
    • “expensive — Olay Super Serum Night Repair”
    • “way too expensive — Clarins Double Serum”
  • Strong fragrance and scent sensitivity Often MentionedSometimes Noted
    • “Fragrance can be an irritant — Olay Regenerist Micro-Sculpting Cream”
    • “floral scent — Olay Super Serum”
    • “too perfumey — Olay Vitamin C Serum”
    • “smells like perfume — Clarins Multi-Active Jour”
  • Packaging and design issues Often MentionedOften Mentioned
    • “dispenses too much product — Clarins Total Eye Lift”
    • “dispenses too much — Clarins Double Serum Eye”
    • “hard to dispense — Olay Super Serum”
    • “dropper is frustrating — Olay Super Serum Night Repair”

Clarins vs Olay routines for dry skin

Buy Olay routine · S$248.06 · 83% fitBuy Clarins routine · S$247.61 · 75% fitSee multi-brand routine · 99% fit

Clarins vs Olay routines for oily skin

Buy Olay routine · S$485.72 · 81% fitBuy Clarins routine · S$455.72 · 75% fitSee multi-brand routine · 96% fit

Clarins vs Olay routines for combination skin

Buy Olay routine · S$383.33 · 80% fitBuy Clarins routine · S$455.72 · 77% fitSee multi-brand routine · 97% fit

Questions and answers

Clarins or Olay: which is better?

Both Clarins and Olay are great choices, as they offer an equal fit across all skin types on this page. Clarins is often preferred for its luxurious textures and anti-aging results, while Olay is frequently noted for smooth skin texture and fragrance-free options.

What is the difference between Clarins and Olay?

Clarins and Olay both offer a wide range of skincare products, but Clarins is known for its luxurious textures and fragrances, whereas Olay provides many fragrance-free options and is often noted for smoother skin texture.

Clarins or Olay for dry skin?

Both Clarins and Olay offer products on this page that are a High fit for dry skin, as they provide intense hydration and moisture. Topical hyaluronic acid, found in both brands, helps improve skin quality and signs of aging.

Drug Delivery, 2017Dermatologic Therapy, 2022

Clarins or Olay: which cleanser is better?

When comparing cleansers on these pages, both Clarins and Olay offer options that fit skin types at similar levels, but Olay features fragrance-free cleansers while Clarins products on this page generally include fragrance. Olay's Regenerating Cream Cleanser helps fit acne-prone and oily skin at a High level, while Clarins provides options like the Hydrating Gentle Foaming Cleanser for dry and sensitive skin.

Which is more affordable, Clarins or Olay?

Olay is more affordable, as the products on this page list a high price point as a negative review theme for Clarins.

Clarins or Olay: which brand has more products with fragrance?

Clarins has more products with fragrance, as 23 of the 24 products on its page list fragrance. In contrast, only 1 of the 27 Olay products on this page contains fragrance.

Which brand offers better results for anti-aging and firming?

Clarins does better for anti-aging and firming on the products on this page. Retinol helps reduce signs of aging by supporting collagen accumulation in aged skin.

The Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 2000Archives of Dermatology, 2007

Clarins or Olay: which is better for mature skin?

Both Clarins and Olay have products on this page that achieve a Superior fit level for mature skin. Reviewers note that Clarins does better for anti-aging and firming results.

Clarins or Olay for oily skin?

Both Clarins and Olay offer high routine fit for oily skin on the products on this page. Clarins features key ingredients like hyaluronic acid and glycerin, while Olay utilizes ingredients such as niacinamide and hyaluronic acid which helps maintain hydration.

Drug Delivery, 2017Antioxidants, 2021

Clarins or Olay: which moisturizer is better?

Both Clarins and Olay offer moisturizers that fit dry, oily, combination, sensitive, acne-prone, and mature skin at an equal level on the products on this page. Reviewers note that Clarins provides luxurious textures, while Olay helps improve skin texture and smoothness.

Clarins or Olay for sensitive skin?

Both Clarins and Olay have routines that fit sensitive skin at a High level on the products on this page. Clarins is often chosen for luxurious textures, while Olay offers more fragrance-free options.

Clarins or Olay for acne-prone skin?

Both Clarins and Olay have a high routine fit for acne-prone skin on this page. Olay includes fragrance-free options across most of its products, while Clarins features key ingredients like glycerin and squalane.

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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