Simple and BABOR are two established skincare houses founded in the mid-twentieth century. The British brand is known for gentle moisturizers, makeup removers, cleansers, and toners featuring nourishing niacinamide and glycerin, while the German brand is celebrated for its refined exfoliants and rich moisturizers. Simple suits oily, acne-prone, and sensitive skin best, whereas BABOR favors dry, normal, and combination skin types. These lines ultimately differ in their botanical focus and geographical heritage, offering targeted solutions for diverse complexions.
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 BABOR products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.
BABOR fits sensitive skin and mature skin at a Superior level with its Enzyme Cleanser, whereas Simple products on this page achieve mostly Average fits across those skin types. Glycerin in Simple products helps hydrate the skin.
What is the difference between Simple and BABOR?
Simple offers budget-friendly, fragrance-free basics like micellar waters and light moisturisers that Lovi rates mostly average for dry and sensitive skin, whereas BABOR features treatments such as its Enzyme Cleanser that Lovi rates as a superior fit across all skin types.
Simple or BABOR: which moisturizer is better?
BABOR Hydra Plus is a moisturizer that has a High to Superior Lovi fit for dry sensitive skin, whereas the products on this page from Simple have average fits across skin types. Glycerin helps provide moisture.
Which is more affordable, Simple or BABOR?
Simple products are widely known as lightweight, value-friendly moisturizers, making them a more budget-friendly option compared to BABOR.
Which causes fewer breakouts, Simple or BABOR?
Simple may cause breakouts or irritations according to reviewers, whereas no such issue is noted for the products on this BABOR page.
Between Simple and BABOR, which brand's products are entirely free of fragrance?
Simple is entirely fragrance-free, as every product on its page lists no fragrance in its ingredients, whereas BABOR has fragrance in one of its two products.
How do the founding years and countries of origin compare between Simple and BABOR?
Simple was founded in 1960 in the United Kingdom, while BABOR was founded in 1956 in Germany.
Which brand offers a dedicated exfoliant, and what is its Lovi fit level across different skin types?
BABOR offers a dedicated exfoliant, the Enzyme Cleanser, which has a Superior Lovi fit level across all listed skin types including sensitive, acne-prone, dry, and mature skin.
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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.
