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The Ordinary vs Hanhoo

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The Ordinary and Hanhoo are skincare brands offering serums, moisturizers, cleansers, toners, and blemish patches. The Canadian brand specializes in science-backed formulations featuring hyaluronic acid, glycerin, and squalane, whereas the second brand is widely loved for targeted serums and balanced formulas. Both options suit sensitive and combination skin best, while the Canadian brand also addresses acne-prone, dark spot, and mature skin concerns through specialized treatments, and the latter brand focuses on gentle daily care and targeted patches.

The Ordinary is a Canadian skincare brand founded in 2016 and owned by The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. since 2021.

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

Popular The Ordinary vs Hanhoo products

The Ordinary vs Hanhoo serums and treatments

Questions and answers

The Ordinary or Hanhoo: which is better?

The products on this page from The Ordinary generally offer a much wider selection across various skin types compared to Hanhoo, which features only two specialized patch items.

What is the difference between The Ordinary and Hanhoo?

The Ordinary offers a large range of serums, toners, and moisturizers that fit sensitive and combination skin as well as skin with dark spots, whereas Hanhoo provides a limited selection focused mostly on targeted patches like the Blemish Patch.

Which is more affordable, The Ordinary or Hanhoo?

The products on this page from The Ordinary are noted by reviewers as affordable and offering great value, whereas Hanhoo has a very limited selection on this page.

Which causes fewer breakouts, The Ordinary or Hanhoo?

The products on this page from The Ordinary generally help reduce breakouts, with acne-clearing serums and treatments rated as having a High or Superior fit for acne-prone skin, whereas Hanhoo offers targeted options like blemish patches for managing spots.

How do The Ordinary and Hanhoo compare in terms of founding year and ownership?

The Ordinary was founded in 2016 in Canada and has been owned by The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. since 2021, whereas Hanhoo was founded in 2008 and is independently owned.

Which brand offers a wider range of products for skin with dark spots?

The products on this page from The Ordinary offer a much wider selection for skin with dark spots, including numerous targeted serums and toners. In contrast, Hanhoo only lists two patch products on this page, which have more limited or average fit levels for dark spots.

Are there any products from either brand that contain fragrance?

Every product on this page from both The Ordinary and Hanhoo lists no fragrance in its ingredients.

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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