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The Ordinary vs Heliocare

Rated by Lovi · Unbiased, science-based skincare AI trained on real user outcomes · How the Fit score works

The Ordinary and Heliocare are distinct skincare brands founded respectively in Canada in 2016 and in Spain in 2001. The Canadian brand offers serums, moisturizers, cleansers, and toners built around hyaluronic acid, glycerin, and squalane, suiting sensitive and combination skin best. Conversely, the Spanish brand is known for its protective sunscreens and advanced formulas that suit sensitive, oily, and blemish-prone skin with quickly absorbing textures. While both brands cater well to sensitive skin, they differ significantly in their primary offerings and key ingredients.

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

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Heliocare is a Spanish skincare brand founded in 2001 and owned by Cantabria Labs.

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

Popular The Ordinary vs Heliocare products

Questions and answers

The Ordinary or Heliocare: which is better?

Lovi finds that The Ordinary fits sensitive skin, combination skin, and skin with dark spots best, whereas Heliocare has a more limited range. The Ordinary products on this page list no fragrance, while Heliocare includes fragrance.

What is the difference between The Ordinary and Heliocare?

The Ordinary offers a large range of fragrance-free serums, toners, and moisturizers that Lovi rates high for sensitive and combination skin, while Heliocare provides a single sunscreen that features fragrance.

Which is more affordable, The Ordinary or Heliocare?

The products on this page from The Ordinary are known for being affordable and great value serums, whereas Heliocare is not mentioned for affordability.

Which brand has products with fragrance, The Ordinary or Heliocare?

Heliocare has products with fragrance, whereas the products on this page by The Ordinary list no fragrance.

Which brand was founded earlier and in which country?

Heliocare was founded earlier, in 2001 in Spain, while The Ordinary was founded in 2016 in Canada.

Which skin types do brand-focused routines for The Ordinary fit best?

Lovi finds that brand-focused routines for The Ordinary fit sensitive skin, combination skin, and skin with dark spots best.

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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