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The Ordinary vs ILIA Beauty

The Ordinary and ILIA Beauty are Canadian skincare brands celebrated for thoughtful formulations that refine daily routines. The former offers serums, moisturizers, cleansers, toners, and more built around hyaluronic acid, glycerin, and squalane, while the latter is widely loved for its thoughtful moisturizers and nourishing nature. The Ordinary fits sensitive and combination skin best, with specific solutions for acne-prone, dark-spotted, and mature skin, whereas the brand's counterparts suit dry, normal, and combination skin owing to gentle, hydrating compositions. Both brands differ in their specific product ranges and key ingredients, yet each supports skin health through distinct, conscious beauty.

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

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ILIA Beauty is a Canadian skincare brand founded in 2011 and owned by Famille C since 2022.

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

Questions and answers

The Ordinary or ILIA Beauty: which is better?

The Ordinary offers a much larger selection of fragrance-free skincare products on this page and fits sensitive skin, combination skin, and skin with dark spots best, whereas ILIA Beauty features only a single moisturizer with average fit across all skin types.

What is the difference between The Ordinary and ILIA Beauty?

The products on this page for The Ordinary offer a wide selection of targeted serums, toners, and moisturizers that fit sensitive, combination, and dark-spot skin types well. In contrast, ILIA Beauty features just a single moisturizer on the page with average fit levels across all skin types.

The Ordinary or ILIA Beauty: which moisturizer is better?

The Ordinary offers a wider range of moisturizers with High to Superior Lovi fit levels for dry and sensitive skin types compared to ILIA Beauty, which only has an average fit. The products on this page help hydrate and soothe dry skin without added fragrance.

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Which is more affordable, The Ordinary or ILIA Beauty?

The products on this page from The Ordinary are frequently noted by reviewers for being affordable and offering great value. ILIA Beauty has only one product on this page, and no pricing information or affordability reviews are available for it.

Which causes fewer breakouts, The Ordinary or ILIA Beauty?

The products on this page from The Ordinary help reduce breakouts with targeted treatments like acne-clearing serums, whereas ILIA Beauty features only one moisturizer on this page with average fit for acne-prone skin.

When was The Ordinary founded and who owns it now?

The Ordinary was founded in 2016 in Canada and is currently owned by The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.

Do products from The Ordinary and ILIA Beauty contain fragrance?

Every product on the products on this page for both The Ordinary and ILIA Beauty lists no fragrance in its ingredients.

What key ingredients are found across products from The Ordinary?

The products on this page from The Ordinary commonly feature hyaluronic acid, glycerin, and squalane as their key 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.

How does it fit your skin?

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