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The Ordinary vs Menarini

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

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 Menarini products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.

Popular The Ordinary vs Menarini products

The Ordinary vs Menarini serums and treatments

Questions and answers

The Ordinary or Menarini: which is better?

The Ordinary is the better choice for most shoppers because the products on this page offer a much wider variety of skin-friendly options, whereas Menarini features only a single product. Reviewers frequently praise The Ordinary for providing affordable, gentle, and texture-smoothing serums that fit sensitive and combination skin types well.

What is the difference between The Ordinary and Menarini?

The Ordinary offers a large variety of skincare products on this page that fit sensitive skin, combination skin, and skin with dark spots best, whereas Menarini features a single product on this page, A-Ret Gel, which fits oily skin and oily acne-prone skin with a High Lovi fit level.

Which is more affordable, The Ordinary or Menarini?

The products on this page from The Ordinary include affordable and great value serums among their features. Menarini has no affordability data listed on this page.

When was The Ordinary founded compared to Menarini?

The Ordinary was founded in 2016 in Canada, whereas Menarini was founded much earlier in 1886.

Do any products from The Ordinary or Menarini contain fragrance?

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

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

According to Lovi fit ratings, the 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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