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The Ordinary vs Silka

The Ordinary and Silka are distinct skincare lines offering targeted care for daily routines. The Canadian brand centers its serums, moisturizers, cleansers, and toners on hyaluronic acid, glycerin, and squalane to suit sensitive and combination skin, while Silka delivers thoughtful serums and effective formulas like Papaya Soap for balanced, oily, dry, combination, and sensitive skin. Both brands differ through their specific formulations, with the former emphasizing targeted acids for acne, dark spots, and aging, and the latter providing gentle, reliable care.

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

Questions and answers

What is the difference between The Ordinary and Silka?

The Ordinary offers a large range of products featuring active ingredients that Lovi rates best for sensitive skin, combination skin, and skin with dark spots, whereas Silka features only a papaya soap on this page with lower skin fit levels. The Ordinary products on this page list no fragrance in their ingredients.

Which is more affordable, The Ordinary or Silka?

The products on this page from The Ordinary are often noted by reviewers as affordable and offering great value serums, whereas the Silka page features a single soap product.

Which causes fewer breakouts, The Ordinary or Silka?

The Ordinary products on this page help with acne-clearing serums, whereas Silka features Papaya Soap which has a low fit for acne-prone skin.

When were The Ordinary and Silka founded?

The Ordinary was founded in 2016 in Canada, while Silka was founded in 2001.

How many products are listed for The Ordinary compared to Silka?

The products on this page show 33 options available for The Ordinary compared to just 1 for Silka.

Which brand offers products with a Superior Lovi fit for dry skin?

The Ordinary offers products with a Superior Lovi fit for dry skin on the products on this page, whereas Silka has no products with that fit level for dry skin.

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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