Asarai vs MAËLYS
Asarai and MAËLYS are distinct skincare collections that offer thoughtful hydration, soothing care, and specialized solutions for everyday radiance. Asarai is cherished for its nutrient-rich clay masks and deeply restorative formulas featuring gentle, nourishing botanical bases, while MAËLYS is loved for targeted serums and advanced formulas. The former suits balanced, dry, and combination skin best, whereas the latter suits all skin types best. Both brands differ in their core offerings, with the first delivering mindful rituals through curated items like the Earth Tones Face Mask for acne-prone skin and the second providing specialized care through items like the TOO-FINE for acne-prone skin and the RE-LURE Tight & Tone Body Serum for skin with dark spots.
This page compares some of the most popular Asarai and MAËLYS products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.
Questions and answers
Asarai or MAËLYS: which is better?
Asarai achieves an Average Lovi fit level across all skin types for the products on this page, whereas MAËLYS mostly reaches Low or Caution fit levels.
What is the difference between Asarai and MAËLYS?
Asarai offers fragrance-free formulas with average fit across skin types for the products on this page, while MAËLYS includes fragranced options and varies from low to caution fit levels depending on the skin type.
Which is more affordable, Asarai or MAËLYS?
The products on this page for both Asarai and MAËLYS do not list pricing information, so a direct comparison of affordability cannot be made from this page.
Which causes fewer breakouts, Asarai or MAËLYS?
Asarai has average Lovi fit levels for acne-prone skin across the products on this page, whereas MAËLYS products generally have low or caution fit levels for acne-prone skin.
Which brand was founded earlier, Asarai or MAËLYS?
MAËLYS was founded earlier in 2017, while Asarai was founded in 2018.
Do both Asarai and MAËLYS offer fragrance-free products?
Yes, both Asarai and MAËLYS offer fragrance-free products on this page. Asarai has no fragrance listed across all its products, while MAËLYS includes fragrance in one of its two products.
Who are the parent companies owning Asarai and MAËLYS?
Asarai is owned by Asarai Inc., while MAËLYS is owned by Barinboim Group.
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.
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Co-founder, Medical Director
Cosmetic chemist, cosmetologist, aesthetic products developer
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Co-founder, CEO and CTO
PhD in computer science, 3x US patent holder, ex-Google, ex-Yandex
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Dr. Sofía Perea Pérez, MD, MSc
Medical Board
Aesthetic medicine practitioner, MSc in Longevity and Anti-Aging Medicine
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Specialist dermatologist, MBBS, MD, IFAAD
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Cosmetic chemist, SCS, IFSCC member
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Medical Board, Medical Advisor
Dermatology MD
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Elina Nazarenko, MD
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Dermatology and diagnostic consultant
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Victoria Derkova, MS
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Cosmetic chemist, cosmetic development technologist
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