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The INKEY List vs Biluma

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The INKEY List and Biluma are distinct skincare options offering thoughtful formulations for targeted daily care. The British brand features moisturizers, serums, toners, and eye products built around glycerin, suiting sensitive and acne-prone skin best, with standout products like the PHA Toner and Azelaic Acid Serum. Meanwhile, the Indian brand is beloved for sophisticated serums and carefully crafted formulas, suiting combination, sensitive, and dry skin best with reliable options like the Cream for acne-prone skin. Both differ primarily in their founding years, ownership, and specific hero ingredients designed to restore barrier function or deliver balance.

The INKEY List is a British skincare brand founded in 2018 and owned by Brand Evangelists for Beauty Limited.

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Biluma is an Indian skincare brand founded in 2014 and owned by Galderma Group AG.

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

Popular The INKEY List vs Biluma products

The INKEY List vs Biluma serums and treatments

Questions and answers

The INKEY List or Biluma: which is better?

The INKEY List offers a much wider selection of products on this page compared to Biluma, with many items achieving a High or Superior Lovi fit level for various skin types. Reviewers also frequently note that the moisturizers and serums from The INKEY List are affordable and absorb quickly.

What is the difference between The INKEY List and Biluma?

The INKEY List offers a wide variety of products on this page with Lovi fit levels ranging from Superior to Average across different skin types, whereas Biluma features only one product with mostly Average and Low fits. Additionally, The INKEY List is known for affordable serums and hydrating moisturizers, while Biluma has a more limited selection.

Which is more affordable, The INKEY List or Biluma?

The INKEY List offers affordable moisturizers and serums as noted by reviewers, whereas Biluma does not mention affordability on this page.

Which causes fewer breakouts, The INKEY List or Biluma?

The INKEY List products on this page list acne-prone skin as a best-fit skin type, whereas Biluma features only one product on the page with an average fit for acne-prone skin.

When and where were The INKEY List and Biluma founded, and which companies own them?

The INKEY List was founded in 2018 in the United Kingdom and is owned by Brand Evangelists for Beauty Limited, while Biluma was founded in 2014 in India and is owned by Galderma Group AG.

Do any products from The INKEY List or Biluma contain fragrance?

Every product on the Biluma page and on The INKEY List page lists no fragrance in its ingredients.

What are the main skin types that The INKEY List brand-focused routines fit best?

The INKEY List brand-focused routines fit sensitive skin, acne-prone 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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