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Minimalist vs Yepoda

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Minimalist and Yepoda are 2020-founded skincare brands that offer distinct approaches to daily routines. Minimalist, owned by Unilever PLC since 2025, provides targeted sunscreens, moisturizers, and cleansers that suit oily skin and combination skin best with active ingredients like salicylic acid, LHA, vitamin B5, and SPF. Yepoda, owned by Verlinvest since 2026, is a German brand widely loved for thoughtfully composed cleansers and serums that suit best those seeking gentle, soothing daily care. While both brands deliver reliable results through standout products for acne-prone skin and dark spots, they differ in their formulation philosophy and ideal skin types.

Minimalist is an Indian skincare brand founded in 2020 and owned by Unilever PLC since 2025.

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Yepoda is a German skincare brand founded in 2020 and owned by Verlinvest since 2026.

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

Popular Minimalist vs Yepoda products

Questions and answers

Minimalist or Yepoda: which is better?

Minimalist fits oily, combination, and oily acne-prone skin best, with Lovi fit levels reaching High or Superior across these types for the products on this page. Both brands keep every product on this page fragrance-free.

Which is more affordable, Minimalist or Yepoda?

Neither Minimalist nor Yepoda lists pricing or affordability information on this page.

Which brand has products with a better Lovi fit level for dry skin?

Minimalist has products with a better Lovi fit level for dry skin, achieving High fit for its sunscreen compared to Caution for Yepoda's cleanser. Lovi rates the Minimalist sunscreen as High and its moisturizer as Average for dry skin, whereas Yepoda's products score Caution for dry skin.

Do all the skincare products from Minimalist and Yepoda contain no fragrance?

Yes, every product on this page from both Minimalist and Yepoda lists no fragrance in its ingredients.

Which brand was founded in India in 2020?

Minimalist was founded in India in 2020.

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. Sof铆a Perea P茅rez, MD, MSc

    Dr. Sof铆a Perea P茅rez, 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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