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The INKEY List vs Silka

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

The INKEY List and Silka are distinct skincare lines offering targeted solutions for daily regimens. The British brand specializes in moisturizers, serums, toners, and eye products built around glycerin, which significantly increases skin hydration and restores barrier function, suiting combination and sensitive skin best alongside specific needs for acne, dark spots, and mature skin. Meanwhile, the beloved second brand provides thoughtful serums and effective formulas with standout items like papaya soap, delivering gentle care that suits balanced, oily, dry, combination, and sensitive skin. While both offer supportive options, they differ primarily in their focused formulations and targeted ingredient profiles.

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

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

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The INKEY List vs Silka serums and treatments

Questions and answers

The INKEY List or Silka: which is better?

The INKEY List offers a much wider variety of products on this page compared to Silka, featuring options with high Lovi fit levels for combination, sensitive, and oily skin types.

What is the difference between The INKEY List and Silka?

The INKEY List offers a wide range of targeted skincare products that fit skin types like combination, sensitive, and oily skin, whereas Silka features only a single papaya soap product on this page. Reviewers note that the products on this page by The INKEY List provide affordable, hydrating, and lightweight moisturizers.

Which is more affordable, The INKEY List or Silka?

The INKEY List offers affordable moisturizers and serums among the products on this page, whereas Silka features just one product.

Which causes fewer breakouts, The INKEY List or Silka?

The INKEY List products on this page have varying fit levels for acne-prone skin, ranging from Low to Superior, while Silka features only Papaya Soap with a Low fit for acne-prone skin.

When was The INKEY List founded compared to Silka?

The INKEY List was founded in 2018 in the United Kingdom, while Silka was founded in 2001.

Which company owns Silka and which company owns The INKEY List?

Cosmetique Asia Corporation owns Silka, while Brand Evangelists for Beauty Limited owns The INKEY List.

Do products from both The INKEY List and Silka contain fragrance?

Every product on this page from both The INKEY List and Silka lists no fragrance in its ingredients.

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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