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The Ordinary vs Azclear

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The Ordinary and Azclear are accessible skincare lines designed to address varied complexion needs through distinct formulations. The Canadian brand centers its diverse serums, moisturizers, and cleansers on hyaluronic acid, glycerin, and squalane, suiting dry and dry sensitive skin best alongside targeted options for acne, dark spots, and mature concerns. Meanwhile, Azclear is deeply appreciated for its soothing serums and carefully balanced formulas that suit sensitive, acne-prone, and reactive skin types best because of their gentle nature. While both brands work to gently nurture and balance the complexion, they differ in their core ingredient profiles and ideal skin types.

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

Popular The Ordinary vs Azclear products

The Ordinary vs Azclear serums and treatments

Questions and answers

The Ordinary or Azclear: which is better?

The Ordinary offers a much wider selection of products on this page compared to Azclear, with options that achieve High or Superior Lovi fit levels for dry, combination, and sensitive skin types.

What is the difference between The Ordinary and Azclear?

The Ordinary offers a large range of products featuring ingredients like hyaluronic acid and squalane, while Azclear features a single medicated lotion focused on acne-prone skin.

Which is more affordable, The Ordinary or Azclear?

The products on this page from The Ordinary are noted by reviewers as affordable and offering great value, whereas Azclear has no mentions of affordability on its page.

Which causes fewer breakouts, The Ordinary or Azclear?

The products on this page for The Ordinary include multiple options that help with acne, whereas Azclear offers a targeted medicated lotion for oily acne-prone skin.

Which brand has been on the market longer, The Ordinary or Azclear?

The Ordinary has been on the market longer, having been founded in Canada in 2016, whereas Azclear was founded in 2010.

Do any products from either The Ordinary or Azclear contain fragrance?

Every product on the pages for both The Ordinary and Azclear lists no fragrance in its ingredients.

What skin types do the brand-focused routines for The Ordinary fit best?

The brand-focused routines for The Ordinary fit dry skin, dry sensitive skin, and combination skin 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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