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The Ordinary vs BABOR

The Ordinary and BABOR are distinctive skincare brands offering varied approaches to daily routines through specialized products and formulations. The Canadian brand, founded in 2016, features serums, moisturizers, cleansers, and toners built around hyaluronic acid, glycerin, and squalane, while the German brand, established in 1956, is deeply loved for its refined exfoliants and rich moisturizers. The Ordinary fits dry skin and dry sensitive skin best, and BABOR suits dry, normal, and combination skin best owing to its gentle yet effective nature. Both offer targeted solutions for specific concerns, yet they differ in their heritage, ingredient focus, and sensory experience.

The Ordinary is a Canadian skincare brand founded in 2016 and owned by The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. since 2021.

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BABOR is a German skincare brand founded in 1956 and owned by BABOR BEAUTY GROUP since 1962.

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

Questions and answers

The Ordinary or BABOR: which is better?

The products on this page from The Ordinary fit dry, dry sensitive, and combination skin best, and every product on this page lists no fragrance. BABOR offers far fewer options on this page, and Hydra Plus includes fragrance.

What is the difference between The Ordinary and BABOR?

The Ordinary offers a large range of products that are fragrance-free and fits dry, dry sensitive, and combination skin best. BABOR offers only a couple of products on this page, with one containing fragrance.

The Ordinary or BABOR: which moisturizer is better?

When comparing moisturizers, the products on this page from The Ordinary generally offer a higher fit for dry skin, with formulations like Natural Moisturizing Factors + HA achieving a Superior fit level. Meanwhile, BABOR's Hydra Plus moisturizer provides a Superior fit specifically for dry sensitive skin.

Which is more affordable, The Ordinary or BABOR?

The Ordinary products on this page are known for being affordable and great value serums, whereas BABOR does not highlight affordability. Lovi rates The Ordinary with High or Superior fit levels across many products and skin types.

Which brand has more products listed on the page, The Ordinary or BABOR?

The Ordinary has more products listed on the products on this page, offering a much wider selection than BABOR.

Do any products from The Ordinary contain fragrance?

Every product from The Ordinary on this page lists no fragrance in its ingredients.

How does the founding year of The Ordinary compare to BABOR?

The Ordinary was founded in 2016 in Canada, whereas BABOR has a much earlier founding year of 1956 in Germany.

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.

How does it fit your skin?

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