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The INKEY List vs Blume

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

The INKEY List and Blume are two accessible skincare brands founded in 2018. The British brand features moisturizers, serums, toners, and eye products built around glycerin, suiting combination and sensitive skin best, with standout items like the PHA Toner and Azelaic Acid Serum. Meanwhile, the Canadian brand is widely loved for its nourishing moisturizers and thoughtful formulas, which suit sensitive, acne-prone, and dry skin best with options like the Meltdown Gel Cream. While both brands support a balanced and healthy complexion, they differ in their specific ingredient focuses and regional origins.

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

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Blume is a Canadian skincare brand founded in 2018.

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

Popular The INKEY List vs Blume products

The INKEY List vs Blume moisturizers

Questions and answers

The INKEY List or Blume: which is better?

The INKEY List has a much wider selection of products on this page compared to Blume, which features only a single moisturizer. Reviewers note that The INKEY List offers affordable, hydrating, and lightweight options that fit best for combination, sensitive, and oily acne-prone skin.

What is the difference between The INKEY List and Blume?

The INKEY List offers a wide range of sixteen products on this page suited best for combination, sensitive, and oily acne-prone skin, while Blume features only a single moisturizer called Meltdown Gel Cream.

The INKEY List or Blume: which moisturizer is better?

The INKEY List offers a wide variety of moisturizers on this page that generally fit dry, sensitive, and acne-prone skin at a High or Superior level, whereas Blume features just one moisturizer, Meltdown Gel Cream, which also has a High fit for these skin types.

Which is more affordable, The INKEY List or Blume?

The INKEY List features affordable serums and affordable moisturizers among the products on this page, whereas Blume does not list pricing information. Reviewers frequently note the affordability of The INKEY List products.

Which causes fewer breakouts, The INKEY List or Blume?

Blume has a single moisturizer on the page with a high fit for acne-prone skin, while the products on this page by The INKEY List range from Superior to Low for acne-prone skin.

Between The INKEY List and Blume, which brand has been around longer and where were they founded?

Both The INKEY List and Blume have been around for the same amount of time, as both brands were founded in 2018. However, The INKEY List was founded in the United Kingdom, whereas Blume was founded in Canada.

How does the Lovi fit level for dry skin compare between The INKEY List's Meltdown Gel Cream and Blume's Meltdown Gel Cream?

Meltdown Gel Cream is a Blume product rather than one from The INKEY List, so Lovi fit levels cannot be compared between the two brands for this item. For Blume's Meltdown Gel Cream, Lovi rates its fit for dry skin as High.

Do any products from The INKEY List or Blume contain fragrance in their ingredients?

Every product on the pages for both The INKEY List and Blume 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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