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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 variety of skincare products on this page that fit dry, dry sensitive, and oily skin best, while Azclear features only a single medicated lotion. Lovi rates the products on this page as having a High fit for multiple skin types.

What is the difference between The Ordinary and Azclear?

The Ordinary offers a large range of fragrance-free products on this page fitting dry, dry sensitive, and oily skin best, while Azclear features only a single medicated lotion that fits oily acne-prone skin with a High Lovi rating.

Which is more affordable, The Ordinary or Azclear?

The products on this page for The Ordinary include affordable and great value serums, while Azclear does not feature affordability claims or similar options on this page.

Which causes fewer breakouts, The Ordinary or Azclear?

When it comes to acne-prone skin, the products on this page from The Ordinary generally offer a High fit for treating breakouts, whereas Azclear provides an Average fit with its Medicated Lotion. Hyaluronic acid helps maintain skin hydration, while niacinamide may reduce inflammation.

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How do the founding years and parent companies of The Ordinary and Azclear compare?

The Ordinary was founded in 2016 in Canada and has been owned by The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. since 2021, whereas Azclear was founded in 2010 and is owned by Ego Pharmaceuticals.

Which brand offers a wider variety of skincare products for different skin types?

The Ordinary offers a much wider variety of skincare products for different skin types compared to Azclear, featuring dozens of targeted serums, cleansers, and moisturizers on this page. Lovi rates several of The Ordinary products as having a Superior or High fit level across multiple skin types.

Do products from either The Ordinary or Azclear contain fragrance in their ingredients?

The products on this page from both The Ordinary and Azclear list no fragrance in their 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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