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The Ordinary vs Luna Nectar

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The Ordinary and Luna Nectar are Canadian skincare brands founded in 2016 and 2017, respectively. The Ordinary offers serums, moisturizers, cleansers, toners, and more, built around hyaluronic acid, glycerin, and squalane, while Luna Nectar is cherished for its nutrient-rich serums and meticulously blended formulas. The first brand fits dry skin and dry sensitive skin best, with specific solutions for acne-prone, dark spot, and mature skin, whereas the second brand suits sensitive, dry, and mature skin best. Both brands differ through their distinct product types and targeted treatments, leaving the complexion balanced, calm, and deeply nourished.

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

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Luna Nectar is a Canadian skincare brand founded in 2017 and owned by Luna Nectar Organics Inc..

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

Popular The Ordinary vs Luna Nectar products

The Ordinary vs Luna Nectar serums and treatments

Questions and answers

The Ordinary or Luna Nectar: which is better?

The products on this page from The Ordinary provide a High fit for dry skin and dry sensitive skin, while Luna Nectar offers fewer options. Topical hyaluronic acid helps improve skin quality and signs of aging.

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What is the difference between The Ordinary and Luna Nectar?

The products on this page show that The Ordinary offers a wide variety of affordable serums, toners, and cleansers with High or Superior fit levels for dry, oily, and sensitive skin types. In contrast, Luna Nectar is a smaller brand featuring just one serum on this page, Futurize, which has a High fit level for dry and dry sensitive skin.

Which is more affordable, The Ordinary or Luna Nectar?

The products on this page from The Ordinary are often mentioned by reviewers as affordable and great value serums, while Luna Nectar does not have affordability mentioned in its brand details.

Which causes fewer breakouts, The Ordinary or Luna Nectar?

The products on this page by The Ordinary include options that feature acne-clearing serums, whereas Luna Nectar offers a single serum that is rated as having an average fit for acne-prone skin.

Which brand was founded earlier, The Ordinary or Luna Nectar?

The Ordinary was founded earlier in 2016, while Luna Nectar was founded in 2017.

How do the country origins of The Ordinary and Luna Nectar compare?

Both The Ordinary and Luna Nectar share the same country origin, as each brand was founded in Canada.

Do either The Ordinary or Luna Nectar products contain fragrance?

Every product on this page from both The Ordinary and Luna Nectar 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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