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The Ordinary vs Skinfix

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The Ordinary and Skinfix are Canadian skincare brands celebrated for their distinct approaches to complexion care. The Ordinary offers targeted serums, moisturizers, and cleansers built around hyaluronic acid, glycerin, and squalane, while the brand is beloved for deeply nourishing moisturizers and scientifically targeted formulas. Both brands suit dry and sensitive skin best, though the former excels in ingredient-specific treatments for acne, dark spots, and aging, whereas the latter provides reliable barrier restoration.

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

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Skinfix is a Canadian skincare brand founded in 2014 and owned by Skinfix Inc..

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

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The Ordinary vs Skinfix moisturizers

Questions and answers

The Ordinary or Skinfix: which is better?

The Ordinary offers a significantly broader range of products on this page and achieves High or Superior Lovi fit levels across multiple skin types, including dry, dry sensitive, and oily skin, whereas Skinfix features only one product.

What is the difference between The Ordinary and Skinfix?

The Ordinary offers a much larger variety of targeted serums, toners, and cleansers best fitting dry, dry sensitive, and oily skin, while Skinfix features a single moisturizer focused on dry and sensitive skin. Both brands formulate the products on this page without added fragrance.

The Ordinary or Skinfix: which moisturizer is better?

For moisturizers, The Ordinary offers a wide range of options with High to Superior fit levels for dry and sensitive skin types, whereas Skinfix features the Barrier+ Triple Lipid-Peptide Cream with a High fit for dry and sensitive skin. The Ordinary products on this page list no fragrance in their ingredients and include key ingredients like hyaluronic acid and squalane.

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Which is more affordable, The Ordinary or Skinfix?

The Ordinary offers more affordable products on this page, widely praised by shoppers for their great value. Skinfix features a single luxury-priced barrier cream in comparison.

Which causes fewer breakouts, The Ordinary or Skinfix?

Both The Ordinary and Skinfix have products on this page with fragrance-free formulas that are unlikely to cause breakouts, but comparing the two is difficult because Skinfix only features one moisturizer on this page while The Ordinary offers a wide range of targeted blemish treatments. Niacinamide helps reduce acne and regulates oil production in the skin.

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When were The Ordinary and Skinfix founded, and who owns them?

The Ordinary was founded in Canada in 2016 and has been owned by The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. since 2021. Skinfix was founded in Canada in 2014 and is owned by Skinfix Inc.

Do The Ordinary and Skinfix products contain fragrance?

The products on this page for both The Ordinary and Skinfix list no fragrance in their ingredients.

What are some key ingredients shared across The Ordinary products?

The products on this page from The Ordinary share key ingredients including hyaluronic acid, glycerin, and squalane. Hyaluronic acid helps improve skin quality and signs of aging.

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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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