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The Ordinary vs Valmont

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The Ordinary and Valmont are distinct skincare brands founded in Canada in 2016 and Switzerland in 1985, respectively. The Canadian brand offers serums, moisturizers, cleansers, and toners built around hyaluronic acid, glycerin, and squalane, while the Swiss brand is widely loved for its luxurious moisturizers and refined formulas. The former suits dry skin, dry sensitive skin, acne-prone skin, dark spots, and mature skin best, whereas the latter suits mature and dehydrated skin best. They differ because the first focuses on specific targeted concerns with ingredients like niacinamide, mandelic acid, and lactic acid, while the second focuses on delivering lasting comfort and gentle care to the complexion.

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

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Valmont is a Swiss skincare brand founded in 1985.

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

Popular The Ordinary vs Valmont products

The Ordinary vs Valmont moisturizers

Questions and answers

The Ordinary or Valmont: which is better?

The Ordinary offers a much larger variety of fragrance-free products on this page and fits dry, dry sensitive, and oily skin best, while Valmont features a single scented moisturizer.

What is the difference between The Ordinary and Valmont?

The Ordinary offers a wide range of affordable, fragrance-free products on this page that fit dry, dry sensitive, and oily skin best, while Valmont is an independent Swiss brand whose featured product includes fragrance. Lovi finds that the products on this page for The Ordinary generally achieve higher fit levels across various skin types compared to Valmont's single listed offering.

The Ordinary or Valmont: which moisturizer is better?

When comparing moisturizers, the products on this page from The Ordinary provide broad options with high fit levels for dry and sensitive skin, whereas Valmont features a single fragranced option like the Prime Renewing Pack that has a high fit for mature and dry sensitive skin.

Which is more affordable, The Ordinary or Valmont?

The products on this page for The Ordinary include affordable and great value serums, whereas Valmont is a luxury Swiss brand. Lovi shows that The Ordinary offers a wide range of budget-friendly options compared to Valmont's single featured product.

Which causes fewer breakouts, The Ordinary or Valmont?

The products on this page from The Ordinary include options that fit acne-prone skin with High or Superior levels, whereas Valmont has only one product on this page, which has an Average fit for acne-prone skin.

Between The Ordinary and Valmont, which brand was founded earlier and in which country?

Valmont was founded earlier in 1985 in Switzerland, whereas The Ordinary was founded in 2016 in Canada.

Do products from The Ordinary or Valmont contain fragrance according to their ingredients lists?

The products on this page from The Ordinary list no fragrance in their ingredients, while Valmont's Prime Renewing Pack contains fragrance.

Which brand offers a cleanser suitable for dry skin with a Superior Lovi fit level?

The Ordinary offers a cleanser suitable for dry skin with a Superior Lovi fit level, specifically the Glycolipid Cream Cleanser.

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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