No7 vs Bio-Oil
No7 and Bio-Oil are two skincare lines offering targeted care for various complexion needs. The British brand, founded in 1935 and owned by Sycamore Partners since 2025, builds its serums, eye products, moisturizers, sunscreens, and more around vitamin c, shea butter, and hyaluronic acid, suiting dry and mature skin best. Meanwhile, the second brand is beloved for its specialized product types and expertly blended formulas that nourish dry, mature, and uneven skin types. While both deliver balanced moisture without feeling heavy, the first differs through specific formulations like the Future Renew Damage Reversal Eye Serum, the Pure Retinol Eye Cream, and the Protect & Perfect Intense Advanced Night Cream, whereas its counterpart stands out with the Skincare Oil for daily hydration and texture improvement.
No7 is a British skincare brand founded in 1935 and owned by Sycamore Partners since 2025.
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This page compares some of the most popular No7 and Bio-Oil products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.
Popular No7 vs Bio-Oil products
Questions and answers
No7 or Bio-Oil: which is better?
No7 is generally a better fit than Bio-Oil, as the products on this page achieve High to Superior Lovi fit levels for dry, mature, and dry sensitive skin, whereas Bio-Oil's Skincare Oil mostly reaches Average to Caution levels for those skin types.
What is the difference between No7 and Bio-Oil?
No7 offers a broad variety of products on this page featuring ingredients like vitamin C, niacinamide, and retinol, with Lovi fit levels reaching High for dry skin and mature skin, whereas Bio-Oil has only one product on this page, Skincare Oil, which has a Lovi fit level of Average for dry skin and Caution for combination skin.
Which is more affordable, No7 or Bio-Oil?
This page does not provide pricing information to compare the affordability of No7 and Bio-Oil.
Which causes fewer breakouts, No7 or Bio-Oil?
No7 causes fewer breakouts than Bio-Oil because the products on this page for No7 have an average or high Lovi fit level for acne-prone skin, whereas Bio-Oil's Skincare Oil has a caution fit level for acne-prone skin and a warning for oily acne-prone skin.
How does the founding year and ownership compare between No7 and Bio-Oil?
No7 was founded in 1935 in the United Kingdom and has been owned by Sycamore Partners since 2025, whereas Bio-Oil was founded in 1987 and has been owned by Union-Swiss (Pty) Ltd since 2000.
Which No7 products contain fragrance compared to Bio-Oil's Skincare Oil?
Among the products on this page, three No7 items list fragrance: Future Renew Damage Reversal Night Cream, Lift & Luminate Day Cream, and Protect & Perfect Intense Advanced Day Cream. In comparison, Bio-Oil's Skincare Oil also lists fragrance.
What key ingredients are found across No7 products?
No7 products on this page contain key ingredients such as vitamin C, shea butter, hyaluronic acid, and niacinamide.
Research behind their key ingredients
Molecular basis of retinol anti-ageing properties in naturally aged human skin in vivo
Effects of ascorbic acid on gingival melanin pigmentation in vitro and in vivo
Comedogenicity in rabbit: some cosmetic ingredients/vehicles
The evaluation of aluminum oxide crystal microdermabrasion for photodamage
Clinical and histologic changes determine optimal treatment regimens for microdermabrasion
Treatment with Ascorbyl Glucoside-Arginine Complex Ameliorates Solar Lentigos
Targeting Circadian Rhythm for the Regulation of Skin Collagen Metabolism
Retrospective Review of Dermal Safety Studies of Organic Sunscreens
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.
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PhD in computer science, 3x US patent holder, ex-Google, ex-Yandex
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Dr. Sofía Perea Pérez, MD, MSc
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Aesthetic medicine practitioner, MSc in Longevity and Anti-Aging Medicine
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Specialist dermatologist, MBBS, MD, IFAAD
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Elina Nazarenko, MD
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Dermatology and diagnostic consultant
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Victoria Derkova, MS
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Cosmetic chemist, cosmetic development technologist
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