🇪🇸Spain

The INKEY List vs Weleda

Rated by Lovi · Unbiased, science-based skincare AI trained on real user outcomes · How the Fit score works

The INKEY List and Weleda are distinct skincare brands with different heritages, offering focused options for distinct needs. The INKEY List is a British brand founded in 2018 that provides targeted moisturizers, serums, toners, and eye products built around glycerin, suiting sensitive and combination skin best. Conversely, Weleda is a Swiss brand established in 1921, widely loved for rich moisturizers and meticulously crafted formulas that suit sensitive skin with gentle botanical bases. While both brands accommodate sensitive skin, they differ in their formulation approaches and primary ingredient profiles.

The INKEY List is a British skincare brand founded in 2018 and owned by Brand Evangelists for Beauty Limited.

cosmeticsbusiness.comprnewswire.comtheinkeylist.comtracxn.com

Weleda is a Swiss skincare brand founded in 1921 and owned by Weleda AG.

assets.weleda.comen.wikipedia.orgcosmeticsbusiness.com

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

Popular The INKEY List vs Weleda products

The INKEY List vs Weleda moisturizers

Questions and answers

The INKEY List or Weleda: which is better?

The INKEY List is a better choice for most shoppers because the products on this page list no fragrance and feature affordable hydrating options. Weleda offers far fewer products on this page, and both contain fragrance.

What is the difference between The INKEY List and Weleda?

The INKEY List offers a wide range of fragrance-free products that Lovi rates best for sensitive, combination, and oily acne-prone skin, whereas Weleda features only a couple of moisturizers that both include fragrance and have lower fit levels for acne-prone and oily skin types.

The INKEY List or Weleda: which moisturizer is better?

The products on this page by The INKEY List include several hydrating and affordable moisturizers with no fragrance, whereas Weleda offers rich moisturizers like Skin Food that include fragrance. For dry skin, Lovi rates The INKEY List Polyglutamic Acid Serum and Oat Cleansing Balm as Superior, and Weleda Skin Food as High.

Which is more affordable, The INKEY List or Weleda?

The INKEY List offers budget-friendly options, as shoppers frequently note affordable serums and moisturizers across the products on this page.

Which causes fewer breakouts, The INKEY List or Weleda?

The products on this page from The INKEY List generally fit acne-prone skin better than Weleda, since Weleda products like Skin Food have low fit levels or cautions for breakout-prone types. Reviewers of The INKEY List sometimes note purging and breakouts, but the brand offers more options suited to acne-prone skin.

Which brand has products free of added fragrance, The INKEY List or Weleda?

The products on this page from The INKEY List are all free of added fragrance, whereas the products from Weleda on this page contain fragrance.

Which company has been in business longer, The INKEY List or Weleda?

Weleda has been in business longer, having been founded in 1921 in Switzerland, whereas The INKEY List was founded in 2018 in the United Kingdom.

How does the Lovi fit level of Skin Food compare for dry skin between The INKEY List and Weleda?

Skin Food is not an INKEY List product, but among the products on this page, Lovi rates The INKEY List's Polyglutamic Acid Serum and Caffeine Eye Cream as having a Superior fit for dry skin, while Weleda's Skin Food has a High fit.

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

How does it fit your skin?

Scan your face, then any product: Lovi shows how well it fits you and what fits even better.

QR code: get the Lovi app
Download on theApp Store Get it onGoogle Play