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The Ordinary vs Heliocare

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The Ordinary and Heliocare are distinct skincare brands offering specialized formulations for varied complexions. The Canadian brand features serums, moisturizers, cleansers, and toners built around hyaluronic acid, glycerin, and squalane, while the Spanish brand is beloved for protective sunscreens and advanced formulas. The Ordinary fits dry skin and dry sensitive skin best, whereas the sun protection line suits sensitive, oily, and blemish-prone skin thanks to quick-absorbing textures. Ultimately, the former focuses on targeted treatments with ingredients like niacinamide, mandelic acid, and lactic acid, while the latter delivers daily defense without burdening 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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Heliocare is a Spanish skincare brand founded in 2001 and owned by Cantabria Labs.

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

Popular The Ordinary vs Heliocare products

Questions and answers

The Ordinary or Heliocare: which is better?

The products on this page from The Ordinary fit dry skin, dry sensitive skin, and skin with dark spots best, whereas Heliocare features just one sunscreen with fragrance.

What is the difference between The Ordinary and Heliocare?

The Ordinary offers a large range of fragrance-free serums, toners, and moisturizers that fit dry skin and dark spots best, whereas Heliocare provides a sunscreen with fragrance that fits oily and acne-prone skin.

Which is more affordable, The Ordinary or Heliocare?

The products on this page by The Ordinary are often noted by reviewers as affordable and offering great value, whereas the Heliocare sunscreen on this page is a specialized sun protection option.

Which causes fewer breakouts, The Ordinary or Heliocare?

The products on this page from The Ordinary fit acne-prone skin with High or Superior levels in many items, whereas Heliocare offers one sunscreen rated High for acne-prone skin.

Do any products from The Ordinary contain fragrance compared to Heliocare?

Every product on The Ordinary page lists no fragrance in its ingredients, whereas Heliocare has fragrance in its 360° Gel Oil-Free SPF 50+.

Which brand offers more products for dry skin according to the page?

The Ordinary offers many more products for dry skin, as the products on this page include numerous moisturizers and serums with a high or superior fit level for dry skin, whereas Heliocare only features one sunscreen that has a low fit for dry skin.

When was each company founded and who owns them?

The Ordinary was founded in Canada in 2016 and is owned by The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. Heliocare was founded in Spain in 2001 and is owned by Cantabria Labs.

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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