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No7 vs darrow

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

No7 and darrow are two established skincare names offering distinct approaches to daily beauty routines. The British brand No7 features serums, eye products, moisturizers, sunscreens, and more, built around vitamin c, shea butter, and hyaluronic acid, suiting dry skin and mature skin best. Meanwhile, the dermatological brand darrow is deeply loved for its gentle cleansers and rigorously tested formulas, suiting sensitive, oily, and acne-prone skin best due to their careful composition. Both lines differ primarily in their core ingredients and target skin types, where the former relies on shea butter to protect skin and mitigate erythema, and every daily step from the latter helps restore natural skin balance.

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 darrow products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.

Popular No7 vs darrow products

Questions and answers

No7 or darrow: which is better?

No7 offers a much wider variety of products on this page and generally achieves higher Lovi fit levels across multiple skin types compared to darrow. Key ingredients like Niacinamide help improve skin aging and pigmentation.

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What is the difference between No7 and darrow?

No7 offers a wide range of products with High or Superior Lovi fit levels for dry, mature, and sensitive skin types, whereas darrow features just one cleanser on this page with lower fit ratings. Furthermore, No7 includes key ingredients like Vitamin C, Niacinamide, and Hyaluronic acid, while providing fragrance-free options across most of the products on this page.

Which is more affordable, No7 or darrow?

The products on this page from No7 and darrow do not have pricing information available.

Which causes fewer breakouts, No7 or darrow?

Both brands offer products on this page that are suitable for acne-prone skin, with No7 featuring options like the Restore & Renew Serum that have a High Lovi fit level for this skin type.

How do the founding years and corporate ownerships of No7 and Darrow compare?

No7 was founded in 1935 in the United Kingdom and has been owned by Sycamore Partners since 2025. In comparison, Darrow was founded in 1969 and has been owned by Pierre Fabre since 2006.

Which brand offers fragrance-free products, and how many products from No7 contain fragrance?

Every product from darrow on this page lists no fragrance, and 10 of 13 products on the No7 page list no fragrance while three contain fragrance.

What specific skin types does each brand fit best according to their brand-focused routines?

No7 fits dry skin, mature skin, and sensitive skin best according to its brand-focused routines, whereas darrow does not list specific skin types that it fits best on this page.

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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