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The INKEY List vs Charlotte Tilbury

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The INKEY List and Charlotte Tilbury are British skincare brands offering moisturizers, eye products, serums, and toners built around ingredients like glycerin. The INKEY List features glycerin to increase hydration and restore barrier function, suiting dry and sensitive skin best with top-rated items for acne-prone, dark spot, and mature skin concerns. Charlotte Tilbury focuses on specialized creams and oils, providing alternative top-rated solutions for acne-prone skin, dark spots, and mature skin. While both labels cater to diverse skin needs, they differ through distinct formulations and ownership backgrounds.

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

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Charlotte Tilbury is a British skincare brand founded in 2013 and owned by Puig since 2020.

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

Popular The INKEY List vs Charlotte Tilbury products

People Say

The INKEY ListCharlotte Tilbury
  • Hydration and Moisture Often MentionedMostly Mentioned
    • “extremely emollient and rich — Charlotte Tilbury Magic Eye Rescue”
    • “floods skin with moisture — Charlotte Tilbury Charlotte's Magic Cream”
    • “super hydrated — Charlotte Tilbury Collagen Superfusion Facial Oil”
    • “Super hydrating — The INKEY List Polyglutamic Acid Serum”
  • Lightweight Texture and Absorption Mostly MentionedMostly Mentioned
    • “sits beautifully under makeup — The INKEY List Caffeine Eye Cream”
    • “Gel consistency — The INKEY List Tranexamic Acid Serum”
    • “rich and nourishing — Charlotte Tilbury Charlotte's Magic Cream”
    • “sinks in well — Charlotte Tilbury Collagen Superfusion Facial Oil”
  • Glow, Radiance, and Brightening Sometimes NotedMostly Mentioned
    • “radiant skin filter — Charlotte Tilbury Collagen Superfusion Facial Oil”
    • “lit-from-within glow — Charlotte Tilbury Charlotte's Magic Cream”
    • “under eyes look brighter — Charlotte Tilbury Magic Eye Rescue”
    • “bags are gone — The INKEY List Caffeine Eye Cream”
  • Makeup Compatibility and Base Sometimes NotedMostly Mentioned
    • “perfect canvas for base — Charlotte Tilbury Charlotte's Magic Cream”
    • “foundation looks flawless — Charlotte Tilbury Collagen Superfusion Facial Oil”
    • “no pilling under makeup — The INKEY List Hyaluronic Acid Serum”
  • Affordable Price and Value Mostly MentionedNot noted
    • “Good for the price — The INKEY List Salicylic Acid Cleanser”
    • “One of the best balms for quality and also price — The INKEY List Oat Cleansing Balm”
    • “unbeatable value — The INKEY List Hyaluronic Acid Serum”
  • Skin Smoothing and Texture Sometimes NotedSometimes Noted
    • “Great for sensitive skin — The INKEY List PHA Toner”
    • “Skin feels softer — The INKEY List PHA Toner”
    • “Glass skin — The INKEY List Polyglutamic Acid Serum”
    • “instantly smoothed out lines — Charlotte Tilbury Magic Eye Rescue”
  • High Price Point Not notedMostly Mentioned
    • “extremely overpriced — Charlotte Tilbury Charlotte's Magic Cream”
  • Breakouts and Skin Reactions Sometimes NotedOften Mentioned
    • “Leaves my skin a bit dry — The INKEY List Salicylic Acid Cleanser”
    • “did cause major breakouts — The INKEY List Omega Water Cream”
    • “New formula breaks me out — The INKEY List Salicylic Acid Cleanser”
    • “gave me acne — Charlotte Tilbury Collagen Superfusion Facial Oil”
  • Strong or Unpleasant Scent Sometimes NotedOften Mentioned
    • “Smells like BBQ/meat — The INKEY List Tranexamic Acid Serum”
    • “Smells like chemicals — The INKEY List Polyglutamic Acid Serum”
    • “grandma perfume smell — Charlotte Tilbury Charlotte's Magic Cream”
    • “scent too strong — Charlotte Tilbury Collagen Superfusion Facial Oil”
  • Packaging Issues Often MentionedRarely Noted
    • “jar is less hygienic — Charlotte Tilbury Magic Eye Rescue”
    • “Pump breaks easily — The INKEY List Tranexamic Acid Serum”

Questions and answers

The INKEY List or Charlotte Tilbury: which is better?

When comparing the products on this page, The INKEY List and Charlotte Tilbury each have distinct advantages depending on your priorities. The INKEY List does better for affordable price and value as well as skin smoothing and texture, while Charlotte Tilbury performs better for hydration and moisture, glow, radiance, and brightening, and makeup compatibility and base.

What is the difference between The INKEY List and Charlotte Tilbury?

The products on this page from Charlotte Tilbury do better for hydration, radiance, and makeup compatibility, whereas The INKEY List offers a more affordable price and value. Reviewers note that Charlotte Tilbury has a high price point, while The INKEY List is sometimes associated with breakouts and skin reactions.

The INKEY List or Charlotte Tilbury: which moisturizer is better?

When comparing moisturizers, Charlotte Tilbury does better for hydration and moisture with products like Charlotte's Magic Cream, which has a Superior Lovi fit for mature skin. Meanwhile, the products on this page by The INKEY List offer an affordable price and value.

Which is more affordable, The INKEY List or Charlotte Tilbury?

The INKEY List offers better affordability and value compared to Charlotte Tilbury among the products on this page.

Which causes fewer breakouts, The INKEY List or Charlotte Tilbury?

When it comes to breakouts, reviewers sometimes note purging and breakouts with the products on this page from The INKEY List.

Between The INKEY List and Charlotte Tilbury, which brand is better suited for dry and sensitive skin according to their brand-focused routines?

The INKEY List is better suited for dry and sensitive skin, as these are listed among the skin types the brand fits best by its brand-focused routines. Charlotte Tilbury lists no such best-fit skin types in its routines.

How do the review themes compare between The INKEY List and Charlotte Tilbury for glow, radiance, and brightening?

For glow, radiance, and brightening, Charlotte Tilbury does better than The INKEY List in the reviews on these pages.

Which brand has more products listed on the page, The INKEY List or Charlotte Tilbury?

The INKEY List has more products listed on the page than Charlotte Tilbury.

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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