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The INKEY List vs ELIDEL

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The INKEY List and ELIDEL are distinct skincare brands designed to address various dermatological needs through targeted formulations. The British brand is known for moisturizers, serums, toners, and eye products built around glycerin, while the Swiss brand is beloved for gentle moisturizers and soothing formulas like Pimecrolimus. Both options suit dry skin and sensitive skin best, with specific preparations recommended for acne-prone, dark spot, and mature concerns. They primarily differ in their foundational ingredients and organizational lineage, offering distinct approaches to daily skin maintenance.

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

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ELIDEL is a Swiss skincare brand founded in 2001 and owned by Viatris Inc. since 2016.

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

Popular The INKEY List vs ELIDEL products

The INKEY List vs ELIDEL moisturizers

Questions and answers

The INKEY List or ELIDEL: which is better?

The INKEY List offers a much wider range of products on this page with better Lovi fit levels across skin types, whereas ELIDEL includes only a single pimecrolimus moisturizer with average to low fits.

What is the difference between The INKEY List and ELIDEL?

The products on this page from The INKEY List fit a wide variety of skin types well, whereas ELIDEL features just one product, pimecrolimus, which has an average fit for dry and sensitive skin and a low or cautious fit for others.

The INKEY List or ELIDEL: which moisturizer is better?

The products on this page for The INKEY List include several moisturizers with High Lovi fit levels for dry skin, such as Polyglutamic Acid Serum and Omega Water Cream, whereas ELIDEL offers Pimecrolimus with only an Average Lovi fit level for dry skin.

Which is more affordable, The INKEY List or ELIDEL?

The products on this page from The INKEY List are noted by reviewers as having affordable moisturizers and affordable serums, whereas ELIDEL features only a single pimecrolimus moisturizer without affordability mentions.

Which causes fewer breakouts, The INKEY List or ELIDEL?

The products on this page from The INKEY List generally achieve higher Lovi fit levels for acne-prone skin than ELIDEL, which has a Low fit level for acne-prone skin. However, shoppers should note that The INKEY List products are sometimes noted for purging and breakouts.

When was The INKEY List founded compared to ELIDEL?

The INKEY List was founded in 2018 in the United Kingdom, whereas ELIDEL was founded earlier, in 2001 in Switzerland.

Which company owns ELIDEL, and who owns The INKEY List?

ELIDEL is owned by Viatris Inc., while Brand Evangelists for Beauty Limited owns The INKEY List.

Which brand offers products containing glycerin?

The products on this page from The INKEY List contain glycerin as a key ingredient, whereas ELIDEL does not.

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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