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The Ordinary vs AlumierMD

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The Ordinary and AlumierMD are Canadian skincare brands founded in 2016. The Ordinary offers serums, moisturizers, cleansers, toners, and more, built around hyaluronic acid, glycerin, and squalane, while the latter is beloved for its advanced serums and scientifically backed formulas. Both brands suit sensitive skin best, with the Canadian brand additionally fitting dry skin, and the latter additionally suiting aging and hyperpigmented skin. They differ in their specific targeted solutions and ingredient philosophies, as the brand uses individual actives like Niacinamide and Mandelic Acid for acne and dark spots, while the other relies on comprehensive formulations like the Bright & Clear Solution.

The Ordinary is a Canadian skincare brand founded in 2016 and owned by The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. since 2021.

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AlumierMD is a Canadian skincare brand founded in 2016 and owned by Alumier Group Holdings Limited / Alumier Labs Inc..

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

Popular The Ordinary vs AlumierMD products

The Ordinary vs AlumierMD serums and treatments

Questions and answers

The Ordinary or AlumierMD: which is better?

The Ordinary offers a much larger selection of fragrance-free products on this page than AlumierMD, with options that Lovi rates as Superior or High for dry skin, sensitive skin, and skin with dark spots. Reviewers often praise the affordable and great value serums, though some note occasional pilling issues.

What is the difference between The Ordinary and AlumierMD?

The products on this page show that The Ordinary offers a wide variety of affordable serums, toners, and cleansers for many skin types, while AlumierMD features only a single brightening solution on this page. Both brands were founded in Canada in 2016 and list no fragrance across their products on this page.

Which is more affordable, The Ordinary or AlumierMD?

The products on this page for The Ordinary are noted for being affordable and offering great value serums, whereas the AlumierMD range on this page features only one product and does not highlight affordability.

Were The Ordinary and AlumierMD founded in the same year?

Yes, both The Ordinary and AlumierMD were founded in 2016.

Do products from both The Ordinary and AlumierMD contain no fragrance?

Yes, every product on this page from both The Ordinary and AlumierMD lists no fragrance in its ingredients.

Which brand offers a Glycolipid Cream Cleanser?

The Ordinary offers a Glycolipid Cream Cleanser among the products 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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