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The Ordinary vs Sand & Sky

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The Ordinary and Sand & Sky are skincare lines defined by distinct botanical and scientific approaches. The Canadian brand offers serums, moisturizers, cleansers, and toners built around hyaluronic acid, glycerin, and squalane, while the Australian-inspired line is beloved for purifying masks and targeted formulas. Both labels address diverse needs, though the former suits dry and sensitive skin best, and the latter favors combination, oily, and acne-prone skin. Ultimately, the two brands differ through The Ordinary focusing on science-backed single ingredients for specific aging and hydration concerns, and Sand & Sky using botanical ingredients to gently clarify and balance 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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This page compares some of the most popular The Ordinary and Sand & Sky products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.

Popular The Ordinary vs Sand & Sky products

Questions and answers

The Ordinary or Sand & Sky: which is better?

The Ordinary is the better option for most shoppers, offering a wide range of affordable, fragrance-free products with High to Superior fit levels for dry and sensitive skin. In contrast, the single Sand & Sky product on this page includes added fragrance.

What is the difference between The Ordinary and Sand & Sky?

The Ordinary offers a large range of fragrance-free products on this page fitting dry skin, sensitive skin, and skin with dark spots best, whereas Sand & Sky features just one mask containing fragrance.

Which is more affordable, The Ordinary or Sand & Sky?

The products on this page for The Ordinary are often noted by reviewers as affordable and offering great value. Sand & Sky does not have this advantage mentioned on the page.

Which causes fewer breakouts, The Ordinary or Sand & Sky?

The Ordinary offers multiple products on this page rated High or Superior for acne-prone skin, whereas Sand & Sky features only a single mask. Niacinamide helps reduce blemishes, and topical application of niacinamide is shown to improve skin clarity.

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Which brand has been owned by The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. since 2021, The Ordinary or Sand & Sky?

The Ordinary has been owned by The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. since 2021.

Do any products from The Ordinary contain added fragrance, unlike the Australian Pink Clay Porefining Face Mask by Sand & Sky?

The products on this page from The Ordinary list no fragrance in their ingredients, unlike the Australian Pink Clay Porefining Face Mask by Sand & Sky which contains fragrance.

Which brand offers a greater variety of products on this page, and which one only lists a single face mask?

The Ordinary offers a much greater variety of products on this page, while Sand & Sky only lists a single face mask.

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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