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The Ordinary vs Vasanti

The Ordinary and Vasanti are Canadian skincare brands offering thoughtful formulas to renew the complexion. The Ordinary delivers serums, moisturizers, cleansers, and toners built around hyaluronic acid, glycerin, and squalane, while Vasanti is cherished for its gentle exfoliants. Both brands suit sensitive skin well, though the former also fits dry skin and the latter suits balanced and combination skin types. They differ primarily in their product ranges and key ingredients, as the first focuses on targeted treatments with specific acids and hydrators, while the second centers on reliable, balanced maintenance.

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

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Vasanti is a Canadian skincare brand founded in 1999.

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

Questions and answers

The Ordinary or Vasanti: which is better?

The Ordinary is a better choice for shoppers seeking a wide selection of fragrance-free skincare, as the products on this page fit dry skin, sensitive skin, and skin with dark spots best. Vasanti offers only one product on this page, which contains fragrance.

What is the difference between The Ordinary and Vasanti?

The Ordinary offers a large range of fragrance-free skincare products on this page and fits dry skin best, whereas Vasanti features only a single exfoliant that contains fragrance.

Which is more affordable, The Ordinary or Vasanti?

The Ordinary offers more affordable and great value serums among the products on this page compared to Vasanti.

Which causes fewer breakouts, The Ordinary or Vasanti?

The products on this page by The Ordinary help manage breakouts, with several acne-clearing serums achieving a Superior or High fit for acne-prone skin, while Vasanti offers only a single exfoliator on this page with an Average fit for acne-prone skin.

How do the founding years and corporate ownership of The Ordinary and Vasanti compare?

The Ordinary was founded in 2016 in Canada and has been owned by The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. since 2021, whereas Vasanti was founded earlier in 1999 in Canada and remains independently owned.

Do any products from The Ordinary contain fragrance compared to Vasanti's Brighten Up! Exfoliator?

Every product on this page from The Ordinary lists no fragrance in its ingredients, whereas Vasanti's Brighten Up! Exfoliator includes fragrance.

Which skin types do brand-focused routines for The Ordinary fit best?

According to the brand-focused routines on this page, The Ordinary fits dry skin, sensitive skin, and skin with dark spots best.

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.

How does it fit your skin?

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