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Minimalist vs Heliocare

Rated by Lovi · Unbiased, science-based skincare AI trained on real user outcomes · How the Fit score works

Minimalist and Heliocare are distinct skincare brands offering targeted daily care through precise formulations. The Indian brand, founded in 2020 and owned by Unilever PLC since 2025, features sunscreens, moisturizers, and cleansers that suit acne-prone and oily skin best, with notable products including a salicylic acid and LHA cleanser, an SPF 50 sunscreen, and a vitamin B5 moisturizer. Meanwhile, the Spanish brand founded in 2001 and owned by Cantabria Labs is beloved for protective sunscreens and advanced formulas that best suit sensitive, oily, and blemish-prone skin through quick-absorbing specialized textures like the 360° Gel Oil-Free SPF 50+. While both deliver reliable defense, they differ in their specific ingredient focus and cultural origins, offering tailored options for diverse complexions.

Minimalist is an Indian skincare brand founded in 2020 and owned by Unilever PLC since 2025.

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Heliocare is a Spanish skincare brand founded in 2001 and owned by Cantabria Labs.

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

Popular Minimalist vs Heliocare products

Questions and answers

Minimalist or Heliocare: which is better?

Minimalist offers a wider range of fragrance-free products on this page and achieves High to Superior Lovi fit levels for acne-prone, oily, and combination skin, whereas Heliocare provides just one sunscreen that contains fragrance and has a Low fit for dry skin.

What is the difference between Minimalist and Heliocare?

Minimalist offers a wider range of products on this page with High to Superior Lovi fit levels for acne-prone, oily, and combination skin, and every product on this page lists no fragrance. Heliocare features a single sunscreen that has a High fit for oily and acne-prone skin but contains fragrance, and it shows a Low Lovi fit for dry skin.

Minimalist or Heliocare: which sunscreen is better?

Both brands offer solid sunscreens, but Minimalist SPF 50 Sunscreen achieves a High Lovi fit across all skin types, including dry and sensitive skin, while Heliocare 360 Gel Oil-Free SPF 50+ has a Low fit for dry skin and contains fragrance.

Which is more affordable, Minimalist or Heliocare?

The page facts do not mention pricing or affordability for either Minimalist or Heliocare.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Minimalist or Heliocare?

Both Minimalist and Heliocare achieve a High Lovi fit for acne-prone skin with their sunscreens, meaning the products on this page are equally well-suited to help you avoid breakouts.

Between Minimalist and Heliocare, which brand offers a sunscreen suitable for dry skin?

Minimalist offers a sunscreen suitable for dry skin, where Lovi rates its SPF 50 Sunscreen as having a High fit level. In contrast, Heliocare offers a sunscreen that has a Low fit level for dry skin.

Do any products from Minimalist or Heliocare contain fragrance?

Minimalist products on this page list no fragrance, whereas the Heliocare sunscreen includes fragrance.

When was Minimalist founded compared to Heliocare?

Minimalist was founded in 2020 in India, whereas Heliocare was founded earlier in 2001 in Spain.

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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