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The INKEY List vs Blume

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The INKEY List and Blume are two accessible skincare lines founded in 2018, each offering distinct approaches to daily care. The British brand features glycerin-rich moisturizers, serums, toners, and eye products that suit sensitive and combination skin best, with targeted options like the PHA Toner, Azelaic Acid Serum, and Ceramide Moisturizer. Meanwhile, the Canadian brand is widely loved for nourishing moisturizers and thoughtful formulas, such as the Meltdown Gel Cream, that support a balanced complexion for sensitive, acne-prone, and dry skin. While both companies prioritize gentle care, they differ in their signature ingredients and specific formulations tailored to diverse skin concerns.

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

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Blume is a Canadian skincare brand founded in 2018.

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

Popular The INKEY List vs Blume products

The INKEY List vs Blume moisturizers

Questions and answers

The INKEY List or Blume: which is better?

The products on this page for The INKEY List and Blume offer very different line-ups, with The INKEY List featuring a wide range of options while Blume provides a single moisturizer. The INKEY List best fits sensitive, combination, and acne-prone skin types.

What is the difference between The INKEY List and Blume?

The INKEY List offers a wide variety of skincare products on this page suited for sensitive, combination, and acne-prone skin, whereas Blume features just a single moisturizer, Meltdown Gel Cream. Both brands list no fragrance in the ingredients of their products on this page.

The INKEY List or Blume: which moisturizer is better?

When comparing moisturizers, the products on this page from The INKEY List achieve a High Lovi fit for dry skin, whereas the Meltdown Gel Cream from Blume also achieves a High Lovi fit for dry skin. Shoppers often mention that The INKEY List offers hydrating, lightweight, and fast-absorbing moisturizers that are affordable.

Which is more affordable, The INKEY List or Blume?

The products on this page for The INKEY List feature affordable moisturizers and affordable serums according to reviewers, whereas Blume has no pricing information mentioned on this page.

Which causes fewer breakouts, The INKEY List or Blume?

The products on this page for The INKEY List sometimes note purging and breakouts among reviewers. Blume features Meltdown Gel Cream, which has a High fit for acne-prone skin.

Between The INKEY List and Blume, which brand was founded in Canada?

Blume was founded in Canada in 2018, whereas The INKEY List was founded in the United Kingdom.

Do either The INKEY List or Blume products contain fragrance in their ingredients?

Every product on this page for both The INKEY List and Blume lists no fragrance in its ingredients.

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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