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The INKEY List vs Rilastil

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

The INKEY List and Rilastil are distinct skincare options featuring glycerin, targeted serums, and meticulously balanced formulas. The British brand founded in 2018 offers moisturizers, serums, toners, and eye products that suit sensitive skin and combination skin best, while the second option is warmly loved for gentle yet deeply nourishing compositions that suit sensitive, dry, and mature skin types. Both choices work to restore daily comfort and enhance natural resilience, though they differ through specific standout solutions like the PHA Toner and Acnestil.

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

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

Popular The INKEY List vs Rilastil products

The INKEY List vs Rilastil serums and treatments

Questions and answers

The INKEY List or Rilastil: which is better?

The INKEY List offers a much wider range of products on this page covering multiple skin types, while Rilastil currently lists only a single serum.

What is the difference between The INKEY List and Rilastil?

The INKEY List offers a wide range of affordable moisturizers, serums, and cleansers that Lovi finds to fit sensitive, combination, and acne-prone skin well. In contrast, Rilastil features a much more limited selection on this page with lower fit levels for many skin types.

Which is more affordable, The INKEY List or Rilastil?

The INKEY List offers affordable serums and moisturizers among the products on this page, whereas Rilastil features only a single serum here and does not have pricing information listed.

Which causes fewer breakouts, The INKEY List or Rilastil?

The products on this page for The INKEY List sometimes note purging and breakouts as a side effect, whereas Rilastil has fewer options listed with limited breakout data.

Which of the two brands was founded earlier and in what year?

Rilastil was founded earlier, in 1972, while The INKEY List was founded in 2018.

How do the skin types that The INKEY List and Rilastil fit best compare?

The products on this page from The INKEY List fit sensitive skin, combination skin, and acne-prone skin best. In contrast, Rilastil does not have any skin types listed that it fits best in its brand-focused routines.

What key ingredient is found across products from The INKEY List?

Glycerin is the key ingredient found across the products on this page from The INKEY List.

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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