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The Ordinary vs BIOEFFECT

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The Ordinary and BIOEFFECT are two distinct skincare lines known for their careful formulation and targeted benefits. The Canadian brand offers serums, moisturizers, cleansers, toners, and more, built around hyaluronic acid, glycerin, and squalane, which suit dry sensitive skin, dry skin, and specific concerns like acne, dark spots, and aging. Meanwhile, BIOEFFECT is cherished for its targeted serums and advanced formulas that suit mature skin types best, including the EGF Serum for acne-prone skin. These offerings provide refined care for daily routines, differing primarily in their ingredient profiles and overall approach to complexion health.

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 BIOEFFECT products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.

Popular The Ordinary vs BIOEFFECT products

The Ordinary vs BIOEFFECT serums and treatments

Questions and answers

The Ordinary or BIOEFFECT: which is better?

The Ordinary offers a large variety of products that fit dry skin, dry sensitive skin, and oily skin best, while BIOEFFECT features a single serum with a superior fit for dry and mature skin. Reviewers praise The Ordinary for affordability and effective serums for texture-smoothing, acne-clearing, and dark spot fading.

What is the difference between The Ordinary and BIOEFFECT?

The Ordinary offers a large range of affordable targeted serums and cleansers, whereas BIOEFFECT features a single specialized EGF serum.

Which is more affordable, The Ordinary or BIOEFFECT?

The products on this page from The Ordinary are widely praised by reviewers as affordable and great value serums, whereas BIOEFFECT features a single high-end serum.

Which brand has been on the market longer, The Ordinary or BIOEFFECT?

BIOEFFECT has been on the market longer, having been founded in 2010 compared to The Ordinary, which was founded in 2016.

Do any of the products from The Ordinary or BIOEFFECT contain added fragrance?

Every product on this page from both The Ordinary and BIOEFFECT lists no fragrance in its ingredients.

How does the Lovi fit level of the EGF Serum compare for dry skin between both brands?

For dry skin, BIOEFFECT EGF Serum achieves a Superior Lovi fit level, whereas The Ordinary does not feature an equivalent product on this page.

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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