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The Ordinary vs Heliocare

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The Ordinary and Heliocare are a Canadian line founded in 2016 and a Spanish brand founded in 2001, respectively. The Canadian brand offers serums, moisturizers, cleansers, and toners built around hyaluronic acid, glycerin, and squalane, while Cantabria Labs is known for protective sunscreens and advanced formulas. The Ordinary suits dry sensitive, dry, acne-prone, dark spot-prone, and mature skin, whereas its counterpart suits sensitive, oily, and blemish-prone skin. They differ because the former focuses on targeted active ingredients like niacinamide and acids for specific concerns, while the latter delivers targeted defense and specialized textures that absorb quickly.

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

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

Popular The Ordinary vs Heliocare products

Questions and answers

The Ordinary or Heliocare: which is better?

The Ordinary is often a better choice for budget-friendly serums and a wide variety of skin types, while Heliocare is more specialized for sun protection.

What is the difference between The Ordinary and Heliocare?

The Ordinary offers a large range of fragrance-free serums, toners, and moisturizers that fit dry and oily skin, while Heliocare provides a sunscreen with fragrance for skin with dark spots and acne. Lovi rates the products on this page as having a High fit for dry skin with The Ordinary, but a Low fit with Heliocare.

Which is more affordable, The Ordinary or Heliocare?

The products on this page by The Ordinary are noted for being affordable and great value serums. No comparative pricing information is available on this page for Heliocare.

Which causes fewer breakouts, The Ordinary or Heliocare?

The products on this page by The Ordinary have a High fit for acne-prone skin, while Heliocare offers a High fit with its 360° Gel Oil-Free SPF 50+ for acne-prone skin.

Do any products from The Ordinary or Heliocare contain added fragrance?

The products on this page from The Ordinary list no fragrance in their ingredients, while Heliocare includes fragrance in its 360° Gel Oil-Free SPF 50+.

Which brand has been on the market longer and where was it founded?

Heliocare has been on the market longer, having been founded in Spain in 2001, whereas The Ordinary was founded in Canada in 2016.

How many total products are listed for Heliocare compared to The Ordinary on the page?

The products on this page include only one item from Heliocare, while The Ordinary offers 33 different products.

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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