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MAC vs Noche Y Dia

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

MAC and Noche Y Dia are established beauty brands offering thoughtful skincare essentials for daily maintenance. The Canadian brand, founded in 1984, features reliable moisturizers and makeup removers suited best for balanced skin, while the Spanish brand, founded in 1965, offers targeted serums and balanced formulas suited best for dry, mature, and combination skin types. Both brands deliver gentle and effective care through carefully balanced ingredients, including Vitamin C in Noche Y Dia formulations and mineral and cleansing components in MAC products. They differ primarily in their primary skin type focus, with the former centering on balanced complexions and the latter addressing dry, mature, and combination needs.

MAC is a Canadian skincare brand founded in 1984 and owned by The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. since 1994.

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Noche Y Dia is a Spanish skincare brand founded in 1965 and owned by Laboratorios Ximart S.A..

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

Popular MAC vs Noche Y Dia products

Questions and answers

MAC or Noche Y Dia: which is better?

Neither brand is universally better, as Noche Y Dia has fragrance-free formulas while MAC offers popular lightweight moisturizers and makeup primers. For skin with dark spots, Noche Y Dia Vitamin C Serum has a High Lovi fit level, whereas the products on this page for MAC feature Average fits for that skin type.

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What is the difference between MAC and Noche Y Dia?

MAC offers a variety of makeup removers and moisturizers with fragrance, whereas Noche Y Dia features a fragrance-free Vitamin C Serum that Lovi rates as High for dark spots and mature skin. Reviewers often mention that MAC products have a high price point and strong fragrance.

Which is more affordable, MAC or Noche Y Dia?

Reviewers note that MAC products on this page have a high price point, whereas Noche Y Dia has no such pricing complaints.

Which causes fewer breakouts, MAC or Noche Y Dia?

Both brands offer products on this page that have an Average fit level for acne-prone skin. Reviewers often mention that MAC products contain a strong fragrance, which may cause sensitivity, whereas Noche Y Dia lists no fragrance in its products.

Which brand uses fragrance in all of its products listed on the page?

MAC uses fragrance in all of the products on this page.

Which company has been in business longer, the one founded in Canada or the one founded in Spain?

Noche Y Dia has been in business longer because it was founded in Spain in 1965, whereas the Canadian company MAC was founded in 1984.

Which brand offers a makeup remover, and what is its Lovi fit level for dry sensitive skin?

MAC offers a makeup remover on this page, the Hyper Real Fresh Canvas Cleansing Oil, which has a High Lovi fit level for dry sensitive skin.

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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