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The INKEY List vs Blume

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

The INKEY List and Blume are two accessible skincare brands founded in 2018. The British brand features moisturizers, serums, toners, and eye products built around glycerin, suiting combination and sensitive skin best, with standout items like the PHA Toner and Azelaic Acid Serum. Meanwhile, the Canadian brand is widely loved for its nourishing moisturizers and thoughtful formulas, which suit sensitive, acne-prone, and dry skin best with options like the Meltdown Gel Cream. While both brands support a balanced and healthy complexion, they differ in their specific ingredient focuses and regional origins.

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 INKEY List offers a much wider variety of products on this page than Blume, covering multiple skin types with favorable Lovi fit levels such as combination, sensitive, and oily acne-prone skin. Both brands formulate every product on this page with no fragrance in its ingredients.

What is the difference between The INKEY List and Blume?

The INKEY List offers a wide variety of 16 skincare products on this page suited for combination, sensitive, and oily acne-prone skin, while Blume features only a single moisturizer. Both brands list no fragrance across their products.

The INKEY List or Blume: which moisturizer is better?

The INKEY List offers a wide variety of moisturizers on this page that generally achieve High fit levels for dry skin, such as the Omega Water Cream and Polyglutamic Acid Serum. Blume provides the Meltdown Gel Cream, which also achieves a High fit for dry skin. Reviewers often mention that the moisturizers from The INKEY List are affordable, hydrating, and lightweight.

Which is more affordable, The INKEY List or Blume?

The INKEY List is more affordable, as the products on this page feature affordable moisturizers and serums according to reviewers.

Which causes fewer breakouts, The INKEY List or Blume?

Blume features only one product on this page, Meltdown Gel Cream, which has a high fit for acne-prone skin, whereas the products on this page from The INKEY List range from Low to Superior fits for acne-prone skin and sometimes note purging and breakouts.

Where were The INKEY List and Blume founded, and who owns them?

The INKEY List was founded in 2018 in the United Kingdom and is owned by Brand Evangelists for Beauty Limited. Blume was also founded in 2018, in Canada, and is independently owned.

Which products from The INKEY List have a Superior fit for dry skin?

The products on this page from The INKEY List that have a Superior fit for dry skin are Caffeine Eye Cream, Oat Cleansing Balm, and Polyglutamic Acid Serum.

Do any products from The INKEY List or Blume contain fragrance?

Every product on this page from 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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