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The INKEY List vs Carotone

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

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

Popular The INKEY List vs Carotone products

The INKEY List vs Carotone serums and treatments

Questions and answers

The INKEY List or Carotone: which is better?

The INKEY List offers a much wider selection of products on this page compared to Carotone, with options fitting skin types like combination, sensitive, and oily acne-prone skin well. Reviewers frequently highlight its hydrating, lightweight, and affordable moisturizers and serums.

What is the difference between The INKEY List and Carotone?

The INKEY List offers a wide variety of cleansers, toners, and moisturizers that Lovi rates with high to superior fit levels for combination and sensitive skin types, whereas Carotone features just a single brightening cream with average Lovi fit levels across all skin types.

Which is more affordable, The INKEY List or Carotone?

The INKEY List features affordable moisturizers and serums among the products on this page, while Carotone has no affordable range highlights mentioned on its page.

Which causes fewer breakouts, The INKEY List or Carotone?

The products on this page by The INKEY List sometimes note purging and breakouts as a side effect, while Carotone has no noted breakout data for its brightening cream. Shoppers looking for specific skin concerns may find that Lovi rates The INKEY List with a Superior fit for acne-prone skin on items like the Caffeine Eye Cream and PHA Toner, whereas Carotone averages out at an Average fit across all skin types.

When were The INKEY List and Carotone each founded?

The INKEY List was founded in 2018 in the United Kingdom, whereas Carotone was founded in 2009.

Which company owns Carotone, and which company owns The INKEY List?

Carotone is owned by Nouvelle Parfumerie Gandour, while The INKEY List is owned by Brand Evangelists for Beauty Limited.

Do any products from either The INKEY List or Carotone contain fragrance?

Every product on this page from The INKEY List and Carotone 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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