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The Ordinary vs Menarini

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

The Ordinary and Menarini are distinct skincare brands offering specialized care through serums, moisturizers, cleansers, toners, and advanced formulas. The Canadian brand features hyaluronic acid, glycerin, and squalane to reduce wrinkles, increase hydration, and support collagen, while the latter is beloved for thoughtful compositions. Both suit sensitive and dry skin best, alongside combination skin, with tailored solutions for acne, dark spots, and aging. They differ primarily in their specific active ingredients and product lineages.

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

Popular The Ordinary vs Menarini products

The Ordinary vs Menarini serums and treatments

Questions and answers

The Ordinary or Menarini: which is better?

The Ordinary offers a much wider range of products that suit sensitive, dry sensitive, and oily skin, while Menarini features just one specialized gel. Lovi rates the products on this page as having generally high compatibility for the skin types they target.

What is the difference between The Ordinary and Menarini?

The Ordinary offers a large range of products featuring diverse ingredients like hyaluronic acid and squalane, while Menarini features just one product on this page, A-Ret Gel. Lovi rates The Ordinary as a high fit for sensitive, dry sensitive, and oily skin types, whereas Menarini has no listed brand-focused routines on this page.

Which is more affordable, The Ordinary or Menarini?

The products on this page from The Ordinary include affordable and great value serums, whereas Menarini features only one product and no pricing information is provided.

How do the founding years and corporate ownerships of The Ordinary and Menarini compare?

The Ordinary was founded in Canada in 2016 and is owned by The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. In comparison, Menarini was founded in 1886 and is owned by the Menarini Group.

Which brand offers a wider range of products for dry skin according to the Lovi fit levels?

The Ordinary offers a wider range of products for dry skin on this page, including multiple options with a Superior fit level like Natural Moisturizing Factors + HA and Glycolipid Cream Cleanser. In contrast, Menarini features only one product on this page, which is not recommended for dry skin.

What are the main skin types that The Ordinary is reported to fit best based on its brand-focused routines?

Based on its brand-focused routines, Lovi reports that The Ordinary fits sensitive skin, dry sensitive skin, and oily skin best.

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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