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The Ordinary vs Pair

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The Ordinary and Pair are distinct skincare lines created to support diverse complexions through specialized formulations. The Canadian brand centers its serums, moisturizers, cleansers, and toners on hyaluronic acid, glycerin, and squalane, making both sensitive and dry sensitive skin feel nurtured. Meanwhile, the Japanese brand is beloved for targeted serums and meticulously crafted formulas like the Acne Cream W that suit acne-prone skin best. While The Ordinary emphasizes long-lasting wrinkle care, hydration, and epidermal thickness, its counterpart works harmoniously to address stubborn blemishes and restore clarity.

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

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Pair is a Japanese skincare brand founded in 2000 and owned by Lion Corporation since 2004.

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

Popular The Ordinary vs Pair products

The Ordinary vs Pair serums and treatments

Questions and answers

The Ordinary or Pair: which is better?

The Ordinary offers a much wider selection of fragrance-free products on this page across multiple skin types, while Pair features only a single acne cream with lower fit levels for sensitive and dry skin types.

What is the difference between The Ordinary and Pair?

The Ordinary offers a large range of affordable skincare products with high fit levels for sensitive, dry sensitive, and oily skin, while Pair features only a single acne treatment cream with lower fit levels for those skin types.

Which is more affordable, The Ordinary or Pair?

The products on this page from The Ordinary are often noted by reviewers as affordable and great value serums, while Pair features only a single acne cream without a prominent value rating on this page.

Which causes fewer breakouts, The Ordinary or Pair?

The Ordinary provides a much wider selection of products on this page for acne-prone skin, with several options achieving a high Lovi fit level, whereas Pair offers only one product with an average fit.

What year were The Ordinary and Pair founded, and who owns them?

The Ordinary was founded in 2016 in Canada and is owned by The Estee Lauder Companies Inc., whereas Pair was founded in 2000 in Japan and is owned by Lion Corporation.

How many products does each brand have listed on the page?

The Ordinary has 33 products on the page, while Pair has only 1 product.

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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