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Clinique vs MAËLYS

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

Clinique and MAËLYS are established skincare brands offering distinct approaches to daily care. The American brand founded in 1968 provides a thoughtful range of moisturizers, serums, makeup removers, and eye products combining hyaluronic acid, glycerin, and caffeine, while the second label is loved for targeted serums and advanced formulas. Clinique suits dry skin and oily skin best, whereas its counterpart suits all skin types best. They differ primarily in their specialized solutions, with the first brand featuring offerings like the Clarifying Do-Over Peel, for Men Oil-Free Moisturizer, and Smart Clinical Repair Lifting Face + Neck Cream, and the second brand delivering specialized care through options such as the TOO-FINE and the RE-LURE Tight & Tone Body Serum.

Clinique is an American skincare brand founded in 1968 and owned by The Estée Lauder Companies Inc..

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

Popular Clinique vs MAËLYS products

Questions and answers

Clinique or MAËLYS: which is better?

Clinique is the better choice on this page, offering a broad range of fragrance-free moisturizers, cleansers, and treatments with high Lovi fit levels for dry, oily, and combination skin. MAËLYS features only two products on this page, both showing low Lovi fit levels across most skin types.

What is the difference between Clinique and MAËLYS?

Clinique features a wide range of fragrance-free moisturizers, cleansers, and serums that fit dry, oily, and combination skin best. MAËLYS offers just two specialized body and face products on this page with lower fit levels.

Which is more affordable, Clinique or MAËLYS?

Reviewers frequently note that Clinique has a high price point, but the page provides no pricing or affordability information for MAËLYS to compare the two brands.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Clinique or MAËLYS?

Clinique features products on this page that reviewers sometimes note cause breakouts, whereas MAËLYS has no such mentions.

Which brand has been around longer, Clinique or MAËLYS?

Clinique has been around much longer, having been founded in 1968 in the United States, whereas MAËLYS was founded in 2017.

Do both Clinique and MAËLYS offer fragrance-free products according to their ingredient lists?

Yes, both brands offer fragrance-free options as every product listed for Clinique and one of the two products on the MAËLYS page contain no fragrance.

Which company owns Clinique versus MAËLYS?

Clinique is owned by The Estée Lauder Companies Inc., whereas MAËLYS is owned by Barinboim Group.

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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