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Minimalist vs Yepoda

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Minimalist and Yepoda are two 2020 skincare brands offering distinct approaches to daily routines. The Indian brand, owned by Unilever PLC since 2025, focuses on sunscreens, moisturizers, and cleansers that suit combination and oily acne-prone skin best. Meanwhile, the German brand, owned by Verlinvest since 2026, is widely loved for its thoughtful cleansers and serums that suit those seeking gentle yet effective daily care. Both differ primarily in their product types, key ingredients, and targeted skin types.

Minimalist is an Indian skincare brand founded in 2020 and owned by Unilever PLC since 2025.

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Yepoda is a German skincare brand founded in 2020 and owned by Verlinvest since 2026.

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

Popular Minimalist vs Yepoda products

Questions and answers

Minimalist or Yepoda: which is better?

Minimalist has a High Lovi fit for dry skin, while Yepoda's products on this page get a Caution fit level for dry skin. Both brands list no fragrance in their products on this page.

What is the difference between Minimalist and Yepoda?

Minimalist offers a wider range of products on this page with High to Superior Lovi fits for combination and acne-prone skin, whereas Yepoda features fewer products including the Repair Hero serum which achieves a Superior fit for acne-prone skin.

Which is more affordable, Minimalist or Yepoda?

This public Lovi page does not provide pricing information for either Minimalist or Yepoda, so affordability cannot be compared here.

How do the founding years and home countries of Minimalist and Yepoda compare?

Minimalist was founded in 2020 in India, and Yepoda was also founded in 2020, but in Germany.

Which brand's products contain no fragrance according to the page ingredients?

Every product on this page for both Minimalist and Yepoda lists no fragrance in its ingredients.

What is the Lovi fit level of the Minimalist SPF 50 Sunscreen for dry sensitive skin?

Lovi rates the Minimalist SPF 50 Sunscreen as having a High fit level for dry sensitive skin. The products on this page list no fragrance in their 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. Sof铆a Perea P茅rez, MD, MSc

    Dr. Sof铆a Perea P茅rez, 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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