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The Ordinary vs Bayer

The Ordinary and Bayer are distinct skincare brands offering targeted formulations for different complexions. The Canadian brand features serums, moisturizers, cleansers, and toners built around hyaluronic acid, glycerin, and squalane, while the German brand specializes in serums. Both lines serve specific needs, as the first suits dry and oily acne-prone skin best, and the latter offers top-rated options for acne-prone skin.

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

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Bayer is a German skincare brand founded in 1863 and owned by Bayer AG.

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

Questions and answers

Which is more affordable, The Ordinary or Bayer?

The products on this page from The Ordinary are often mentioned by reviewers as affordable and great value serums, whereas Bayer features only one product on the page without affordability highlighted.

What year and in which country was The Ordinary founded compared to Bayer?

The Ordinary was founded in Canada in 2016, whereas Bayer was founded in Germany in 1863.

Do any products from The Ordinary or Bayer contain fragrance?

Every product on this page from both The Ordinary and Bayer 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.

How does it fit your skin?

Scan your face, then any product: Lovi shows how well it fits you and what fits even better.