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The Ordinary vs FANCL

The Ordinary and FANCL are distinct skincare labels offering dedicated daily solutions. The Canadian line focuses on serums, moisturizers, cleansers, and toners built around hyaluronic acid, glycerin, and squalane, suiting dry and oily acne-prone skin best. Meanwhile, the Japanese brand is loved for its thoughtful makeup removers and gentle exfoliants crafted from pure, effective formulas that suit sensitive, dry, and normal skin types. While both provide reliable care, they differ in their formulation approaches and targeted skin concerns.

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

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FANCL is a Japanese skincare brand founded in 1980 and owned by Kirin Holdings Company, Limited since 2024.

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

Questions and answers

The Ordinary or FANCL: which is better?

The Ordinary offers a much wider range of products that Lovi rates as a Superior or High fit for dry skin, oily acne-prone skin, and mature skin. The products on this page help hydrate and soothe skin without added fragrance.

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What is the difference between The Ordinary and FANCL?

The Ordinary offers a large range of specialized serums, toners, and moisturizers that Lovi rates high for dry skin, oily acne-prone skin, and mature skin. FANCL features a smaller selection of two fragrance-free cleansers that Lovi rates superior for dry and sensitive skin types.

Which is more affordable, The Ordinary or FANCL?

The products on this page from The Ordinary include affordable and great value serums among their praised benefits. FANCL is not noted for affordability on this page.

How does the founding year and country of origin compare between The Ordinary and FANCL?

The Ordinary was founded in Canada in 2016, while FANCL was founded in Japan in 1980.

Which brand offers more products for dry skin according to the provided fit levels?

The Ordinary offers significantly more products for dry skin on this page, with numerous options achieving High or Superior Lovi fit levels.

Do any products from either The Ordinary or FANCL contain fragrance in their ingredients?

No, every product on this page from both The Ordinary and FANCL 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.