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No7 vs Blue Lizard

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No7 and Blue Lizard are distinct skincare brands with dedicated followings, offering products built around vitamin c, shea butter, and hyaluronic acid, alongside thoughtful mineral sunscreens. The British brand, founded in 1935, features serums, eye products, moisturizers, and sunscreens that suit mature and dry skin best. Meanwhile, the second brand is widely loved for reliable formulas and gentle mineral sunscreens that suit sensitive skin best. They differ primarily in their core formulations and target skin types, with both providing effective standout options for specific concerns.

No7 is a British skincare brand founded in 1935 and owned by Sycamore Partners since 2025.

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This page compares some of the most popular No7 and Blue Lizard products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.

Popular No7 vs Blue Lizard products

Questions and answers

No7 or Blue Lizard: which is better?

No7 and Blue Lizard serve different purposes, as No7 focuses heavily on anti-aging serums and moisturizers containing ingredients like retinol and niacinamide, while Blue Lizard provides a single mineral sunscreen rated as Superior for sensitive and dry sensitive skin on this page. No7 products help improve skin texture and firmness, though some reviewers mention skin irritation and dryness.

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What is the difference between No7 and Blue Lizard?

No7 offers a wide range of serums, creams, and sunscreens featuring key ingredients like retinol and vitamin C that target mature and dry skin, whereas Blue Lizard focuses on mineral sunscreen with a Superior Lovi fit for sensitive and dry sensitive skin.

No7 or Blue Lizard: which sunscreen is better?

For sunscreen options on these pages, No7 offers products like the Protect & Perfect Intense Advanced Day Cream which has a High Lovi fit for mature skin, skin with dark spots, dry skin, sensitive skin, and dry sensitive skin. Meanwhile, Blue Lizard provides the Sensitive Mineral Sunscreen SPF 50+, which achieves a Superior Lovi fit specifically for sensitive and dry sensitive skin.

Which is more affordable, No7 or Blue Lizard?

This page does not provide pricing information to compare the affordability of No7 and Blue Lizard.

Which causes fewer breakouts, No7 or Blue Lizard?

Blue Lizard is unlikely to cause breakouts because the sensitive mineral sunscreen on this page has a High Lovi fit for acne-prone skin and no fragrance. No7 has a mix of average to high fit levels for acne-prone skin across its products on this page, and some of them may cause skin irritation or heavy texture complaints.

Which brand has a wider variety of product types, No7 or Blue Lizard?

No7 has a much wider variety of product types on this page, featuring serums, eye creams, moisturizers, exfoliants, and sunscreens, whereas Blue Lizard offers only a sensitive mineral sunscreen. Reviewers often mention that No7 helps improve skin feel and texture while providing deep hydration.

Between No7 and Blue Lizard, which brand offers fragrance-free options?

Both No7 and Blue Lizard offer fragrance-free options, as Blue Lizard lists no fragrance in every product on this page, and 10 of the 13 No7 products on this page also list no fragrance.

Which company has been around longer, No7 or Blue Lizard?

No7 has been around longer, having been founded in 1935 in the United Kingdom compared to Blue Lizard, which was founded in 1995.

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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