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The INKEY List vs Blume

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The INKEY List and Blume are two accessible skincare lines founded in 2018, each offering distinct approaches to daily care. The British brand features glycerin-rich moisturizers, serums, toners, and eye products that suit sensitive and combination skin best, with targeted options like the PHA Toner, Azelaic Acid Serum, and Ceramide Moisturizer. Meanwhile, the Canadian brand is widely loved for nourishing moisturizers and thoughtful formulas, such as the Meltdown Gel Cream, that support a balanced complexion for sensitive, acne-prone, and dry skin. While both companies prioritize gentle care, they differ in their signature ingredients and specific formulations tailored to diverse skin concerns.

The INKEY List is a British skincare brand founded in 2018 and owned by Brand Evangelists for Beauty Limited.

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Blume is a Canadian skincare brand founded in 2018.

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

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The INKEY List vs Blume moisturizers

Questions and answers

The INKEY List or Blume: which is better?

The INKEY List offers a much wider range of products on this page and fits sensitive, combination, and acne-prone skin best, whereas Blume provides just one moisturizer, the Meltdown Gel Cream. Both brands feature no fragrance across the products on this page.

What is the difference between The INKEY List and Blume?

The INKEY List offers a large selection of products on this page fitting sensitive, combination, and acne-prone skin, whereas Blume features only a single moisturizer with High fits for acne-prone, oily, and dry skin types.

The INKEY List or Blume: which moisturizer is better?

The products on this page for The INKEY List include multiple hydrating moisturizers with high Lovi fit levels for dry and sensitive skin, whereas Blume features the Meltdown Gel Cream with a high fit for acne-prone skin.

Which is more affordable, The INKEY List or Blume?

The INKEY List offers affordable moisturizers and affordable serums among the products on this page, whereas Blume's pricing is not highlighted with affordability notes.

Which causes fewer breakouts, The INKEY List or Blume?

Both The INKEY List and Blume offer options for breakout-prone skin, though the products on this page for The INKEY List include some users noting occasional purging and breakouts. Blume features Meltdown Gel Cream, which has a High fit for acne-prone skin.

When and where were The INKEY List and Blume founded?

The INKEY List was founded in 2018 in the United Kingdom, and Blume was founded in 2018 in Canada.

How many products are listed for The INKEY List compared to Blume?

The INKEY List features 16 products on the products on this page, while Blume lists only one.

Which brand offers products containing glycerin?

The INKEY List offers products containing glycerin, as it is a key ingredient across the products on this page.

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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