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The Ordinary vs VR

Rated by Lovi · Unbiased, science-based skincare AI trained on real user outcomes · How the Fit score works

The Ordinary and VR are distinct skincare lines created for targeted daily care. The Canadian brand offers serums, moisturizers, cleansers, and toners built around hyaluronic acid, glycerin, and squalane, suiting dry and dry sensitive skin best, with specific formulas for acne-prone, dark spot, and mature skin. Conversely, the second brand is deeply appreciated for the sensory pleasure of its moisturizers and the considered design of its formulas, suiting combination, sensitive, and dry skin best with standouts like the PDRN CREAM. While both brands continually refine their offerings, they differ in ingredient focus and sensory experience.

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

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

Popular The Ordinary vs VR products

The Ordinary vs VR moisturizers

Questions and answers

The Ordinary or VR: which is better?

The Ordinary offers a much wider range of products that are fragrance-free and fits best on dry, dry sensitive, and sensitive skin, whereas VR only features a single cream on this page. Reviewers frequently note that The Ordinary provides affordable and great value serums for smoothing texture and clearing acne, though some mention sticky finishes or pilling.

What is the difference between The Ordinary and VR?

The Ordinary offers a large selection of fragrance-free products with high or superior Lovi fit levels for dry and sensitive skin types, whereas VR features only a single moisturizer with a high fit for sensitive skin. The products on this page for The Ordinary are known for affordability, texture-smoothing, and acne-clearing benefits.

The Ordinary or VR: which moisturizer is better?

The products on this page show that The Ordinary offers a much wider variety of moisturizers with High and Superior Lovi fit levels for dry and sensitive skin, whereas VR provides only a single moisturizer with an Average fit for those skin types.

Which is more affordable, The Ordinary or VR?

The products on this page from The Ordinary include affordable and great value serums, while VR offers a single moisturizer with no pricing advantages noted on this page.

Which causes fewer breakouts, The Ordinary or VR?

The products on this page from The Ordinary offer multiple options with a High or Superior Lovi fit for acne-prone and oily acne-prone skin, whereas VR features only one moisturizer with an Average Lovi fit for those skin types.

Which brand has been on the market longer, The Ordinary or VR?

The Ordinary has been on the market longer, having been founded in Canada in 2016, whereas VR was founded in 2018.

Do products from either The Ordinary or VR contain fragrance?

Every product on this page from both The Ordinary and VR lists no fragrance in its ingredients.

How does the Lovi fit level of VR's PDRN Cream compare for sensitive skin versus oily skin?

The Lovi fit level of VR's PDRN Cream is High for sensitive skin, but it is only Low for oily skin.

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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