Comparisons
Head-to-head on the brands men actually choose between.
CeraVe against the drugstore
CeraVe is the default recommendation, so the useful question is what beats it and where. Mostly it holds — but not for occlusion, and not always on scent.
CeraVe
from $12.99
Cetaphil
from $10.99
CeraVe vs Cetaphil→
CeraVe
from $12.99
Eucerin
from $9.89
CeraVe vs Eucerin→
CeraVe
from $12.99
Aveeno
from $9.97
CeraVe vs Aveeno→
CeraVe
from $12.99
Aquaphor
from $10.49
CeraVe vs Aquaphor→
CeraVe
from $12.99
Vanicream
from $9.97
CeraVe vs Vanicream→
CeraVe
from $12.99
La Roche-Posay
from $16.99
CeraVe vs La Roche-Posay→
CeraVe
from $12.99
Neutrogena
from $7.97
CeraVe vs Neutrogena→
The Ordinary against the other budget actives
Same molecules, different prices and very different amounts of hand-holding. These settle whether you're paying for the ingredient or the instructions.
The Ordinary
from $6.00
CeraVe
from $12.99
The Ordinary vs CeraVe→
The Ordinary
from $6.00
The INKEY List
from $13.00
The Ordinary vs The INKEY List→
The Ordinary
from $6.00
Naturium
from $16.99
The Ordinary vs Naturium→
The Ordinary
from $6.00
Good Molecules
from $5.93
The Ordinary vs Good Molecules→
The Ordinary
from $6.00
La Roche-Posay
from $16.99
The Ordinary vs La Roche-Posay→
Everything else
Premium exfoliants, and the two men's brands on every drugstore shelf.
Still not sure?
Most of these end in “it depends on your skin”, which is true and unhelpful on its own. If you’d rather skip the reading, the Routine Builder asks five questions and names the products. Or start from the full guides if you want the category roundups instead of head-to-heads.