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COSRX vs ILIA Beauty

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

COSRX and ILIA Beauty are esteemed beauty lines that elevate daily routines through targeted care. The Korean brand focuses on serums, moisturizers, cleansers, and masks featuring hyaluronic acid, glycerin, and niacinamide to suit oily and sensitive skin best, while the Canadian brand offers nourishing moisturizers tailored for dry, normal, and combination skin. Although both emphasize thoughtful formulations, they differ in their primary ingredients and ideal skin types.

COSRX is a Korean skincare brand founded in 2013 and owned by Amorepacific Group since 2024.

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ILIA Beauty is a Canadian skincare brand founded in 2011 and owned by Famille C since 2022.

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

Popular COSRX vs ILIA Beauty products

COSRX vs ILIA Beauty moisturizers

Questions and answers

COSRX or ILIA Beauty: which is better?

COSRX has a much larger product lineup that fits oily and sensitive skin best, while ILIA Beauty is represented by just one moisturizer on this page. COSRX products on this page are generally fragrance-free and feature key ingredients like hyaluronic acid and niacinamide.

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What is the difference between COSRX and ILIA Beauty?

COSRX offers a wide range of skincare products that Lovi rates as Superior or High for oily, sensitive, and dry sensitive skin, whereas ILIA Beauty currently features just one moisturizer on this page with Average Lovi fit levels across all skin types.

COSRX or ILIA Beauty: which moisturizer is better?

COSRX offers many moisturizers with high Lovi fit levels across skin types, such as the Advanced Snail 96 Mucin Power Essence which achieves a Superior fit for dry, sensitive, and oily acne-prone skin. In contrast, ILIA Beauty features only one moisturizer on this page, The Base Face Milk, which rates an Average fit across all skin types.

Which is more affordable, COSRX or ILIA Beauty?

The products on this page do not provide pricing information to determine whether COSRX or ILIA Beauty is more affordable.

Which causes fewer breakouts, COSRX or ILIA Beauty?

COSRX includes products on this page with High or Superior Lovi fit levels for acne-prone skin, whereas ILIA Beauty features only a single moisturizer with an Average fit.

Between COSRX and ILIA Beauty, which company has been around longer and where were they founded?

ILIA Beauty has been around slightly longer, having been founded in Canada in 2011, whereas COSRX was founded in South Korea in 2013.

How do the fragrance-free product offerings compare between COSRX and ILIA Beauty based on the provided facts?

COSRX offers 37 fragrance-free products alongside one fragranced sunscreen, while ILIA Beauty provides solely fragrance-free products on the page.

Which brand offers a wider variety of skincare products on this page, COSRX or ILIA Beauty?

COSRX offers a much wider variety of skincare products on this page, featuring dozens of items across categories like cleansers, moisturizers, serums, and sunscreens, whereas ILIA Beauty includes only a single product. Lovi rates COSRX as a Superior fit for oily, sensitive, and dry sensitive skin types.

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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