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Kiehl's vs Blue Lizard

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Kiehl's and Blue Lizard are skincare lines featuring nourishing formulations and reliable formulas. The American brand offers moisturizers, serums, toners, eye products, and more with glycerin and squalane, while the other brand is widely loved for thoughtful mineral sunscreens. Both suit sensitive skin best, though the first also suits dry skin, and the former differs by offering a broader array of products like the Calendula Herbal-Extract Toner, the Calendula Deep Cleansing Foaming Face Wash, and the Ultra Facial Toner, whereas the latter focuses on effective sun protection with items like the Sensitive Mineral Sunscreen SPF 50+.

Kiehl's is an American skincare brand founded in 1851 and owned by L'Oréal S.A. since 2000.

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

Popular Kiehl's vs Blue Lizard products

Questions and answers

Kiehl's or Blue Lizard: which is better?

Lovi rates Blue Lizard as Superior for sensitive and dry sensitive skin on this page, while Kiehl's fits a wider range of skin types and concerns with many products containing no fragrance. Retinol helps stimulate collagen accumulation in naturally aged skin.

The Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 2000

What is the difference between Kiehl's and Blue Lizard?

Kiehl's offers a wide range of cleansers, serums, and moisturizers that Lovi rates best for dry, sensitive, and mature skin, whereas Blue Lizard features a specialized mineral sunscreen that Lovi rates as a superior fit for sensitive and dry sensitive skin. The products on this page for both brands are fragrance-free, except for two Kiehl's moisturizers.

Kiehl's or Blue Lizard: which sunscreen is better?

For sunscreen, Blue Lizard Sensitive Mineral Sunscreen SPF 50+ achieves a Superior Lovi fit level for sensitive and dry sensitive skin, while Kiehl's Better Screen UV Serum reaches a High fit level for those skin types.

Which is more affordable, Kiehl's or Blue Lizard?

Reviews often mention that Kiehl's has a high price point, while information for Blue Lizard's pricing is not available on this page.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Kiehl's or Blue Lizard?

Blue Lizard is unlikely to cause breakouts because its mineral sunscreen on this page has a High Lovi fit for acne-prone skin, whereas Kiehl's reviewers often mention that the brand's products cause breakouts and skin irritation.

How do the founding years and current parent companies of Kiehl's and Blue Lizard compare?

Kiehl's was founded in 1851 in the United States and has been owned by L'Oréal S.A. since 2000, whereas Blue Lizard was founded in 1995 and is owned by Hildred Capital Management.

Which brand offers fragrance-free products across its entire page lineup, Kiehl's or Blue Lizard?

Blue Lizard offers fragrance-free products across its entire page lineup, whereas Kiehl's includes fragrance in two of the products on this page.

What is the Lovi fit level of Blue Lizard's Sensitive Mineral Sunscreen SPF 50+ for sensitive skin compared to Kiehl's sunscreen products?

Blue Lizard's Sensitive Mineral Sunscreen SPF 50+ achieves a Superior Lovi fit level for sensitive skin. In comparison, Kiehl's Better Screen UV Serum achieves a High Lovi fit level for sensitive 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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