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Dr. Althea vs ILIA Beauty

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Dr. Althea and ILIA Beauty are respected skincare brands that offer thoughtfully crafted moisturizers, cleansers, makeup removers, and serums featuring gentle, nourishing formulas. The Korean brand is known for soothing hydration that suits dry and mature skin best, while the Canadian brand provides clean, conscious beauty suited for dry, normal, and combination skin. Although both brands feature gentle compositions, they differ in their specific offerings, with the former delivering targeted solutions for dark spots and aging alongside acne-prone skin, and the latter refining daily routines with hydrating essentials like The Base Face Milk.

Dr. Althea is a Korean skincare brand founded in 2014 and owned by The Pure Lab Co., Ltd..

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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 Dr. Althea and ILIA Beauty products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.

Popular Dr. Althea vs ILIA Beauty products

Questions and answers

Dr. Althea or ILIA Beauty: which is better?

Dr. Althea is better for most shoppers because the products on this page cover complete routines for dry, oily, and mature skin, whereas ILIA Beauty offers only a single moisturizer. Reviewers note that Dr. Althea provides gentle, soothing cleansers and hydrating moisturizers without fragrance.

What is the difference between Dr. Althea and ILIA Beauty?

Dr. Althea offers a wide range of cleansers, moisturizers, and treatments that achieve Superior or High Lovi fit levels for various skin types, whereas ILIA Beauty features only The Base Face Milk, which has an Average Lovi fit across the board.

Dr. Althea or ILIA Beauty: which moisturizer is better?

Dr. Althea offers a much better moisturizer selection on this page than ILIA Beauty, featuring items like the 345 Relief Cream which achieves a Superior Lovi fit for acne-prone skin and High fit for dry and mature skin. In contrast, ILIA Beauty only features The Base Face Milk, which receives an Average Lovi fit across all skin types.

Which is more affordable, Dr. Althea or ILIA Beauty?

Neither Dr. Althea nor ILIA Beauty is rated for affordability on this page, as price information is not included in the provided facts.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Dr. Althea or ILIA Beauty?

ILIA Beauty features only a facial milk on this page and has no breakout data listed, while Dr. Althea has products on this page with occasional breakout issues noted by reviewers. However, Dr. Althea also offers items like the 345 Relief Cream which has a Superior Lovi fit level for acne-prone skin.

Between Dr. Althea and ILIA Beauty, which brand offers more moisturizer options on this page?

Between Dr. Althea and ILIA Beauty, Dr. Althea offers more moisturizer options on this page with the 345 Relief Cream and Barrier Cream, whereas ILIA Beauty features only The Base Face Milk.

How do the founding years and countries of origin compare between Dr. Althea and ILIA Beauty?

Dr. Althea was founded in 2014 in South Korea, while ILIA Beauty started earlier in 2011 in Canada.

Do any products from either Dr. Althea or ILIA Beauty contain fragrance in their ingredients?

Every product from Dr. Althea and ILIA Beauty on this page lists no fragrance in its ingredients.

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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