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Kiehl's vs grace & stella

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Kiehl's and grace & stella are two distinct skincare lines offering varied approaches to daily routine maintenance. Kiehl's is known for its nourishing moisturizers, targeted serums, soothing toners, and gentle eye products utilizing dependable ingredients like glycerin and squalane, whereas grace & stella is loved for its nourishing eye products and moisturizers featuring carefully crafted formulas designed for daily self-care. The former suits mature skin and sensitive skin best because of gentle formulations and barrier-supporting properties, while the latter suits all skin types best, offering gentle hydration and restorative care. Ultimately, both differ primarily in their founding heritage and specialized ingredient focus, with the American brand emphasizing targeted scientific extracts and the Canadian brand focusing on accessible self-care.

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

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grace & stella is a Canadian skincare brand founded in 2016 and owned by Gravitiq since 2022.

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

Popular Kiehl's vs grace & stella products

Questions and answers

Kiehl's or grace & stella: which is better?

Kiehl's offers a much wider range of products on this page with Superior to High Lovi fit levels across most skin types, compared to grace & stella which features only two products.

What is the difference between Kiehl's and grace & stella?

Kiehl's is a larger, long-standing brand established in the United States in 1851 with a wide selection of products on this page best fitting mature skin, sensitive skin, and skin with dark spots, whereas grace & stella is a newer Canadian brand founded in 2016 offering just a couple of targeted items like an Under Eye Mask and Hyaluronic Acid Serum.

Kiehl's or grace & stella: which moisturizer is better?

For moisturizers, Kiehl's offers a wide range with varying results, achieving a Superior fit for dry skin with its Hydro-Plumping Serum Concentrate. Meanwhile, grace & stella provides the Hyaluronic Acid Serum, which has a High fit for dry and dry sensitive skin.

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Which is more affordable, Kiehl's or grace & stella?

Reviews often mention Kiehl's as having a high price point, while grace & stella offers products on this page with lower pricing.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Kiehl's or grace & stella?

grace & stella has a higher fit level for acne-prone skin with its Under Eye Mask, whereas several Kiehl's products on this page have low fit levels or warnings for acne-prone and oily skin types.

Which brand has been around longer, Kiehl's or grace & stella?

Kiehl's has been around much longer than grace & stella, having been founded in 1851 in the United States.

Do any products from Kiehl's contain fragrance, and does grace & stella have fragrance-free options?

Yes, 2 of the 28 products on this page from Kiehl's contain fragrance, while every product on this page from grace & stella lists no fragrance.

How many total products are listed on the comparison page for Kiehl's versus grace & stella?

Kiehl's features 28 products on this page, while grace & stella lists 2 products.

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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