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Kiehl's vs Sand & Sky

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Kiehl's and Sand & Sky are skincare brands that offer distinct approaches to daily routines, with Kiehl's known for nourishing moisturizers, targeted serums, soothing toners, and gentle eye products utilizing dependable ingredients like glycerin and squalane, while Sand & Sky is beloved for its purifying masks and targeted formulas. The former suits mature skin and sensitive skin best because of gentle formulations and barrier-supporting properties, whereas the latter suits combination, oily, and acne-prone skin best through botanical ingredients that gently clarify and balance the complexion. Ultimately, these brands differ in their core active elements and ideal skin types, offering tailored solutions for varied complexion goals.

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 Sand & Sky products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.

Popular Kiehl's vs Sand & Sky products

Questions and answers

Kiehl's or Sand & Sky: which is better?

Kiehl's offers a much wider range of skincare products across various categories, whereas Sand & Sky only features a single mask on this page. Kiehl's products on this page achieve high to superior Lovi fit levels for several skin types, including sensitive skin and mature skin.

What is the difference between Kiehl's and Sand & Sky?

Kiehl's offers a wide range of twenty-eight skincare products featuring mostly fragrance-free formulas, whereas Sand & Sky has a single face mask on this page that includes fragrance. Kiehl's products on this page show a High fit level for mature skin, sensitive skin, and skin with dark spots, while Sand & Sky's mask has a Low fit level for mature skin and skin with dark spots.

Which is more affordable, Kiehl's or Sand & Sky?

Reviewers note that Kiehl's has a high price point, while affordability is not mentioned for Sand & Sky on this page.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Kiehl's or Sand & Sky?

Sand & Sky has only one product on this page, which has a high fit for acne-prone skin, whereas reviewers frequently mention that Kiehl's causes breakouts and skin irritation.

Which brand offers a wider variety of products, Kiehl's or Sand & Sky?

Kiehl's offers a much wider variety of products on this page, featuring twenty-eight items across cleansers, toners, serums, and moisturizers, whereas Sand & Sky includes only one product.

How do the founding years and parent companies of Kiehl's and Sand & Sky compare?

Kiehl's was founded in 1851 in the United States and has been owned by L'Oréal S.A. since 2000. In comparison, Sand & Sky was founded much later in 2017 and is owned by Excite Foundry Ltd.

Do both Kiehl's and Sand & Sky offer products that contain fragrance?

Yes, both Kiehl's and Sand & Sky offer products that contain fragrance. Kiehl's includes fragrance in a small number of its formulations, while Sand & Sky features fragrance in its Australian Pink Clay Porefining Face Mask.

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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