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Kiehl's vs Valmont

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Kiehl's and Valmont are skincare brands that offer nourishing moisturizers, targeted serums, soothing toners, and gentle eye products. Kiehl's is an American brand founded in 1851, while Valmont is a Swiss brand founded in 1985. Both suit mature skin best, though the American brand also suits sensitive skin and the Swiss brand suits dehydrated skin. The American brand relies on glycerin and squalane, whereas the Swiss brand is known for refined formulas and lasting comfort.

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

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Valmont is a Swiss skincare brand founded in 1985.

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

Popular Kiehl's vs Valmont products

Kiehl's vs Valmont moisturizers

Questions and answers

Kiehl's or Valmont: which is better?

Kiehl's offers a much wider variety of products on this page compared to Valmont, featuring options that achieve a Superior fit for specific skin types like oily and sensitive skin.

What is the difference between Kiehl's and Valmont?

Kiehl's is an American brand founded in 1851 with a large selection of products on this page fitting mature skin, sensitive skin, and skin with dark spots best, whereas Valmont is a Swiss brand founded in 1985 with only one product featured on this page.

Kiehl's or Valmont: which moisturizer is better?

When comparing moisturizers, Kiehl's offers a much wider variety of options with varying fit levels for different skin types, whereas Valmont features only a single moisturizer on this page, the Prime Renewing Pack, which has a High fit for mature skin and dry sensitive skin.

Which is more affordable, Kiehl's or Valmont?

Reviewers often note that Kiehl's has a high price point, while Valmont has only one product on this page, Prime Renewing Pack, and information about its affordability is not available.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Kiehl's or Valmont?

Valmont features a single product on this page, Prime Renewing Pack, which has an Average Lovi fit level for acne-prone skin, whereas Kiehl's offers multiple options with High fits, such as Ultra Facial Oil-Free Gel Cream, meaning Kiehl's provides a wider range tailored for breakouts while Valmont maintains a more limited selection.

Which brand offers a wider product selection on the page, Kiehl's or Valmont?

Kiehl's offers a much wider product selection on the page with 28 products, whereas Valmont has only 1 product.

How do the founding years and origins of Kiehl's and Valmont compare?

Kiehl's was founded in 1851 in the United States, whereas Valmont was founded in 1985 in Switzerland.

Which brand has products that include fragrance according to the page details?

According to the products on this page, both Kiehl's and Valmont include fragrance in some of their formulations. Specifically, Kiehl's features fragrance in 2 out of 28 products, while Valmont includes fragrance in its sole listed product.

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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