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RoC vs ILIA Beauty

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RoC and ILIA Beauty are a French skincare brand founded in 1957 and a Canadian skincare brand founded in 2011, respectively. The French brand is known for its expert serums, eye products, moisturizers, and cleansers enriched with glycerin and retinol, making it best suited for mature and dry skin, while the Canadian brand is celebrated for its thoughtful moisturizers and nourishing formulas that suit dry, normal, and combination skin. While the former brand targets aging, dryness, and dark spots with products like the Barrier Renew Gel-to-Foam Cleanser, Retinol Correxion Line Smoothing Max Hydration Cream, and Multi Correxion Hydrate + Plump Eye Cream, the latter brand refines daily routines through clean, conscious beauty and offers options like The Base Face Milk for acne-prone skin. These brands differ fundamentally in their ingredient focus and heritage, with the first utilizing glycerin and retinol to improve hydration and reduce wrinkles, and the second emphasizing gentle, hydrating compositions.

RoC is a French skincare brand founded in 1957 and owned by Bridgepoint Group plc since 2024.

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

Popular RoC vs ILIA Beauty products

Questions and answers

RoC or ILIA Beauty: which is better?

RoC stands out for mature skin, dry skin, and skin with dark spots, backed by a range of 12 products that feature key ingredients like retinol and vitamin C. In contrast, ILIA Beauty lists only one product on this page with average fit across all skin types.

What is the difference between RoC and ILIA Beauty?

RoC features a wide range of products with key ingredients like retinol and vitamin C that help reduce wrinkles and improve skin radiance, whereas ILIA Beauty is represented on this page by just a single moisturizer, The Base Face Milk, with no fragrance listed across its products.

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RoC or ILIA Beauty: which moisturizer is better?

RoC moisturizer is a better choice for mature, dry, and dark spot-prone skin, as Lovi rates its formulas with High fit levels for those skin types, whereas the ILIA Beauty moisturizer on this page receives an Average fit level across all skin types.

Which is more affordable, RoC or ILIA Beauty?

Reviewers on this page sometimes note that RoC offers good value, while the products on this page for ILIA Beauty do not have specific pricing feedback mentioned.

Which causes fewer breakouts, RoC or ILIA Beauty?

Neither brand can be singled out as causing fewer breakouts because the products on this page are mostly focused on anti-aging, hydration, and cleansing rather than acne treatment, though RoC includes options with a High Lovi fit for acne-prone skin.

How do the founding years and current parent companies of RoC and ILIA Beauty compare?

RoC was founded in 1957 in France and is owned by Bridgepoint Group plc, whereas ILIA Beauty was founded in 2011 in Canada and is owned by Famille C.

Which RoC products contain fragrance, and do any ILIA Beauty products contain fragrance?

On the RoC page, Retinol Correxion Deep Wrinkle Serum and Multi Correxion Revive + Glow Daily Serum contain fragrance. By contrast, every ILIA Beauty product on this page lists no fragrance in its ingredients.

What are the main key ingredients found across RoC skincare products?

The main key ingredients found across the products on this page for RoC include glycerin, retinol, vitamin C, and hyaluronic acid. Topical retinol helps stimulate collagen accumulation in naturally aged human skin.

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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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