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CeraVe vs ILIA Beauty

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CeraVe and ILIA Beauty are a well-regarded American skincare brand founded in 2005 and a thoughtful Canadian skincare brand founded in 2011, respectively. Skincare enthusiasts love CeraVe for its dependable moisturizers, gentle cleansers, targeted serums, protective sunscreens, and other daily formulas enriched with hyaluronic acid and glycerin, while the latter is widely loved for its thoughtful moisturizers and the nourishing nature of its formulas. The former suits mature skin and dry skin best, thanks to formulations that support moisture retention and barrier health, whereas its Canadian counterpart suits dry, normal, and combination skin best, owing to their gentle, hydrating compositions. Both differ in their specific offerings and ownership, as the American brand is owned by L'Oréal since 2017 and features targeted items like the Foaming Facial Cleanser for acne-prone skin, while the latter is owned by Famille C since 2022 and highlights products such as The Base Face Milk.

CeraVe is an American skincare brand founded in 2005 and owned by L'Oréal since 2017.

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

Popular CeraVe vs ILIA Beauty products

CeraVe vs ILIA Beauty moisturizers

Questions and answers

CeraVe or ILIA Beauty: which is better?

CeraVe has a much larger product selection on this page with high fit levels for dry, mature, and acne-prone skin, whereas ILIA Beauty offers only a single moisturizer with average fit across skin types. CeraVe formulas commonly feature ceramides and hyaluronic acid to help support the skin barrier.

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What is the difference between CeraVe and ILIA Beauty?

CeraVe offers a large variety of fragrance-free cleansers, moisturizers, and serums with key ingredients like ceramides and hyaluronic acid that fit best for mature, dry, and acne-prone skin. In contrast, ILIA Beauty features just one moisturizer on this page, The Base Face Milk, and lists no specific skin types it fits best.

CeraVe or ILIA Beauty: which moisturizer is better?

CeraVe offers a broad selection of lightweight, fragrance-free moisturizers that target multiple skin types with High and Superior fit levels, whereas ILIA Beauty features only a single moisturizer with an Average fit across all skin types.

Which is more affordable, CeraVe or ILIA Beauty?

The provided page facts and studies do not contain pricing information, so a comparison of affordability between CeraVe and ILIA Beauty cannot be made.

Which causes fewer breakouts, CeraVe or ILIA Beauty?

CeraVe has a large selection of products with High or Superior Lovi fit levels for acne-prone skin, whereas ILIA Beauty offers only average fit across its single featured moisturizer, though some reviewers note that certain CeraVe products may cause breakouts.

When was CeraVe founded compared to ILIA Beauty?

CeraVe was founded in 2005 in the United States, whereas ILIA Beauty was founded later in 2011 in Canada.

Which brand offers more product options for dry skin on this page, CeraVe or ILIA Beauty?

CeraVe offers far more product options for dry skin on this page, whereas ILIA Beauty features only one moisturizer. Reviewers often mention that CeraVe provides deep hydration across its extensive range of cleansers and moisturizers.

Do both CeraVe and ILIA Beauty offer fragrance-free products?

Yes, both CeraVe and ILIA Beauty offer products with no fragrance listed in their ingredients on this page. Every product listed for both brands is fragrance-free.

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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