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Kiehl's vs ELIDEL

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Kiehl's and ELIDEL are distinct skincare brands that offer thoughtfully crafted preparations for daily maintenance. The American label is known for dependable moisturizers, serums, toners, and eye products featuring nourishing glycerin and squalane, while the Swiss maker is beloved for gentle moisturizers and soothing formulas. The former suits mature skin and skin with dark spots best, whereas the latter suits sensitive and dry skin best. They differ primarily in their core formulations, with the former incorporating barrier-restoring ingredients and the latter focusing on sensitive maintenance.

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

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ELIDEL is a Swiss skincare brand founded in 2001 and owned by Viatris Inc. since 2016.

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

Popular Kiehl's vs ELIDEL products

Kiehl's vs ELIDEL moisturizers

Questions and answers

Kiehl's or ELIDEL: which is better?

Kiehl's offers a much wider selection of products on this page compared to ELIDEL, which features only a single pimecrolimus moisturizer. Lovi rates Kiehl's best for mature skin, skin with dark spots, and combination skin.

What is the difference between Kiehl's and ELIDEL?

Kiehl's offers a wide variety of skincare ranges including cleansers, serums, and moisturizers that fit mature skin, skin with dark spots, and combination skin, whereas ELIDEL features just one moisturizer product.

Kiehl's or ELIDEL: which moisturizer is better?

Kiehl's offers a much wider range of moisturizers with varying fit levels across skin types, whereas ELIDEL features only a single pimecrolimus moisturizer with average to low fits. Reviewers often mention that Kiehl's provides deep hydration and lightweight formulas.

Which is more affordable, Kiehl's or ELIDEL?

Reviewers on this page frequently mention that Kiehl's has a high price point. The page facts do not mention the price of ELIDEL.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Kiehl's or ELIDEL?

ELIDEL features only one product on this page with low or caution fit levels for acne-prone skin, whereas reviewers note that Kiehl's products frequently cause breakouts and skin irritation.

Which brand has been around longer, Kiehl's or ELIDEL?

Kiehl's has been around longer, having been founded in 1851 compared to ELIDEL, which was founded in 2001.

How many products does Kiehl's offer that contain fragrance compared to ELIDEL?

Kiehl's offers 26 fragrance-free products and 2 products with fragrance among the products on this page, whereas ELIDEL offers only fragrance-free products.

Which brand offers a greater variety of products for dry skin?

Kiehl's offers a greater variety of products for dry skin, featuring multiple moisturizers, cleansers, and toners with fit levels ranging from Average to Superior. In contrast, ELIDEL only lists a single moisturizer on this page with an Average fit level for dry skin.

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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