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Kiehl's vs Sebamed

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Kiehl's and Sebamed are established skincare brands offering distinct approaches to daily care. The American house is known for dependable moisturizers, serums, toners, and eye products featuring glycerin and squalane, while the German maker is favored for thoughtful moisturizers and gentle cleansers. The first suits mature skin and skin with dark spots best, whereas the second suits sensitive, reactive, and problematic skin best. Ultimately, they differ through their respective formulations, with the former emphasizing targeted active ingredients and the latter focusing on a skin-neutral pH.

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

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Sebamed is a German skincare brand founded in 1967 and owned by Sebapharma GmbH & Co. KG.

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

Popular Kiehl's vs Sebamed products

Questions and answers

Kiehl's or Sebamed: which is better?

Kiehl's offers a much wider variety of specialized products across multiple skin types on this page, whereas Sebamed features only two basics. Reviewers note that Kiehl's provides deep hydration and gentle serums, though some users report breakouts.

What is the difference between Kiehl's and Sebamed?

Kiehl's is a larger, U.S.-based brand founded in 1851 that offers a wide range of products for concerns like mature skin and dark spots, whereas Sebamed is a smaller German brand founded in 1967 with a very limited selection on this page focused on gentle cleansing and care. Kiehl's includes a small amount of fragrance in two of its products, while every product on this Sebamed page lists no fragrance.

Kiehl's or Sebamed: which cleanser is better?

Kiehl's offers a much wider range of cleansers with higher Lovi fit levels across skin types, such as the Calendula Deep Cleansing Foaming Face Wash which achieves a Superior fit for oily and oily acne-prone skin, compared to Sebamed which features only one facial cleanser.

Which is more affordable, Kiehl's or Sebamed?

The provided page facts do not mention pricing details for either Kiehl's or Sebamed, so it is not possible to determine which brand is more affordable.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Kiehl's or Sebamed?

Sebamed is unlikely to cause breakouts, whereas reviewers often note that Kiehl's causes breakouts and skin irritation.

Which brand has been around longer and where was it founded?

Kiehl's has been around much longer, having been founded in the United States in 1851.

Do both Kiehl's and Sebamed offer fragrance-free products?

Yes, both Kiehl's and Sebamed offer fragrance-free options among the products on this page. Nearly all Kiehl's formulas and every Sebamed product list no fragrance in their ingredients.

Which Kiehl's toner has a superior fit level for sensitive skin?

The Calendula Herbal-Extract Toner from Kiehl's has a superior fit level for sensitive skin.

Kiehl's or Sebamed: which moisturizer is better?

When comparing moisturizers, Kiehl's offers a much wider variety tailored to specific skin concerns like dry or oily skin with High or Superior Lovi fit levels, whereas Sebamed features only a single gel moisturizer with Average fits for most skin types. Reviewers often mention that Kiehl's moisturizers provide deep hydration and feel lightweight, though some report a high price point.

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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