NIVEA and Blume are heritage and modern skincare brands originating from Germany and Canada respectively. The German line is deeply loved for reliable sunscreens, targeted serums, and nourishing moisturizers formulated with hydrating glycerin, while the Canadian brand is widely celebrated for its thoughtful formulas and nourishing moisturizers. The first brand suits oily and sensitive skin best, whereas the second brand suits sensitive, acne-prone, and dry skin best. They differ primarily in their founding heritage and the breadth of specific concerns they address.
NIVEA is a German skincare brand founded in 1911 and owned by maxingvest GmbH & Co. KGaA since 2004.
This page compares some of the most popular NIVEA and Blume products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.
Both NIVEA and Blume offer great options depending on your needs, with NIVEA providing versatile multi-use moisturizers and blemish-clearing serums on the products on this page, while Blume features fragrance-free formulas like Meltdown Gel Cream.
What is the difference between NIVEA and Blume?
NIVEA offers a wide range of products containing glycerin that fit oily, sensitive, and acne-prone skin well, whereas Blume features a single fragrance-free moisturizer called Meltdown Gel Cream that has a high fit across multiple skin types including dry, sensitive, and acne-prone skin.
NIVEA or Blume: which moisturizer is better?
For moisturizers, Blume's Meltdown Gel Cream has a High Lovi fit for dry skin, while NIVEA Creme has a High fit and NIVEA Soft has an Average fit for dry skin. Glycerin helps provide moisture across the products on this page.
Which is more affordable, NIVEA or Blume?
The provided page facts do not mention pricing for either NIVEA or Blume, so it is not possible to determine which brand is more affordable.
Which causes fewer breakouts, NIVEA or Blume?
Blume has no breakout issues reported for its fragrance-free Meltdown Gel Cream, whereas NIVEA reviewers sometimes note that the products on this page cause breakouts and acne.
Which brand is older, NIVEA or Blume?
NIVEA is older, having been founded in Germany in 1911, whereas Blume was founded in Canada in 2018.
How many products do NIVEA and Blume each have on this page?
NIVEA has 9 products on this page, while Blume has 1 product listed.
Do NIVEA products or Blume products contain fragrance?
NIVEA products on this page sometimes contain fragrance, with six out of nine products listing it in their ingredients. In contrast, every Blume product on this page lists no fragrance.
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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.
