NIVEA vs NIOD
NIVEA and NIOD are well-regarded skincare brands that offer distinct approaches to daily care. The German brand, founded in 1911, is known for reliable sunscreens, targeted serums, and nourishing moisturizers featuring hydrating glycerin, making it best for oily and sensitive skin. Conversely, the Canadian brand, founded in 2015, is celebrated for advanced serums and balancing toners with sophisticated formulas that suit mature, sensitive, and dry skin types best. While both deliver targeted results for specific concerns, they differ through the brand's gentle care with glycerin versus the latter's scientifically rigorous development.
NIVEA is a German skincare brand founded in 1911 and owned by maxingvest GmbH & Co. KGaA since 2004.
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NIOD is a Canadian skincare brand founded in 2015 and owned by The Est茅e Lauder Companies Inc. since 2021.
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This page compares some of the most popular NIVEA and NIOD products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.
Questions and answers
NIVEA or NIOD: which is better?
NIVEA and NIOD each serve different needs, with NIVEA offering a wide range of moisturizers, sunscreens, and blemish-clearing serums that give a High Lovi fit for oily and acne-prone skin, while NIOD features fragrance-free options like Modulating Glucosides that give a High Lovi fit for dry and sensitive skin. Glycerin helps provide hydration across NIVEA products on this page.
What is the difference between NIVEA and NIOD?
NIVEA offers a wider variety of products on this page, like moisturizers and sunscreens, and glycerin helps provide moisture across its range, whereas NIOD focuses on fragrance-free serums and mists. Glycerin helps improve hydration in skincare products.
Which is more affordable, NIVEA or NIOD?
This page does not provide pricing information to compare the affordability of NIVEA and NIOD.
Which causes fewer breakouts, NIVEA or NIOD?
NIOD may cause fewer breakouts than NIVEA, as NIVEA's products on this page sometimes have a fit level of warning or caution for acne-prone skin and reviewers note that some items can cause breakouts and greasy residue. In contrast, NIOD's Modulating Glucosides serum has a high fit level for oily acne-prone skin and an average fit level for acne-prone skin.
Which brand is older, NIVEA or NIOD?
NIVEA is the older brand, having been founded in Germany in 1911, whereas NIOD was founded in Canada in 2015.
Do NIVEA products or NIOD products contain fragrance?
Some of the products on this page by NIVEA contain fragrance, while every product on this page by NIOD lists no fragrance in its ingredients.
Which company owns NIVEA and when was it founded?
NIVEA is owned by maxingvest GmbH & Co. KGaA and was founded in 1911 in Germany.
Research behind their key ingredients
Effects of glyceryl glucoside on AQP3 expression, barrier function and hydration of human skin
Exotic Vegetable Oils for Cosmetic O/W Nanoemulsions: In Vivo Evaluation
In vivo and in vitro evaluation of octyl methoxycinnamate liposomes
Comparison of methods for assessing photoprotection against ultraviolet A in vivo
Three clinical studies showing the anti-aging benefits of sodium salicylate in human skin
Retrospective Review of Dermal Safety Studies of Organic Sunscreens
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.
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Dr. Sof铆a Perea P茅rez, MD, MSc
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Elina Nazarenko, MD
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Dermatology and diagnostic consultant
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Victoria Derkova, MS
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Cosmetic chemist, cosmetic development technologist
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