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SK-II vs Blume

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SK-II and Blume are distinct skincare brands founded in Japan in 1980 and Canada in 2018, respectively. The Japanese brand is known for its luxurious moisturizers, potent serums, clarifying toners, and restorative masks anchored by pitera, while the Canadian brand is widely loved for its nourishing moisturizers and thoughtful formulas. Both suit dry skin and acne-prone skin best, and the Japanese brand also suits mature skin. They differ in their standout solutions, such as the Japanese brand offering the Genoptics Ultraura Essence, Facial Treatment Essence, and Facial Treatment Clear Lotion, and the Canadian brand offering the Meltdown Gel Cream, with the Japanese brand using key ingredients that actively improve pore area, roughness, and redness, and the Canadian brand supporting a balanced and healthy complexion.

SK-II is a Japanese skincare brand founded in 1980 and owned by The Procter & Gamble Company since 1991.

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Blume is a Canadian skincare brand founded in 2018.

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This page compares some of the most popular SK-II and Blume products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.

Popular SK-II vs Blume products

Questions and answers

SK-II or Blume: which is better?

SK-II is better for a wide range of needs because the products on this page achieve High to Superior fit levels across almost every skin type. Blume offers a single strong option with Meltdown Gel Cream, which gives a High fit for acne-prone and dry skin.

What is the difference between SK-II and Blume?

SK-II offers a larger variety of skincare products on this page with High Lovi fits for dry, acne-prone, and oily skin, while Blume features just one moisturizer, Meltdown Gel Cream, which has a High fit for acne-prone, oily, and dry skin.

SK-II or Blume: which moisturizer is better?

SK-II has a High Lovi fit for dry skin with its Facial Treatment Essence and Skinpower Advanced Cream, while Blume offers the Meltdown Gel Cream which has a High fit for dry skin, acne-prone skin, and oily skin.

Which is more affordable, SK-II or Blume?

The public Lovi page does not provide pricing information to compare the affordability of SK-II and Blume.

Which causes fewer breakouts, SK-II or Blume?

Both SK-II and Blume help reduce breakouts, with SK-II achieving a High fit for acne-prone skin on products like Facial Treatment Essence and Blume's Meltdown Gel Cream also reaching a High fit for acne-prone skin.

Which brand has been established longer, SK-II or Blume?

SK-II has been established longer, having been founded in Japan in 1980, whereas Blume was founded in Canada in 2018.

Do products from SK-II and Blume contain fragrance?

Every product from SK-II and Blume on this page lists no fragrance in its ingredients.

What is the key ingredient featured across SK-II products?

The key ingredient featured across the products on this page for SK-II is Pitera.

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. Sof铆a Perea P茅rez, MD, MSc

    Dr. Sof铆a Perea P茅rez, 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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