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St. Ives skincare

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St. Ives is an American skincare brand founded in 1980 and owned by Yellow Wood Partners LLC / Unilever PLC since 2024.

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St. Ives is widely celebrated for its thoughtful balance of moisturizers, exfoliants, and serums, all grounded in carefully crafted formulas. Its products suit combination and balanced skin types best, offering gentle yet effective daily care. For specific concerns, the brand features the BHA Exfoliant for acne-prone skin, the Apricot Scrub for skin with dark spots, and the Renewing Moisturizer for mature skin. Through these reliable offerings, users consistently find accessible solutions for their daily skincare routines.

This page covers some of the most popular St. Ives products; for the whole St. Ives range, with a fit score for every product, use the Lovi app.

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People Say

★4.6Overall rating based on 24.4k+ reviews

Reviewers most often praise St. Ives for deep exfoliation, a gentle and non-drying formula, and softening skin without feeling heavy. The most common complaints are physical exfoliants being too abrasive and insufficient hydration or irritation.

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Questions and answers

Is St. Ives worth it?

St. Ives is worth it for shoppers looking for effective skincare, as Lovi rates St. Ives-focused routines Superior for dry, oily, sensitive, combination, and acne-prone skin. The St. Ives products on this page offer reliable options like the BHA Exfoliant for oily and acne-prone skin, alongside popular moisturizers and scrubs.

What are St. Ives's best products?

The best St. Ives products depend on your skin type, with the BHA Exfoliant working best for oily and acne-prone skin, while moisturizers like the Renewing Moisturizer and Renewing Collagen & Elastin Moisturizer fit dry skin best.

Which St. Ives moisturizer is best for dry skin?

Renewing Collagen & Elastin Moisturizer is best, and Renewing Moisturizer is also available. Lovi rates both as Average for dry skin.

Does St. Ives cause breakouts?

The St. Ives products on this page are unlikely to cause breakouts for most people, and the BHA Exfoliant may even help clear pimples with salicylic acid. Lovi rates the BHA Exfoliant High for acne-prone skin.

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Is St. Ives fragrance-free?

No, because three out of the four St. Ives products on this page list fragrance.

What are the key ingredients in St. Ives products?

St. Ives products feature key ingredients such as collagen, elastin, and salicylic acid. Collagen and elastin help support skin firmness and moisture, while salicylic acid helps clear pores in acne-prone skin.

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How do I build a St. Ives skincare routine?

To build a St. Ives routine, you can combine the exfoliating scrubs or serums with their daily moisturizers depending on your skin type. Lovi rates St. Ives-focused routines Superior for dry, oily, sensitive, combination, and acne-prone skin.

What are good alternatives to St. Ives?

Good alternatives to St. Ives include CeraVe, Cetaphil, Paula's Choice, Neutrogena, Kiehl's, and Dermalogica. These similar skincare brands also have dedicated pages on Lovi for comparison.

St. Ives vs CeraVe: which is better?

St. Ives is better for dry, oily, sensitive, combination, and acne-prone skin because Lovi rates the St. Ives-focused routine Superior for each of these skin types compared to the High or Superior fit levels of the CeraVe-focused routine.

Who owns St. Ives, and where is it from?

St. Ives is an American brand founded in 1980, owned by Yellow Wood Partners LLC / Unilever PLC since 2024.

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Is St. Ives cruelty-free?

Yes: PETA lists St. Ives as cruelty-free.

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Research behind St. Ives's key ingredients

Behind these ratings

Lovi rates every product from its 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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