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Dr. Althea vs ILIA Beauty

Rated by Lovi · Unbiased, science-based skincare AI trained on real user outcomes · How the Fit score works

Dr. Althea and ILIA Beauty are thoughtful beauty brands known for their nourishing moisturizers and gentle, skin-soothing formulas. Dr. Althea is widely beloved for gentle cleansers, effective makeup removers, and soothing serums featuring key ingredients, suiting dry and acne-prone skin best with standalone items like the Amino Acid Gentle Bubble Cleanser, 345 Relief Cream, and Vitamin C Boosting Serum. ILIA Beauty is widely loved for its conscious compositions, suiting dry, normal, and combination skin best with standout products like The Base Face Milk for acne-prone skin. While both offer reliable daily routines, the brands differ in their specific product ranges, geographic origins, and targeted skin types.

Dr. Althea is a Korean skincare brand founded in 2014 and owned by The Pure Lab Co., Ltd..

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ILIA Beauty is a Canadian skincare brand founded in 2011 and owned by Famille C since 2022.

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This page compares some of the most popular Dr. Althea and ILIA Beauty products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.

Popular Dr. Althea vs ILIA Beauty products

Questions and answers

Dr. Althea or ILIA Beauty: which is better?

Dr. Althea is generally the better choice because the products on this page offer superior fits for dry, oily, and acne-prone skin types, whereas ILIA Beauty only provides average fits. Reviewers also frequently mention that Dr. Althea offers gentle and soothing cleansers and moisturizers.

What is the difference between Dr. Althea and ILIA Beauty?

Dr. Althea offers a wide range of cleansers, moisturizers, serums, and makeup removers that Lovi rates up to Superior for dry, oily, and acne-prone skin, whereas ILIA Beauty features only The Base Face Milk moisturizer, which Lovi rates as Average across all skin types.

Dr. Althea or ILIA Beauty: which moisturizer is better?

Dr. Althea offers a better moisturizer choice because its 345 Relief Cream achieves a Superior fit for acne-prone skin and a High fit for dry, oily, and sensitive skin, whereas ILIA Beauty's The Base Face Milk only reaches an Average fit across those skin types.

Which is more affordable, Dr. Althea or ILIA Beauty?

This page compares Dr. Althea and ILIA Beauty, but pricing details are not included in the page facts.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Dr. Althea or ILIA Beauty?

Dr. Althea has products on this page with a Superior Lovi fit level for acne-prone skin, such as the 345 Relief Cream and Amino Acid Gentle Bubble Cleanser, whereas ILIA Beauty only offers The Base Face Milk with an Average fit. However, reviewers note that Dr. Althea sometimes causes breakouts.

Between Dr. Althea and ILIA Beauty, which brand offers a cleanser suitable for oily skin?

Dr. Althea offers a cleanser suitable for oily skin with the Amino Acid Gentle Bubble Cleanser, which has a Superior Lovi fit level for oily skin. ILIA Beauty has no cleansers on this page.

Which brand has products with fragrance listed in their ingredients, Dr. Althea or ILIA Beauty?

Neither Dr. Althea nor ILIA Beauty has products with fragrance listed in their ingredients, as every product on this page for both brands lists no fragrance.

How do the founding years and countries of origin compare between Dr. Althea and ILIA Beauty?

Dr. Althea was founded in South Korea in 2014, while ILIA Beauty was founded in Canada in 2011.

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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