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Kiehl's vs FOREO

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Kiehl's and FOREO are renowned skincare creators that elevate daily routines with thoughtful design and nourishing formulas. Kiehl's is an American brand founded in 1851 and owned by L'Oréal S.A. since 2000, known for moisturizers, serums, toners, eye products, and more incorporating glycerin and squalane, while the other brand is beloved for blending advanced moisturizers. The first brand suits skin with dark spots and combination skin best, featuring the Calendula Herbal-Extract Toner for acne-prone skin, the Calendula Deep Cleansing Foaming Face Wash for dark spots, and the Ultra Facial Toner for mature skin, whereas its counterpart suits all skin types best with tailored care including the SUPERCHARGED SERUM 2.0 for acne-prone skin. Both rely on nourishing ingredients like glycerin, which significantly increases hydration and restores epidermal barrier function, and squalane, which counteracts oxidative stress and stimulates fibroblast migration.

Kiehl's is an American skincare brand founded in 1851 and owned by L'Oréal S.A. since 2000.

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This page compares some of the most popular Kiehl's and FOREO products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.

Popular Kiehl's vs FOREO products

Kiehl's vs FOREO moisturizers

Questions and answers

Kiehl's or FOREO: which is better?

Kiehl's offers a much wider variety of products on this page compared to FOREO, suiting skin with dark spots, combination skin, and mature skin best. Reviewers mention that the products on this page provide deep hydration, though some note a high price point and the potential for skin irritation.

What is the difference between Kiehl's and FOREO?

Kiehl's offers a wide range of cleansers, toners, serums, and moisturizers that fit combination, mature skin, and skin with dark spots best, whereas FOREO features just one moisturizer on this page, SUPERCHARGED SERUM 2.0. Reviewers often mention that Kiehl's products provide deep hydration and feature lightweight moisturizers, though some note a high price point and skin irritation.

Kiehl's or FOREO: which moisturizer is better?

For moisturizers, Kiehl's offers a wide variety of formulas with distinct fit levels across skin types, such as a Superior fit for dry skin from the Hydro-Plumping Serum Concentrate. FOREO features the SUPERCHARGED SERUM 2.0, which has a High fit for dry and sensitive skin types.

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Which is more affordable, Kiehl's or FOREO?

The products on this page for Kiehl's face a frequent customer complaint regarding their high price point. The page facts do not provide pricing information for FOREO.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Kiehl's or FOREO?

FOREO may cause fewer breakouts than Kiehl's among the products on this page, as reviewers often note that Kiehl's products can cause breakouts and skin irritation.

How does the founding year and parent company of Kiehl's compare to FOREO?

Kiehl's was founded in 1851 in the United States and has been owned by L'Oréal S.A. since 2000, whereas FOREO was founded in 2013 and is owned by FOREO.

Which products from Kiehl's and FOREO are completely free of fragrance?

The products on this page from Kiehl's are largely free of fragrance, with 26 out of 28 items listing none, while every product from FOREO lists no fragrance in its ingredients.

What are the shared key ingredients found across the products of both brands?

Kiehl's features key ingredients like glycerin, vitamin C, squalane, shea butter, and vitamin E across its products, while FOREO does not list these specific shared ingredients for its single product on this page.

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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.

  • 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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