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Kiehl's vs grace & stella

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Kiehl's and grace & stella are two popular skincare labels offering distinct approaches to daily beauty routines. The American brand is known for thoughtful moisturizers, serums, toners, and eye products utilizing glycerin and squalane, suiting combination skin and dark spots best with targeted formulations. Meanwhile, the Canadian brand is loved for nourishing eye products and moisturizers designed for daily self-care that suit all skin types with gentle hydration and restorative care. While both emphasize nourishing ingredients and targeted care, the former focuses on specialized botanical extracts and barrier-supporting lipids, whereas the latter prioritizes accessible, everyday self-care rituals.

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

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grace & stella is a Canadian skincare brand founded in 2016 and owned by Gravitiq since 2022.

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

Popular Kiehl's vs grace & stella products

Questions and answers

Kiehl's or grace & stella: which is better?

Kiehl's offers a much wider range of products on this page with Superior to High Lovi fit levels across most skin types, compared to grace & stella which features only two products. The products on this page help deliver deep hydration and improve skin texture, though reviewers note that Kiehl's comes at a high price point.

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What is the difference between Kiehl's and grace & stella?

Kiehl's offers a wide range of twenty-eight skincare products that fit skin with dark spots, combination skin, and mature skin best, while grace & stella features just two products on this page. grace & stella's Hyaluronic Acid Serum helps provide hydration for dry skin.

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Kiehl's or grace & stella: which moisturizer is better?

For moisturizers, Kiehl's offers a much wider variety of choices tailored to specific skin types on this page, whereas grace & stella features only a Hyaluronic Acid Serum. Kiehl's moisturizers like the Hydro-Plumping Serum Concentrate achieve High to Superior Lovi fit levels for dry and sensitive skin.

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Which is more affordable, Kiehl's or grace & stella?

Reviewers on this page often mention a high price point for Kiehl's, while grace & stella is not noted for high pricing.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Kiehl's or grace & stella?

grace & stella has a smaller selection of products on this page, while Kiehl's reviewers sometimes note that the products on this page may cause breakouts and skin irritation. grace & stella is unlikely to cause breakouts when you use its hydrating formulas.

How does the founding year and country of origin compare between Kiehl's and grace & stella?

Kiehl's was founded in 1851 in the United States, whereas grace & stella was founded much later in 2016 in Canada.

Which brand offers more fragrance-free products, Kiehl's or grace & stella?

grace & stella offers a higher proportion of fragrance-free options because every product on this page lists no fragrance, whereas two Kiehl's products contain fragrance.

How do the product selections for dry skin differ between Kiehl's and grace & stella?

Kiehl's offers a wide range of products for dry skin on this page, achieving a Lovi fit of Superior with its Hydro-Plumping Serum Concentrate and High with several other items. In contrast, grace & stella features just two products on the page, both achieving a High Lovi fit for dry skin.

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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