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Kiehl's vs ILIA Beauty

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Kiehl's and ILIA Beauty are respected skincare brands that offer thoughtful moisturizers, serums, toners, and eye products. The American brand is beloved for formulations incorporating nourishing glycerin and squalane that suit skin with dark spots and combination skin best, while the Canadian brand features gentle, hydrating compositions that suit dry, normal, and combination skin best. Although both offer standout options like the Calendula Herbal-Extract Toner and The Base Face Milk for acne-prone skin, they differ in their heritage and targeted ingredients. Kiehl's addresses specific needs such as dark spots and mature skin, whereas ILIA Beauty refines daily routines through clean, conscious beauty.

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

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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 Kiehl's and ILIA Beauty products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.

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Kiehl's vs ILIA Beauty moisturizers

Questions and answers

Kiehl's or ILIA Beauty: which is better?

Kiehl's offers a much wider selection of products on this page compared to ILIA Beauty, which only lists a single moisturizer, making Kiehl's better suited for comprehensive skincare routines.

What is the difference between Kiehl's and ILIA Beauty?

Kiehl's offers a wide range of twenty-eight skincare products featuring key ingredients like glycerin and vitamin C, with the products on this page fitting skin with dark spots, combination skin, and mature skin best. In contrast, ILIA Beauty offers only The Base Face Milk on this page.

Kiehl's or ILIA Beauty: which moisturizer is better?

Kiehl's offers a much broader selection of moisturizers on this page suited to various skin types, such as the Hydro-Plumping Serum Concentrate which achieves a Superior fit for dry skin, whereas ILIA Beauty features only a single moisturizer with an Average fit across all skin types.

Which is more affordable, Kiehl's or ILIA Beauty?

Reviewers on this page often mention a high price point for Kiehl's products, while the page does not provide pricing or affordability details for ILIA Beauty.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Kiehl's or ILIA Beauty?

ILIA Beauty lists only one product on this page, whereas Kiehl's offers a wide range of items with varying results. Reviewers note that Kiehl's products may sometimes cause breakouts and skin irritation, while ILIA Beauty features fragrance-free formulations.

When was each brand founded and who are their current parent companies?

Kiehl's was founded in 1851 in the United States and has been owned by L'Oréal S.A. since 2000. ILIA Beauty was founded in 2011 in Canada and has been owned by Famille C since 2022.

Which brand offers products containing fragrance, and which products are they?

Kiehl's offers products containing fragrance, while ILIA Beauty lists no fragrance in the ingredients of any products on this page. The specific fragranced Kiehl's items are Age Defender Moisturizer and Facial Fuel Energizing Moisture Treatment for Men.

How do the skin types that Kiehl's and ILIA Beauty fit best compare according to their brand routines?

Kiehl's fits skin with dark spots, combination skin, and mature skin best according to its brand routines, whereas ILIA Beauty has no specific best-fit skin types listed on this page.

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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