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NIVEA vs NIOD

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NIVEA and NIOD are well-regarded skin care brands that offer distinct approaches to complexion health. The German line is deeply loved for its versatile sunscreens, targeted serums, and nourishing moisturizers formulated with glycerin, suiting sensitive and oily skin best by balancing gentle care with lightweight hydration. Conversely, the Canadian brand is widely loved for its advanced serums and balancing toners featuring sophisticated formulas that deliver targeted results, ideally suiting mature, sensitive, and dry skin types. While both provide expert formulations to keep the complexion healthy and calm, they differ fundamentally in their product types, key ingredients, and origins.

NIVEA is a German skincare brand founded in 1911 and owned by maxingvest GmbH & Co. KGaA since 2004.

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NIOD is a Canadian skincare brand founded in 2015 and owned by The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. since 2021.

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

Popular NIVEA vs NIOD products

Questions and answers

NIVEA or NIOD: which is better?

NIVEA and NIOD each serve different skin needs with the products on this page. NIVEA has high fit levels for sensitive, oily, and combination skin, while NIOD offers fragrance-free options like Modulating Glucosides, which has a high fit for dry and sensitive skin.

What is the difference between NIVEA and NIOD?

NIVEA is a German brand founded in 1911 that offers a wide range of products with a high Lovi fit for sensitive, oily, and combination skin, using key ingredients like glycerin. In contrast, NIOD is a newer Canadian brand founded in 2015 with a smaller selection of products that list no fragrance.

Which is more affordable, NIVEA or NIOD?

This page does not provide pricing information to compare the affordability of NIVEA and NIOD. Glycerin helps provide hydration across products on this page.

Which causes fewer breakouts, NIVEA or NIOD?

When it comes to breakouts, NIVEA offers blemish-clearing serums and products on this page that help with acne-prone skin, though some users note that NIVEA items sometimes cause breakouts. NIOD does not focus on blemish care in its routine skin types, and its products on this page have average fits for acne-prone skin.

Between NIVEA and NIOD, which brand was founded earlier and in which country?

NIVEA was founded earlier in 1911 in Germany, whereas NIOD was founded in 2015 in Canada.

Which of the two brands offers products with no fragrance listed in their ingredients, NIVEA or NIOD?

NIOD offers products with no fragrance listed in their ingredients, as every product on its page lists no fragrance. NIVEA, on the other hand, has 6 of its 9 products on this page that list fragrance.

How does the Lovi fit level of NIVEA's Creme compare to NIOD's Modulating Glucosides for mature skin?

For mature skin, Lovi rates NIVEA's Creme as an Average fit, while NIOD's Modulating Glucosides receives a High fit. Glycerin helps provide moisture across products from both brands.

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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