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Sand & Sky vs NIOD

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Sand & Sky and NIOD are distinct skincare lines known for differing formulations and targeted results. Sand & Sky is beloved for its purifying masks and targeted formulas using botanical ingredients that gently clarify and balance the complexion, suiting combination, oily, and acne-prone skin best. Conversely, the Canadian brand is widely loved for its advanced serums and balancing toners featuring sophisticated formulas that suit mature, sensitive, and dry skin types best. While both offer effective options for specific concerns such as acne-prone skin, they differ significantly in their ingredient philosophies and overall approach to complexion care.

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

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

Popular Sand & Sky vs NIOD products

Questions and answers

Sand & Sky or NIOD: which is better?

NIOD is better for sensitive, dry, and mature skin, achieving High Lovi fit levels across those types with the products on this page. Sand & Sky is better for oily and acne-prone skin, also earning High Lovi fit levels there, though its mask contains fragrance while NIOD lists no fragrance.

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What is the difference between Sand & Sky and NIOD?

Sand & Sky features a high fit for oily and acne-prone skin with its fragranced clay mask, whereas NIOD offers a high fit for sensitive and dry skin through fragrance-free serums and mists. NIOD was founded in Canada in 2015 and is owned by The Est茅e Lauder Companies, while Sand & Sky was founded in 2017.

Which is more affordable, Sand & Sky or NIOD?

Neither Sand & Sky nor NIOD provides pricing information for the products on this page.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Sand & Sky or NIOD?

NIOD provides a High fit for acne-prone skin with Modulating Glucosides, and all products on this page list no fragrance. Meanwhile, Sand & Sky offers a High fit for acne-prone skin with its mask, but that product contains fragrance.

Which brand was founded earlier, Sand & Sky or NIOD?

NIOD was founded earlier, in 2015 in Canada, whereas Sand & Sky was founded later in 2017.

Do both Sand & Sky and NIOD products contain fragrance?

Sand & Sky has fragrance in the products on this page, whereas every product from NIOD lists no fragrance. Lovi rates Sand & Sky with fragrance in its Australian Pink Clay Porefining Face Mask, while NIOD offers entirely fragrance-free options.

Which company owns NIOD, and who owns Sand & Sky?

NIOD is owned by The Est茅e Lauder Companies Inc., whereas Sand & Sky is owned by Excite Foundry Ltd.

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. Sof铆a Perea P茅rez, MD, MSc

    Dr. Sof铆a Perea P茅rez, 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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