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Shiseido vs ILIA Beauty

Rated by Lovi · Unbiased, science-based skincare AI trained on real user outcomes · How the Fit score works

Shiseido and ILIA Beauty are esteemed beauty brands originating from Japan and Canada, respectively. The Japanese house is celebrated for its moisturizers, cleansers, sunscreens, and serums featuring glycerin, suiting sensitive and mature skin best through gentle care like the Benefiance Wrinkle Smoothing Day Cream. Meanwhile, the Canadian line is widely loved for its thoughtful moisturizers and nourishing compositions, suiting dry, normal, and combination skin best with standout choices such as The Base Face Milk. While both offer meticulous daily solutions, they differ in their heritage, specific formulations, and target skin types.

Shiseido is a Japanese skincare brand founded in 1872 and owned by Shiseido Company, Limited.

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

Popular Shiseido vs ILIA Beauty products

Shiseido vs ILIA Beauty moisturizers

Questions and answers

Shiseido or ILIA Beauty: which is better?

Shiseido offers a much wider range of products on this page with high fit levels for sensitive, mature, and dark-spot-prone skin, while ILIA Beauty features only a single moisturizer with average fit across all skin types.

What is the difference between Shiseido and ILIA Beauty?

Shiseido is a Japanese brand founded in 1872 that offers many fragranced products on this page with High fit levels for sensitive and mature skin, while ILIA Beauty is a Canadian brand founded in 2011 with a single fragrance-free moisturizer on this page that has Average fit levels across all skin types.

Shiseido or ILIA Beauty: which moisturizer is better?

Shiseido offers a wide range of moisturizers with varying Lovi fit levels for different skin types, such as the Benefiance Wrinkle Smoothing Cream Enriched which has a High fit for dry skin, whereas the products on this page for ILIA Beauty feature only one moisturizer, The Base Face Milk, which has an Average fit across skin types.

Which is more affordable, Shiseido or ILIA Beauty?

Reviews for the products on this page mention a high price point for Shiseido, while pricing details for ILIA Beauty are not discussed on this page.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Shiseido or ILIA Beauty?

ILIA Beauty lists no fragrance in its products on this page and features The Base Face Milk, which has an Average Lovi fit level for acne-prone skin, while Shiseido includes several products with strong fragrance that may cause skin irritation.

How do the founding years and countries of origin compare between Shiseido and ILIA Beauty?

Shiseido was founded in 1872 in Japan, whereas ILIA Beauty was founded much later in 2011 in Canada.

Which brand offers more product options on this page, and how do their fragrance inclusions differ?

Shiseido offers significantly more product options on this page compared to ILIA Beauty, which features only one. Additionally, the products on this page by Shiseido include fragrance in the majority of their formulas, whereas every product on this page by ILIA Beauty lists no fragrance.

What specific skin types does Shiseido best fit according to its brand-focused routines?

According to its brand-focused routines, Shiseido best fits sensitive skin, mature skin, and skin with dark spots.

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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