Elemis vs Blume
Elemis and Blume are distinct skincare lines created for different routines and complexions. The British enterprise, established in 1989, features nourishing serums, rich moisturizers, gentle cleansers, and refreshing toners anchored by hydrating glycerin and softening shea. Conversely, the Canadian maker, launched in 2018, offers nourishing moisturizers designed for daily use. While the mature offerings of the former suit dry skin best, the gentle products of the latter serve sensitive, acne-prone, and dry skin.
Elemis is a British skincare brand founded in 1989 and owned by L'Occitane Group since 2019.
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Blume is a Canadian skincare brand founded in 2018.
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This page compares some of the most popular Elemis and Blume products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.
Popular Elemis vs Blume products
Questions and answers
Elemis or Blume: which is better?
Elemis is best for mature, dry, and dry sensitive skin, offering a wide range of luxurious hydrating moisturizers and targeted treatments. Blume is a fragrance-free independent brand whose products on this page feature the Meltdown Gel Cream, which fits acne-prone and oily skin with a High Lovi fit level.
What is the difference between Elemis and Blume?
Elemis is a larger, UK-based brand founded in 1989 that offers a wide range of fragranced and unfragranced products best fitting mature and dry skin types, while Blume is an independent Canadian brand founded in 2018 with entirely fragrance-free products on this page.
Elemis or Blume: which moisturizer is better?
Elemis and Blume both offer moisturizers with a high Lovi fit level for dry skin, though Elemis best fits mature and dry sensitive skin while Blume features fragrance-free formulas.
Which is more affordable, Elemis or Blume?
Reviewers note that Elemis has a high price point, whereas Blume offers products on this page with lower costs.
Which causes fewer breakouts, Elemis or Blume?
Blume's Meltdown Gel Cream has a high Lovi fit level for acne-prone skin, whereas Elemis products on this page show average or low fit levels for acne-prone skin and include frequent fragrances that may sometimes cause skin irritation.
Which of the two brands offers products with fragrance, Elemis or Blume?
Elemis offers products with fragrance, whereas every product on the Blume page lists no fragrance in its ingredients.
Which brand has been around longer and is owned by a larger group, Elemis or Blume?
Elemis has been around longer, having been founded in the United Kingdom in 1989, and is owned by the L'Occitane Group since 2019, whereas Blume was founded more recently in 2018 in Canada and remains independently owned.
How do the fit levels for dry skin compare between Elemis's Pro-Collagen Marine Cream and Blume's Meltdown Gel Cream?
Elemis's Pro-Collagen Marine Cream has a High fit level for dry skin, while Blume's Meltdown Gel Cream also features a High fit level for dry skin.
Research behind their key ingredients
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Microneedling by dermapen and glycolic acid peel for the treatment of acne scars: Comparative study
Topical beta-carotene protects against infra-red-light-induced free radicals
A Rose Extract Protects the Skin against Stress Mediators: A Potential Role of Olfactory Receptors
Comparative measurement of hydration effects of herbal moisturizers
Topical Almond Oil for Prevention of Pressure Injuries: A Single-Blinded Comparison Study
Skin recovery by Lavandula angustifolia leaf callus extract: Redox control of Nrf2 signaling
Formulation and evaluation of exotic fat based cosmeceuticals for skin repair
Nanocomplex of quaternized cyclodextrin grafted chitosan and hyaluronic acid for a skin delivery
Effects of fermented tea seed oil on the skin lipid barrier and microbiome of sensitive skin
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.
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