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Kiehl's vs BABOR

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Kiehl's and BABOR are two established skincare houses that offer thoughtful formulas to elevate daily routines. The American brand is beloved for its expertly formulated moisturizers, serums, toners, eye products, and more that incorporate nourishing glycerin and squalane, suiting combination and mature skin best. Meanwhile, the German brand is deeply loved for its refined exfoliants and rich moisturizers, suiting dry, normal, and combination skin best owing to their gentle yet effective nature. While both brands provide standout solutions for acne-prone skin and dark spots, they differ in their foundational heritages, key ingredients, and targeted age groups.

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

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BABOR is a German skincare brand founded in 1956 and owned by BABOR BEAUTY GROUP since 1962.

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

Popular Kiehl's vs BABOR products

Questions and answers

Kiehl's or BABOR: which is better?

Kiehl's offers a much larger selection of products on this page compared to BABOR, catering to a wider variety of skin types and concerns.

What is the difference between Kiehl's and BABOR?

Kiehl's is an American brand founded in 1851 with a wide variety of 28 products on this page, while BABOR is a German brand founded in 1956 featuring just 2 products on this page.

Kiehl's or BABOR: which moisturizer is better?

For moisturizers, Kiehl's offers a wide range with varying results, such as Hydro-Plumping Serum Concentrate achieving a Superior Lovi fit level for dry skin. BABOR provides options like Hydra Plus, which has a Superior Lovi fit level for dry sensitive skin.

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Which is more affordable, Kiehl's or BABOR?

Reviewers frequently note that Kiehl's products have a high price point. The provided page facts do not contain pricing information for BABOR.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Kiehl's or BABOR?

BABOR products on this page have Superior fit for acne-prone skin, whereas Kiehl's products on this page show varying fit levels for acne-prone skin including High, Average, and Caution. Reviewers often mention that Kiehl's causes breakouts and skin irritation, while BABOR does not have this feedback.

How does the founding year and country of origin compare between Kiehl's and BABOR?

Kiehl's was founded in 1851 in the United States, whereas BABOR was founded a bit later, in 1956, in Germany.

Which of the two brands offers more fragrance-free product options based on the listed items?

Kiehl's offers more fragrance-free product options on this page, with 26 out of 28 products listing no fragrance compared to only 1 out of 2 for BABOR.

What specific skin types do Kiehl's brand-focused routines fit best?

According to Lovi, Kiehl's brand-focused routines fit combination skin, mature skin, and skin with dark spots best.

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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