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Kiehl's vs Blue Lizard

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Kiehl's and Blue Lizard are respected skincare labels offering distinct daily essentials for varying complexions. Kiehl's is known for expertly formulated moisturizers, serums, toners, and eye products featuring nourishing glycerin and squalane, which suit combination and mature skin best. Meanwhile, the second brand is widely loved for thoughtful mineral sunscreens and reliable formulas that suit sensitive skin best because of their gentle mineral formulation. While both brands address targeted concerns like acne-prone skin, they differ primarily in their core offerings and specific ingredient benefits.

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

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

Popular Kiehl's vs Blue Lizard products

Questions and answers

Kiehl's or Blue Lizard: which is better?

Kiehl's offers a wide range of targeted serums, cleansers, and moisturizers that Lovi rates as high for combination and mature skin, while Blue Lizard provides a single mineral sunscreen that Lovi rates as superior for sensitive and dry sensitive skin. Reviewers often mention that Kiehl's features lightweight, non-greasy formulas but can sometimes cause breakouts or carry a high price point.

What is the difference between Kiehl's and Blue Lizard?

Kiehl's offers a wide range of products with varied fit levels across multiple skincare categories, whereas the products on this page for Blue Lizard consist entirely of sunscreen. Kiehl's fits best for combination skin, mature skin, and skin with dark spots, and most of its products are fragrance-free. Blue Lizard provides a single mineral sunscreen that has a Superior fit for sensitive skin and dry sensitive skin while remaining fragrance-free.

Kiehl's or Blue Lizard: which sunscreen is better?

For sunscreen, Blue Lizard offers a Superior Lovi fit for sensitive and dry sensitive skin with its Sensitive Mineral Sunscreen SPF 50+. Meanwhile, Kiehl's Better Screen UV Serum has a High Lovi fit for skin with dark spots, combination skin, sensitive skin, acne-prone skin, and mature skin.

Which is more affordable, Kiehl's or Blue Lizard?

The products on this page do not provide pricing information to determine whether Kiehl's or Blue Lizard is more affordable.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Kiehl's or Blue Lizard?

Blue Lizard is formulated specifically for sensitive skin with a mineral-based sunscreen that is unlikely to clog pores, whereas reviewers note that Kiehl's products frequently cause breakouts and skin irritation.

How do the founding years and corporate ownership of Kiehl's and Blue Lizard compare?

Kiehl's was founded in 1851 in the United States and has been owned by L'Oréal S.A. since 2000, whereas Blue Lizard was founded in 1995 and has been owned by Hildred Capital Management since 2017.

Which brand offers more fragrance-free products according to their page listings?

Kiehl's offers more fragrance-free products on its page, with 26 out of 28 products listing no fragrance, compared to Blue Lizard which has 1 fragrance-free product listed.

What are the specific Lovi fit levels for Kiehl's and Blue Lizard sunscreens on sensitive skin?

For Kiehl's sunscreens, Lovi rates sensitive skin as High for Better Screen UV Serum. For Blue Lizard, sensitive skin is rated Superior for Sensitive Mineral Sunscreen SPF 50+.

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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