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Kiehl's vs Blume

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Kiehl's and Blume are heritage and contemporary skincare brands offering thoughtfully crafted moisturizers, serums, and toners. The American heritage label is beloved for expert formulations incorporating glycerin and squalane that best suit combination and mature skin. Meanwhile, the Canadian newcomer is widely loved for nourishing moisturizers that suit sensitive, acne-prone, and dry skin best. While both brands support a healthy complexion through targeted offerings like the Calendula Herbal-Extract Toner and the Meltdown Gel Cream, they differ in their foundational ingredients and the specific skin types they address.

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

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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 Kiehl's and Blume products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.

Popular Kiehl's vs Blume products

Kiehl's vs Blume moisturizers

Questions and answers

Kiehl's or Blume: which is better?

Kiehl's offers a much wider variety of skincare products on this page, fitting combination skin, mature skin, and skin with dark spots best, whereas Blume provides just one moisturizer, Meltdown Gel Cream. Reviewers often mention that Kiehl's delivers deep hydration and lightweight moisturizers, though some note a high price point and potential irritation.

What is the difference between Kiehl's and Blume?

Kiehl's is a large U.S. brand founded in 1851 with a wide product range for combination skin, mature skin, and skin with dark spots, whereas Blume is a smaller, independent Canadian brand founded in 2018 with a single moisturizer featured on the page.

Kiehl's or Blume: which moisturizer is better?

When comparing moisturizers, Kiehl's offers a wide range of options with varying Lovi fit levels such as Superior for dry skin with Hydro-Plumping Serum Concentrate, while Blume features Meltdown Gel Cream with High fit for dry, oily, and sensitive skin types. Both brands formulate most of their moisturizers without fragrance, though some Kiehl's products may cause breakouts or skin irritation.

Which is more affordable, Kiehl's or Blume?

Reviewers on this page often mention high prices for Kiehl's, while Blume is an independent brand founded in Canada.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Kiehl's or Blume?

Blume's Meltdown Gel Cream has a High Lovi fit for acne-prone skin with no reported breakout concerns. In contrast, reviewers often mention that Kiehl's products may cause breakouts and skin irritation.

Which brand has been around longer, Kiehl's or Blume?

Kiehl's has been around much longer than Blume, having been founded in the United States in 1851, while Blume was founded in Canada in 2018.

Do either Kiehl's or Blume products contain fragrance?

Most Kiehl's products on this page do not list any fragrance, though the Age Defender Moisturizer and Facial Fuel Energizing Moisture Treatment for Men do contain it. Meanwhile, every Blume product on this page lists no fragrance in its ingredients.

What are some of the key ingredients used across Kiehl's products?

Glycerin, vitamin C, squalane, shea butter, and vitamin E are some of the key ingredients used across Kiehl's products on this page.

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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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