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Kiehl's vs grace & stella

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Kiehl's and grace & stella are two popular skincare labels offering distinct approaches to daily beauty routines. Kiehl's is known for its expertly formulated moisturizers, serums, toners, and eye products featuring glycerin and squalane, which suit combination skin and mature skin best. Meanwhile, grace & stella is celebrated for its nourishing eye products and moisturizers designed for daily self-care and all skin types. While both brands provide targeted solutions for concerns like acne-prone skin and dark spots, they differ primarily in their ingredient focus and ideal skin types.

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

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grace & stella is a Canadian skincare brand founded in 2016 and owned by Gravitiq since 2022.

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

Popular Kiehl's vs grace & stella products

Questions and answers

Kiehl's or grace & stella: which is better?

Kiehl's offers a much wider range of products on this page and achieves a Superior Lovi fit for specific skin types, while grace & stella provides a very limited selection mostly rated High. Hyaluronic acid helps provide deep hydration for the products on this page.

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What is the difference between Kiehl's and grace & stella?

Kiehl's offers a wide range of twenty-eight products that best fit combination skin, mature skin, and skin with dark spots, whereas grace & stella features only two products on this page. Topical hyaluronic acid in products like the grace & stella Hyaluronic Acid Serum helps improve skin quality and signs of aging.

Dermatologic Therapy, 2022

Kiehl's or grace & stella: which moisturizer is better?

When comparing moisturizers, Kiehl's offers a much wider range of products on this page tailored to different skin types, with Lovi fit levels spanning from High to Superior for dry skin like with Hydro-Plumping Serum Concentrate. Meanwhile, grace & stella features only a single moisturizer, Hyaluronic Acid Serum, which has a High fit level for dry and dry sensitive skin.

Dermatologic Therapy, 2022

Which is more affordable, Kiehl's or grace & stella?

Reviews for the products on this page often mention a high price point for Kiehl's, while grace & stella is an independent brand founded more recently in Canada.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Kiehl's or grace & stella?

grace & stella has fewer products on this page than Kiehl's, and its Under Eye Mask achieves a Superior Lovi fit level for oily skin. By contrast, reviewers note that Kiehl's often causes breakouts and skin irritation, though some products on this page like the Ultra Facial Oil-Free Gel Cream achieve a High Lovi fit for oily acne-prone skin.

Between Kiehl's and grace & stella, which brand offers a fragrance-free product line?

grace & stella offers a fragrance-free product line because every product on this page lists no fragrance, whereas Kiehl's includes fragrance in two of its products.

How do the founding years and home countries of Kiehl's and grace & stella compare?

Kiehl's was founded in 1851 in the United States, whereas grace & stella was founded much later in 2016 in Canada.

Which brand has more products listed on the page for addressing skin with dark spots?

Kiehl's features significantly more products on this page for addressing skin with dark spots compared to grace & stella.

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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