🇪🇸Spain

Kiehl's vs Heliocare

Rated by Lovi · Unbiased, science-based skincare AI trained on real user outcomes · How the Fit score works

Kiehl's and Heliocare are respected skincare brands that offer distinct approaches to daily maintenance and protection. The American brand provides expertly formulated moisturizers, serums, toners, and eye products featuring glycerin and squalane, while the Spanish brand is celebrated for its protective sunscreens and advanced formulas. These offerings suit different needs, as the former is ideal for combination and mature skin, whereas the latter best serves sensitive, oily, and blemish-prone skin through quick-absorbing textures. Ultimately, both differ in their primary focus, balancing deep hydration and barrier restoration on one hand with targeted sun defense on the other.

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

loreal.comen.wikipedia.org

Heliocare is a Spanish skincare brand founded in 2001 and owned by Cantabria Labs.

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

Popular Kiehl's vs Heliocare products

Questions and answers

Kiehl's or Heliocare: which is better?

Kiehl's offers a much wider variety of skincare products on this page across multiple skin types compared to Heliocare, which features just a single sunscreen. Kiehl's lightweight, non-greasy moisturizers and gentle serums may help target various skin concerns, though some shoppers note a high price point or potential breakouts.

What is the difference between Kiehl's and Heliocare?

Kiehl's offers a wide range of products that are mostly fragrance-free and fit combination and mature skin well, whereas Heliocare is a newer brand featuring just one fragranced sunscreen on this page. Reviewers frequently mention that Kiehl's provides lightweight moisturizers and gentle serums, though some users note high prices and breakouts.

Kiehl's or Heliocare: which sunscreen is better?

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, while Heliocare 360° Gel Oil-Free SPF 50+ has a Low fit for dry skin and dry sensitive skin.

Which is more affordable, Kiehl's or Heliocare?

Kiehl's has a high price point according to reviewers, while the products on this page for Heliocare do not provide pricing comparison details. Lovi rates Kiehl's fit level as High for combination skin.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Kiehl's or Heliocare?

Heliocare offers just one sunscreen product on this page that has a high fit for acne-prone skin, whereas Kiehl's features several products with a low fit or caution for acne-prone skin alongside its higher-rated options, but shoppers should note that breakouts are often mentioned by reviewers across the Kiehl's range.

Which brand has been on the market longer, Kiehl's or Heliocare?

Kiehl's has been on the market longer, having been founded in the United States in 1851, whereas Heliocare was founded in Spain in 2001.

How many products from Kiehl's contain fragrance compared to Heliocare?

2 of the products on this page from Kiehl's list fragrance, compared to 1 of 1 for Heliocare.

Which brand offers a larger variety of products on the page?

Kiehl's offers a much larger variety of products on this page, with 28 items compared to just 1 for Heliocare.

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

How does it fit your skin?

Scan your face, then any product: Lovi shows how well it fits you and what fits even better.

QR code: get the Lovi app
Download on theApp Store Get it onGoogle Play