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Kiehl's vs NIOD

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Kiehl's and NIOD are well-regarded skincare brands offering distinct approaches to daily regimens. Kiehl's features nourishing moisturizers, serums, toners, and eye products with glycerin and squalane that suit combination and mature skin best. Meanwhile, the Canadian brand focuses on advanced serums and balancing toners with sophisticated formulas tailored for mature, sensitive, and dry skin types. Ultimately, both labels differ in their heritage and precise active ingredients, while each provides targeted solutions for various dermatological concerns.

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

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NIOD is a Canadian skincare brand founded in 2015 and owned by The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. since 2021.

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

Popular Kiehl's vs NIOD products

Questions and answers

Kiehl's or NIOD: which is better?

Kiehl's offers a much larger range of products on this page compared to NIOD, with options that fit combination and mature skin with a High or Superior Lovi rating. Reviewers frequently note that Kiehl's provides deep hydration and lightweight moisturizers, though some mention a high price point or skin irritation.

What is the difference between Kiehl's and NIOD?

Kiehl's offers a broad selection of twenty-eight skincare products on this page best fitting combination and mature skin, whereas NIOD provides only two serums with high fit levels for sensitive and dry skin types.

Which is more affordable, Kiehl's or NIOD?

Reviews often note that Kiehl's has a high price point.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Kiehl's or NIOD?

Reviewers often mention that Kiehl's causes breakouts and skin irritation, whereas NIOD has fewer products and lacks this feedback.

How do the founding years and corporate ownerships of Kiehl's and NIOD compare?

Kiehl's was founded in 1851 in the United States and has been owned by L'Oréal S.A. since 2000, whereas NIOD was founded in 2015 in Canada and is owned by The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. as of 2021.

Which brand offers a greater variety of products on this page, and how do their fragrance-free options differ?

Kiehl's offers a much greater variety of products on this page with 28 items compared to NIOD's 2 options. Among the fragrance-free choices, Kiehl's features 26 products without added fragrance, whereas every product on NIOD's page lists no fragrance.

What specific skin types are identified as the best fit for Kiehl's according to its brand-focused routines, compared to NIOD?

According to its brand-focused routines, Kiehl's fits combination skin, mature skin, and skin with dark spots best, whereas NIOD does not list specific skin types for its brand-focused routines on this page.

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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