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Kiehl's vs SKIN&CO

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Kiehl's and SKIN&CO are established skincare brands offering expertly formulated moisturizers, serums, toners, and eye products. The American brand is beloved for incorporating nourishing glycerin and squalane to suit combination and mature skin, while the other brand is known for maintaining the natural equilibrium of dry, normal, and combination skin with its balanced composition. Both deliver thoughtful care through standout solutions like the Calendula Herbal-Extract Toner, Calendula Deep Cleansing Foaming Face Wash, Ultra Facial Toner, and Truffle Therapy Serum. Ultimately, they differ in their key ingredients and specific solutions, with each brand working to significantly increase hydration, restore epidermal barrier function, counteract oxidative stress, and stimulate fibroblast migration.

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 SKIN&CO products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.

Popular Kiehl's vs SKIN&CO products

Kiehl's vs SKIN&CO moisturizers

Questions and answers

Kiehl's or SKIN&CO: which is better?

Kiehl's offers a much larger selection of products across multiple skincare categories with varying Lovi fit levels for different skin types, whereas SKIN&CO features only a single moisturizing serum with average Lovi fit levels across all skin types.

What is the difference between Kiehl's and SKIN&CO?

Kiehl's offers a wide range of products with varying fit levels across multiple skin types, whereas SKIN&CO lists only a single product on this page. Kiehl's best fits combination skin, mature skin, and skin with dark spots.

Kiehl's or SKIN&CO: which moisturizer is better?

When comparing moisturizers, Kiehl's offers a much wider variety with varying fit levels across skin types, such as a Superior fit for dry skin with Hydro-Plumping Serum Concentrate, whereas SKIN&CO features only one moisturizer on this page, Truffle Therapy Serum, which has an Average fit across all skin types.

Which is more affordable, Kiehl's or SKIN&CO?

Reviewers note that the products on this page from Kiehl's have a high price point, while SKIN&CO is not described as having a high price point.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Kiehl's or SKIN&CO?

SKIN&CO has only one product on this page, and Lovi rates its Truffle Therapy Serum as Average for acne-prone skin. Reviewers note that Kiehl's products may sometimes cause breakouts and skin irritation, though its products on this page show varying fit levels for acne-prone skin.

How do the founding years and corporate ownerships of Kiehl's and SKIN&CO compare?

Kiehl's was founded in 1851 in the United States and has been owned by L'Oréal S.A. since 2000, whereas SKIN&CO was founded later in 2008 and is independently owned.

Which brand offers a greater variety of products with different Lovi fit levels for dry skin?

Kiehl's offers a greater variety of products on this page with different Lovi fit levels for dry skin, ranging from Superior to Warning. In contrast, SKIN&CO only features a single product with an Average fit level for dry skin.

What are the main fragrance differences between Kiehl's and SKIN&CO products?

Kiehl's has a high concentration of fragrance-free options, as 26 of 28 products on this page list no fragrance, whereas the only product listed for SKIN&CO contains fragrance.

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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