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Kiehl's vs Weleda

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Kiehl's and Weleda are established skincare brands that offer distinct approaches to daily care. The American heritage label is known for its expertly formulated moisturizers, serums, toners, and eye products featuring glycerin and squalane, suiting combination and mature skin best. Meanwhile, the Swiss brand is widely loved for its rich moisturizers and meticulously crafted formulas that suit sensitive skin best because of their gentle botanical bases. They differ primarily in their core ingredient philosophies, targeted skin compatibilities, and individual breakout or dark spot solutions.

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

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Weleda is a Swiss skincare brand founded in 1921 and owned by Weleda AG.

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

Popular Kiehl's vs Weleda products

Kiehl's vs Weleda moisturizers

Questions and answers

Kiehl's or Weleda: which is better?

Kiehl's offers a much broader range of products on this page with better overall Lovi fit levels across most skin types, whereas Weleda features only two moisturizers. Both brands include formulas that help moisturize the skin, though Kiehl's provides significantly more targeted options for specific skin concerns.

What is the difference between Kiehl's and Weleda?

Kiehl's offers a wide variety of 28 targeted products on this page with many fragrance-free options, whereas Weleda features only two products, both of which contain fragrance. Kiehl's best fits combination skin, mature skin, and skin with dark spots.

Kiehl's or Weleda: which moisturizer is better?

When comparing moisturizers, Kiehl's offers a much wider variety of options tailored to different skin types, whereas Weleda features only two products on this page, both of which contain fragrance and tend to fit dry skin best.

Which is more affordable, Kiehl's or Weleda?

The products on this page for Kiehl's are frequently noted by reviewers for having a high price point. The page facts do not provide pricing information for Weleda to make a direct comparison.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Kiehl's or Weleda?

Weleda products on this page have limited information on breakouts, but reviewers note that Kiehl's may cause breakouts and skin irritation.

How do the founding years and countries of origin compare between Kiehl's and Weleda?

Kiehl's was founded in 1851 in the United States, whereas Weleda was founded earlier, in 1921, in Switzerland.

Which brand offers a wider variety of products on the page, and how do their fragrance formulations differ?

Kiehl's offers a much wider variety of products on this page than Weleda, with dozens of options covering multiple skincare categories. Their fragrance formulations also differ significantly, as nearly all of Kiehl's products list no fragrance, whereas every product from Weleda includes fragrance.

How does the Lovi fit level for dry skin compare between Kiehl's Hydro-Plumping Serum Concentrate and Weleda's Skin Food?

Kiehl's Hydro-Plumping Serum Concentrate achieves a Superior Lovi fit level for dry skin, whereas Weleda's Skin Food achieves a High fit level. Both products help provide deep hydration, though Kiehl's is noted as a lightweight moisturizer while Weleda's is a richer cream.

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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