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Shiseido vs ILIA Beauty

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

Shiseido and ILIA Beauty are esteemed beauty brands originating from Japan and Canada, respectively. The Japanese house is celebrated for its moisturizers, cleansers, sunscreens, and serums featuring glycerin, suiting sensitive and mature skin best through gentle care like the Benefiance Wrinkle Smoothing Day Cream. Meanwhile, the Canadian line is widely loved for its thoughtful moisturizers and nourishing compositions, suiting dry, normal, and combination skin best with standout choices such as The Base Face Milk. While both offer meticulous daily solutions, they differ in their heritage, specific formulations, and target skin types.

Shiseido is a Japanese skincare brand founded in 1872 and owned by Shiseido Company, Limited.

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ILIA Beauty is a Canadian skincare brand founded in 2011 and owned by Famille C since 2022.

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

Popular Shiseido vs ILIA Beauty products

Shiseido vs ILIA Beauty moisturizers

Questions and answers

Shiseido or ILIA Beauty: which is better?

Shiseido features a much larger selection of skincare products on this page with varying Lovi fit levels across different skin types, whereas ILIA Beauty offers only The Base Face Milk with an average fit for all skin types. Shiseido products on this page often include added fragrance, while ILIA Beauty lists no fragrance in its products.

What is the difference between Shiseido and ILIA Beauty?

Shiseido is a Japanese brand founded in 1872 with twenty products on this page that fit sensitive skin, mature skin, and skin with dark spots best, whereas ILIA Beauty is a Canadian brand founded in 2011 with just one moisturizer on this page. Shiseido features many products with fragrance and key ingredients like glycerin and hyaluronic acid, while every ILIA Beauty product on this page lists no fragrance.

Shiseido or ILIA Beauty: which moisturizer is better?

For moisturizers on this page, Shiseido offers options with High or Superior Lovi fit levels for dry and mature skin types, whereas ILIA Beauty's The Base Face Milk has an Average Lovi fit level across those skin types.

Which is more affordable, Shiseido or ILIA Beauty?

The products on this page for Shiseido frequently receive reviews noting a high price point, while the page provides no pricing details for ILIA Beauty to make a direct comparison.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Shiseido or ILIA Beauty?

ILIA Beauty products on this page are rated as having an Average fit for acne-prone skin, while several Shiseido products on this page receive Low or Warning fit levels for acne-prone skin.

How do the founding years and countries of origin compare between Shiseido and ILIA Beauty?

Shiseido was founded in 1872 in Japan, whereas ILIA Beauty was founded much later in 2011 in Canada.

Which brand has more products listed on the page that contain fragrance?

Shiseido has more products listed on the page that contain fragrance, with fifteen fragranced products compared to none for ILIA Beauty.

What are the main skin types that Shiseido fits best according to its brand-focused routines?

According to its brand-focused routines, Shiseido fits best for sensitive skin, mature skin, and skin with dark spots.

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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