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Dr. Althea vs ILIA Beauty

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

Dr. Althea and ILIA Beauty are thoughtful beauty brands known for their nourishing moisturizers and gentle, skin-soothing formulas. Dr. Althea is widely beloved for gentle cleansers, effective makeup removers, and soothing serums featuring key ingredients, suiting dry and acne-prone skin best with standalone items like the Amino Acid Gentle Bubble Cleanser, 345 Relief Cream, and Vitamin C Boosting Serum. ILIA Beauty is widely loved for its conscious compositions, suiting dry, normal, and combination skin best with standout products like The Base Face Milk for acne-prone skin. While both offer reliable daily routines, the brands differ in their specific product ranges, geographic origins, and targeted skin types.

Dr. Althea is a Korean skincare brand founded in 2014 and owned by The Pure Lab Co., Ltd..

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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 Dr. Althea and ILIA Beauty products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.

Popular Dr. Althea vs ILIA Beauty products

Questions and answers

Dr. Althea or ILIA Beauty: which is better?

Dr. Althea is a better fit for comprehensive daily routines because the products on this page cover multiple skin types with ratings up to Superior, whereas ILIA Beauty only offers a single moisturizer rated Average across all skin types.

What is the difference between Dr. Althea and ILIA Beauty?

Dr. Althea offers a wide range of cleansers, moisturizers, and serums with fit levels reaching Superior for dry and acne-prone skin, whereas ILIA Beauty features just one moisturizer on this page with an Average fit across all skin types.

Dr. Althea or ILIA Beauty: which moisturizer is better?

For moisturizers, Dr. Althea offers stronger options because Lovi rates the 345 Relief Cream as a Superior fit for acne-prone skin and High for dry, combination, and mature skin, whereas ILIA Beauty has only The Base Face Milk, which Lovi rates as an Average fit across all skin types.

Which is more affordable, Dr. Althea or ILIA Beauty?

This page does not compare prices or list costs for either Dr. Althea or ILIA Beauty, so affordability cannot be determined here.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Dr. Althea or ILIA Beauty?

Dr. Althea offers products on this page with a Superior Lovi fit for acne-prone skin, such as the 345 Relief Cream and Amino Acid Gentle Bubble Cleanser, while ILIA Beauty only reaches an Average fit.

Between Dr. Althea and ILIA Beauty, which brand has products that list no fragrance in their ingredients?

Both Dr. Althea and ILIA Beauty have every product on this page listing no fragrance in its ingredients.

Which brand has been around longer, Dr. Althea founded in South Korea or ILIA Beauty founded in Canada?

ILIA Beauty has been around longer, having been founded in Canada in 2011, whereas Dr. Althea was founded in South Korea in 2014.

What do reviewers most frequently mention about Dr. Althea's cleansers and moisturizers?

Reviewers most frequently mention that Dr. Althea's cleansers and moisturizers are gentle and soothing. They also note that the moisturizers are hydrating, while occasionally reporting scent, irritation, or breakout issues.

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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