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Elemis vs Blume

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Elemis and Blume are distinct skincare lines created for different routines and complexions. The British enterprise, established in 1989, features nourishing serums, rich moisturizers, gentle cleansers, and refreshing toners anchored by hydrating glycerin and softening shea. Conversely, the Canadian maker, launched in 2018, offers nourishing moisturizers designed for daily use. While the mature offerings of the former suit dry skin best, the gentle products of the latter serve sensitive, acne-prone, and dry skin.

Elemis is a British skincare brand founded in 1989 and owned by L'Occitane Group since 2019.

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Blume is a Canadian skincare brand founded in 2018.

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

Popular Elemis vs Blume products

Elemis vs Blume moisturizers

Questions and answers

Elemis or Blume: which is better?

Elemis is a better fit for mature and dry skin types, offering a wide range of hydrating moisturizers and targeted treatments. Meanwhile, Blume focuses on fragrance-free options like the Meltdown Gel Cream, which helps suit acne-prone and oily skin types.

What is the difference between Elemis and Blume?

Elemis is a UK-based brand founded in 1989 with a large range of products that fit mature, dry, and dry sensitive skin best, whereas Blume is an independent Canadian brand founded in 2018 with products on this page listing no fragrance.

Elemis or Blume: which moisturizer is better?

Elemis offers a wide variety of moisturizers with High to Superior Lovi fit levels for dry, mature, and sensitive skin, though most contain added fragrance. Blume features the Meltdown Gel Cream, which has a High Lovi fit level for acne-prone and oily skin and lists no fragrance.

Which is more affordable, Elemis or Blume?

Blume tends to be more affordable, while reviewers note that Elemis has a high price point.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Elemis or Blume?

Blume helps with breakouts by offering fragrance-free options like Meltdown Gel Cream, whereas Elemis has multiple fragranced products on this page that may cause skin irritation.

Which brand has been around longer, Elemis or Blume?

Elemis has been around longer, having been founded in the United Kingdom in 1989, whereas Blume was founded in Canada in 2018.

Do Elemis products contain fragrance while Blume products do not?

Elemis products frequently include fragrance, as 18 out of 22 products on this page list fragrance in their ingredients. In contrast, every Blume product on this page lists no fragrance.

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

According to its brand-focused routines, Lovi finds that Elemis fits mature skin, dry skin, and dry sensitive skin best.

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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