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Elemis vs ILIA Beauty

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

Elemis and ILIA Beauty are distinct skincare houses rooted in botanical efficacy. The British brand founded in 1989 is celebrated for its nourishing serums, rich moisturizers, gentle cleansers, and refreshing toners anchored by hydrating glycerin and softening shea, while the Canadian brand founded in 2011 is widely loved for its thoughtful moisturizers and the nourishing nature of its clean, conscious formulas. Both offer tailored benefits, with the former suiting mature skin and dry skin best through formulas designed to restore suppleness, and the latter suiting dry, normal, and combination skin best owing to their gentle, hydrating compositions. They differ primarily in their heritage and targeted concentrations, as the former utilizes powerhouse ingredients like glycerin to significantly increase skin hydration and improve barrier function alongside shea butter to reduce inflammation and relieve skin pruritus.

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

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

Popular Elemis vs ILIA Beauty products

Elemis vs ILIA Beauty moisturizers

Questions and answers

Elemis or ILIA Beauty: which is better?

Elemis stands out for mature, dry, and dry sensitive skin, offering an extensive range of moisturizers, cleansers, and treatments that frequently include fragrance. In contrast, ILIA Beauty features products on this page that list no fragrance.

What is the difference between Elemis and ILIA Beauty?

Elemis offers a wide range of skincare products that fit mature, dry, and dry sensitive skin best, whereas the products on this page for ILIA Beauty are limited to a single moisturizer with average fit across skin types. Elemis products frequently feature key ingredients like glycerin and shea butter, but many formulas contain fragrance, unlike ILIA Beauty where every product on this page lists no fragrance.

Elemis or ILIA Beauty: which moisturizer is better?

Elemis is a better choice for moisturizers because the products on this page achieve High to Superior Lovi fit levels for dry, mature, and dry sensitive skin, whereas ILIA Beauty only reaches an Average fit for those skin types.

Which is more affordable, Elemis or ILIA Beauty?

Elemis has a high price point according to reviewers, while the products on this page for ILIA Beauty do not provide enough pricing data to compare affordability.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Elemis or ILIA Beauty?

ILIA Beauty lists no fragrance in its products on this page and features The Base Face Milk, which has an Average Lovi fit level for acne-prone skin, while Elemis includes fragrance in most of its products and its items have varying fit levels for acne-prone skin that range from High to Low and Caution. Glycerin, a key ingredient in Elemis products, helps support the skin barrier.

How does the fragrance content compare between Elemis and ILIA Beauty products?

Elemis includes fragrance in the majority of the products on this page, whereas ILIA Beauty lists no fragrance in every product on this page.

Which brand has been around longer, Elemis or ILIA Beauty, and where were they founded?

Elemis has been around longer than ILIA Beauty, having been founded in the United Kingdom in 1989, whereas ILIA Beauty was founded in Canada in 2011.

What are the main skin types that Elemis products fit best according to their brand-focused routines?

According to their brand-focused routines, Elemis products fit 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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