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Kiehl's vs Blume

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Kiehl's and Blume are two distinct skincare lines known for their thoughtful moisturizers and targeted formulas. The American brand, founded in 1851, incorporates nourishing glycerin and squalane to suit combination skin and dark spots best. Meanwhile, the Canadian brand, established in 2018, offers gentle solutions designed to support sensitive, acne-prone, and dry skin. While both prioritize healthy complexions, they differ in their specific ingredient profiles and primary skin concerns addressed.

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

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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 Kiehl's and Blume products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.

Popular Kiehl's vs Blume products

Kiehl's vs Blume moisturizers

Questions and answers

Kiehl's or Blume: which is better?

Kiehl's offers a much wider variety of products on this page across multiple categories, whereas Blume only lists the Meltdown Gel Cream. Kiehl's features high fit levels for skin with dark spots, combination skin, and mature skin.

What is the difference between Kiehl's and Blume?

Kiehl's is an American brand founded in 1851 and owned by L'Oreal S.A., featuring a wide range of skincare products on this page that generally fit mature skin, combination skin, and skin with dark spots well. In contrast, Blume is an independent Canadian brand founded in 2018 with just one product listed on this page, the Meltdown Gel Cream.

Kiehl's or Blume: which moisturizer is better?

When comparing moisturizers, Kiehl's offers a wide variety of products on this page with different fit levels ranging from Superior to Low depending on your skin type, while Blume features the Meltdown Gel Cream, which has a High fit for acne-prone, oily, and dry skin.

Which is more affordable, Kiehl's or Blume?

Reviewers on this page often mention that Kiehl's has a high price point, whereas Blume is an independent brand founded more recently in Canada.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Kiehl's or Blume?

Blume is a brand focused on acne-prone skin with fragrance-free formulas, whereas reviewers note that Kiehl's sometimes causes breakouts and skin irritation.

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

Kiehl's was founded in 1851 in the United States, whereas Blume was founded much later in 2018 in Canada.

Which brand offers a wider variety of products on this page, and what are their respective skin type fit levels?

Kiehl's offers a much wider variety of products on this page across multiple categories, whereas Blume features only one product, Meltdown Gel Cream. For Kiehl's, Lovi rates products from Superior and High to Average, Caution, and Warning depending on the specific product and skin type, while Blume's single product achieves a High fit for acne-prone, oily, dry, sensitive, and combination skin, and an Average fit for skin with dark spots, dry sensitive, and mature skin.

What are the main fragrance differences between the product lines of Kiehl's and Blume?

Kiehl's offers fragrance-free options for almost all of the products on this page, while only a couple contain fragrance, whereas Blume includes no fragrance in every product on this page.

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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