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Kiehl's vs ELIDEL

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Kiehl's and ELIDEL are distinct skincare names offering targeted daily options for skin maintenance. The American brand is beloved for thoughtful moisturizers, serums, toners, eye products, and more that incorporate nourishing glycerin and squalane, while the Swiss brand is beloved for its gentle moisturizers and soothing formulas. The former suits skin with dark spots and combination skin best, and its standout items include the Calendula Herbal-Extract Toner, Calendula Deep Cleansing Foaming Face Wash, and Ultra Facial Toner. Meanwhile, the latter suits sensitive, dry skin best due to their carefully balanced compositions, featuring standout products like Pimecrolimus. Ultimately, they differ through their specific formulations, with both providing reliable choices for individual skin needs.

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

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ELIDEL is a Swiss skincare brand founded in 2001 and owned by Viatris Inc. since 2016.

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

Popular Kiehl's vs ELIDEL products

Kiehl's vs ELIDEL moisturizers

Questions and answers

Kiehl's or ELIDEL: which is better?

Kiehl's generally offers a much wider variety of skincare products on this page than ELIDEL, which lists only a single pimecrolimus moisturizer. Kiehl's features high fit levels for skin with dark spots, combination skin, and mature skin.

What is the difference between Kiehl's and ELIDEL?

Kiehl's offers a wide range of skincare products on this page with varying fit levels for multiple skin types, whereas ELIDEL only features a single moisturizer. Kiehl's best fits skin with dark spots, combination skin, and mature skin.

Kiehl's or ELIDEL: which moisturizer is better?

When comparing moisturizers, Kiehl's offers a much wider variety of options than ELIDEL, with specific products achieving High or Superior Lovi fit levels for different skin types. Reviewers often mention that Kiehl's provides deep hydration and lightweight formulas.

Which is more affordable, Kiehl's or ELIDEL?

The products on this page for Kiehl's have a high price point according to reviewers, while ELIDEL is not discussed for pricing.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Kiehl's or ELIDEL?

ELIDEL may cause fewer breakouts than Kiehl's, as the products on this page for Kiehl's often receive reviews mentioning breakouts and skin irritation, whereas ELIDEL features only a single product whose Lovi fit level for acne-prone skin is Low.

Which brand offers a wider variety of products for oily and acne-prone skin?

Kiehl's offers a much wider variety of products for oily and acne-prone skin compared to ELIDEL, which lists only one product on this page with low to caution Lovi fit levels for those skin types. Kiehl's provides several items with high Lovi fit levels for oily and acne-prone skin, such as the Ultra Facial Oil-Free Gel Cream and Rare Earth Deep Pore Daily Cleanser.

How do the founding years and corporate owners of Kiehl's and ELIDEL compare?

Kiehl's was founded earlier in 1851 in the United States and has been owned by L'Oréal S.A. since 2000, whereas ELIDEL was founded in 2001 in Switzerland and is owned by Viatris Inc. since 2016.

Which Kiehl's products contain fragrance compared to ELIDEL's completely fragrance-free lineup?

When comparing the products on this page, two of Kiehl's moisturizers contain fragrance while ELIDEL's lineup is completely fragrance-free.

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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