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Kiehl's vs grace & stella

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Kiehl's and grace & stella are two popular skincare labels offering distinct approaches to daily beauty routines. The American brand is known for thoughtful moisturizers, serums, toners, and eye products utilizing glycerin and squalane, suiting combination skin and dark spots best with targeted formulations. Meanwhile, the Canadian brand is loved for nourishing eye products and moisturizers designed for daily self-care that suit all skin types with gentle hydration and restorative care. While both emphasize nourishing ingredients and targeted care, the former focuses on specialized botanical extracts and barrier-supporting lipids, whereas the latter prioritizes accessible, everyday self-care rituals.

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

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grace & stella is a Canadian skincare brand founded in 2016 and owned by Gravitiq since 2022.

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

Popular Kiehl's vs grace & stella products

Questions and answers

Kiehl's or grace & stella: which is better?

Kiehl's offers a much larger and more varied range of products on this page compared to grace & stella, with specific items showing a Superior fit for oily skin and toners. grace & stella provides fragrance-free options like its Under Eye Mask and Hyaluronic Acid Serum.

What is the difference between Kiehl's and grace & stella?

Kiehl's offers a wide range of twenty-eight skincare products that fit skin with dark spots, combination skin, and mature skin best, while grace & stella features just two products on this page. Grace & stella's Under Eye Mask reaches a Superior fit level for oily skin, whereas Kiehl's provides a Superior fit for specific skin types using products like their Calendula Herbal-Extract Toner.

Kiehl's or grace & stella: which moisturizer is better?

For a moisturizer, Kiehl's is better because the products on this page offer a wide range of targeted hydration options, such as the Hydro-Plumping Serum Concentrate which achieves a Superior fit level for dry skin. Additionally, topical sodium hyaluronate helps improve skin quality and signs of aging.

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Which is more affordable, Kiehl's or grace & stella?

Reviewers on this page often mention that Kiehl's has a high price point, while grace & stella's pricing is not specifically discussed in the available data. Therefore, a direct price comparison cannot be made based on the products on this page.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Kiehl's or grace & stella?

Comparing the products on this page, grace & stella is unlikely to cause breakouts as every product on this page lists no fragrance, while Kiehl's reviewers often mention that its products cause breakouts and skin irritation.

Between Kiehl's and grace & stella, which brand offers a wider range of products for skin with dark spots?

Kiehl's offers a wider range of products on this page for skin with dark spots, including options with a High Lovi fit level like the Better Screen UV Serum and Retinol Skin-Renewing Daily Micro-Dose Serum. grace & stella also features the Under Eye Mask and Hyaluronic Acid Serum, which both have a High Lovi fit level for this skin type.

How do the founding years and countries of origin compare between Kiehl's and grace & stella?

Kiehl's was founded in 1851 in the United States, whereas grace & stella was founded much later in 2016 in Canada.

Which brand has more fragrance-free options listed on the page?

Kiehl's has more fragrance-free options listed on the products on this page, offering twenty-six fragrance-free choices compared to grace & stella with two.

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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