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Kiehl's vs Valmont

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Kiehl's and Valmont are distinguished skincare names offering targeted care for diverse complexions. Kiehl's is an American brand founded in 1851 that is beloved for thoughtful moisturizers, serums, toners, eye products, and more incorporating glycerin and squalane, suiting skin with dark spots and combination skin best. Conversely, Valmont is a Swiss brand founded in 1985 that is widely loved for luxurious moisturizers and refined formulas, suiting mature and dehydrated skin best. While both deliver lasting comfort and gentle care, they differ in their specific formulations and heritage.

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

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Valmont is a Swiss skincare brand founded in 1985.

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

Popular Kiehl's vs Valmont products

Kiehl's vs Valmont moisturizers

Questions and answers

Kiehl's or Valmont: which is better?

Kiehl's offers a much wider variety of products on this page across multiple categories like cleansers, toners, and moisturizers with High fit levels for several skin types, whereas Valmont features only a single moisturizer.

What is the difference between Kiehl's and Valmont?

Kiehl's offers a wide range of 28 products on this page fitting multiple skin types best for skin with dark spots, combination skin, and mature skin, whereas Valmont features just one product with High fit for mature skin and dry sensitive skin. Kiehl's uses no fragrance in almost all of its products on this page, while Valmont includes fragrance in its sole product.

Kiehl's or Valmont: which moisturizer is better?

When comparing moisturizers, Kiehl's offers a much wider selection on this page with various fit levels ranging from Average to Superior depending on the specific skin type, whereas Valmont features only a single moisturizer option, the Prime Renewing Pack, which has a High fit for mature and dry sensitive skin.

Which is more affordable, Kiehl's or Valmont?

Reviewers on the page often mention a high price point for Kiehl's, while Valmont has only a single product listed on the page so affordability cannot be directly compared between the two brands.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Kiehl's or Valmont?

Valmont features a single product on this page, Prime Renewing Pack, for which Lovi rates the acne-prone skin fit as Average, while Kiehl's offers multiple options that achieve a High fit level for acne-prone skin, such as the Better Screen UV Serum. However, reviewers note that Kiehl's products may sometimes cause breakouts and skin irritation.

Which brand has been around longer, Kiehl's or Valmont?

Kiehl's has been around longer than Valmont, having been founded in the United States in 1851 compared to Valmont's founding in Switzerland in 1985.

How many products from Kiehl's contain fragrance compared to Valmont?

On the products on this page, 26 out of 28 Kiehl's products list no fragrance, whereas Valmont has fragrance in its single listed product.

Which country were Kiehl's and Valmont founded in?

Kiehl's was founded in the United States, and Valmont was founded in Switzerland.

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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