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Dermalogica vs ILIA Beauty

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Dermalogica and ILIA Beauty are distinct skincare lines created to refine daily routines. The American brand is known for targeted serums, nourishing moisturizers, gentle cleansers, and purifying masks featuring hyaluronic acid, glycerin, and salicylic acid, while the Canadian brand is widely loved for its thoughtful moisturizers and nourishing formulas. The first suits oily skin and combination skin best with active formulations that balance excess oil and moisture, whereas the second suits dry, normal, and combination skin best due to gentle, hydrating compositions. Both differ as the former works beneath the surface with potent ingredients like salicylic acid to reduce acne lesion counts, while the latter continues to refine routines through clean, conscious beauty.

Dermalogica is an American skincare brand founded in 1986 and owned by Unilever since 2015.

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

Popular Dermalogica vs ILIA Beauty products

Dermalogica vs ILIA Beauty moisturizers

Questions and answers

Dermalogica or ILIA Beauty: which is better?

Dermalogica offers a much wider selection of products on this page compared to ILIA Beauty, which features only a single moisturizer. Reviewers note that Dermalogica products provide intense hydration and gentle cleansers, though they come with a high price point.

What is the difference between Dermalogica and ILIA Beauty?

Dermalogica offers a wide range of targeted skincare products that fit oily, combination, and mature skin best, whereas ILIA Beauty features only one moisturizer on this page with average fit levels across skin types. Both brands list no fragrance in their products.

Dermalogica or ILIA Beauty: which moisturizer is better?

Dermalogica offers multiple moisturizers with high fit levels for various skin types, such as Stabilizing Repair Cream, whereas ILIA Beauty features only one moisturizer on this page, The Base Face Milk, which has an average fit across all skin types.

Which is more affordable, Dermalogica or ILIA Beauty?

The products on this page for Dermalogica have reviewers mostly mentioning a high price point. The page facts do not provide pricing information for ILIA Beauty.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Dermalogica or ILIA Beauty?

Dermalogica offers a wide range of products with specific fit levels for acne-prone skin, whereas the products on this page for ILIA Beauty consist of only a single moisturizer. Reviewers note that Dermalogica sometimes causes breakouts or reactions.

Between Dermalogica and ILIA Beauty, which brand offers a wider range of products for dry skin?

Dermalogica offers a much wider range of products for dry skin, featuring numerous moisturizers, cleansers, and masks that fit dry skin at High or Superior levels, whereas ILIA Beauty only features a single moisturizer on this page.

How do the founding years and corporate ownership of Dermalogica and ILIA Beauty compare?

Dermalogica was founded in the United States in 1986 and has been owned by Unilever since 2015, whereas ILIA Beauty was founded in Canada in 2011 and has been owned by Famille C since 2022.

Which of the two brands offers specific skincare routines tailored for mature or combination skin?

Dermalogica offers specific skincare routines tailored for mature and combination skin, whereas the products on this page for ILIA Beauty do not define distinct brand-focused routines for these skin types.

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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