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Elemis vs grace & stella

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Elemis and grace & stella are two distinct skincare lines offering targeted daily care for diverse complexions. The British establishment features nourishing serums, rich moisturizers, gentle cleansers, and refining toners with glycerin and shea, suiting dry and mature skin best through restorative preparations. Conversely, the Canadian brand focuses on nourishing eye products and moisturizers designed for daily self-care that suit all skin types with gentle hydration. While both emphasize effective ingredients like hyaluronic acid and glycerin, they differ in their heritage, founding eras, and primary target audiences.

Elemis is a British skincare brand founded in 1989 and owned by L'Occitane Group since 2019.

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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 Elemis and grace & stella products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.

Popular Elemis vs grace & stella products

Questions and answers

Elemis or grace & stella: which is better?

Elemis is generally better for a wide range of targeted routines, particularly for dry and mature skin, while grace & stella offers simpler, fragrance-free options like its popular Under Eye Mask that fits most skin types well. Glycerin, which is found across the products on this page, helps maintain skin hydration.

What is the difference between Elemis and grace & stella?

Elemis offers a wide selection of products featuring key ingredients like glycerin and shea butter, while grace & stella features just a couple of items on this page, including a hyaluronic acid serum. Reviewers note that Elemis has a high price point and strong fragrance in many of its formulas, whereas every product on the grace & stella page lists no fragrance.

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Elemis or grace & stella: which moisturizer is better?

Elemis offers a larger selection of moisturizers like the Pro-Collagen Marine Cream, which achieves a Superior Lovi fit for mature skin. Meanwhile, grace & stella provides the Hyaluronic Acid Serum, which helps hydrate dry sensitive skin with a High Lovi fit level.

Dermatologic Therapy, 2022

Which is more affordable, Elemis or grace & stella?

Reviewers on this page frequently mention Elemis for its high price point, whereas grace & stella offers a smaller, budget-friendly selection of products.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Elemis or grace & stella?

Both Elemis and grace & stella are unlikely to cause breakouts, as the products on this page generally feature favorable fit levels for acne-prone skin, though Elemis includes fragrance in most formulas which may occasionally irritate sensitive skin.

How do the founding years and home countries of Elemis and grace & stella compare?

Elemis was founded in 1989 in the United Kingdom, whereas grace & stella was founded more recently in 2016 in Canada. Both brands are currently owned by larger parent companies.

Which brand offers fragrance-free products across its entire line, Elemis or grace & stella?

grace & stella offers fragrance-free products across its entire line, as every product on this page lists no fragrance in its ingredients. In contrast, Elemis has 4 of 22 products on this page that list no fragrance, while the rest include fragrance.

How does the Lovi fit level for the Under Eye Mask by grace & stella compare to Elemis eye products for mature skin?

The Lovi fit level for the Under Eye Mask by grace & stella is High for mature skin, matching most Elemis eye products such as the Peptide4 Eye Recovery Cream and Pro-Collagen Advanced Eye Treatment. Elemis also offers the Pro-Collagen Eye Revive Mask, which has an Average Lovi fit level for mature skin.

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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