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Kiehl's vs Bio-Oil

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Kiehl's and Bio-Oil are respected skincare options designed to nourish and support the complexion. The American brand, founded in 1851, is loved for its nourishing moisturizers, targeted serums, soothing toners, and revitalizing eye products formulated with glycerin and squalane, making it suit mature and combination skin best. Meanwhile, Bio-Oil is beloved for its specialized product types and expertly blended formulas that suit dry, mature, and uneven skin types best. Both brands differ in their formulations and targeted concerns, while offering balanced moisture through thoughtful ingredients.

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

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

Popular Kiehl's vs Bio-Oil products

Questions and answers

Kiehl's or Bio-Oil: which is better?

Kiehl's is generally better suited for a wider variety of skin types, as Lovi rates most of the products on this page as High or Superior for skin concerns like aging, blemishes, and dryness, whereas Bio-Oil's single product receives lower fit levels. Kiehl's also offers fragrance-free options for most formulas on this page.

What is the difference between Kiehl's and Bio-Oil?

Kiehl's offers a wide range of skincare products on this page with mostly fragrance-free formulas that fit various skin types well, whereas Bio-Oil features only a single scented skincare oil that has lower or cautionary fit levels for oily and acne-prone skin.

Which is more affordable, Kiehl's or Bio-Oil?

Reviewers on this page often mention that Kiehl's has a high price point, while the page contains no pricing details for Bio-Oil.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Kiehl's or Bio-Oil?

Kiehl's has high-fit options for acne-prone skin on this page, whereas Bio-Oil carries a caution or warning fit level for acne-prone skin, meaning Kiehl's is less likely to cause breakouts.

How do the fragrance options compare between Kiehl's and Bio-Oil products?

Kiehl's offers a wide selection where the vast majority of the products on this page list no fragrance, whereas Bio-Oil contains fragrance in its only product listed.

Which brand offers more products specifically rated as Superior for oily skin?

Kiehl's offers more products specifically rated as Superior for oily skin, whereas Bio-Oil has no products with a Superior fit level for that skin type.

When was each brand founded and who owns them today?

Kiehl's was founded in the United States in 1851 and is owned by L'Oréal S.A., while Bio-Oil was founded in 1987 and is owned by Union-Swiss (Pty) Ltd.

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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