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Kiehl's vs Valmont

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Kiehl's and Valmont are skincare brands that offer nourishing moisturizers, targeted serums, soothing toners, and gentle eye products. Kiehl's is an American brand founded in 1851, while Valmont is a Swiss brand founded in 1985. Both suit mature skin best, though the American brand also suits sensitive skin and the Swiss brand suits dehydrated skin. The American brand relies on glycerin and squalane, whereas the Swiss brand is known for refined formulas and lasting comfort.

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 serums, whereas Valmont features only a single moisturizer. Kiehl's achieves High fits for mature, sensitive, and dark spot-prone skin types, while the products on this page use formulations that are largely fragrance-free.

What is the difference between Kiehl's and Valmont?

Kiehl's offers a broad selection of products on this page covering multiple routines and skin types, whereas Valmont features just a single product. Kiehl's best fits mature skin, sensitive skin, and skin with dark spots, and its products mostly lack fragrance.

Kiehl's or Valmont: which moisturizer is better?

For moisturizers, Kiehl's offers a much wider range of products on this page with varying fit levels, such as a Superior fit for dry skin with Hydro-Plumping Serum Concentrate, whereas Valmont features just one option like 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 frequently mention that Kiehl's has a high price point, but the products on this page offer a much wider selection than Valmont.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Kiehl's or Valmont?

Valmont features only one product on this page, Prime Renewing Pack, which has an average Lovi fit for acne-prone skin, while Kiehl's offers products on this page such as Ultra Facial Oil-Free Gel Cream that achieve a High Lovi fit for acne-prone skin.

Between Kiehl's and Valmont, which brand was founded earlier and in which countries?

Kiehl's was founded earlier, in 1851 in the United States, whereas Valmont was founded in 1985 in Switzerland.

How do the fragrance options differ between Kiehl's and Valmont products on the page?

Kiehl's offers mostly fragrance-free options, as 26 of 28 products on this page list no fragrance, whereas the sole Valmont product on this page includes fragrance.

Which brand offers a larger selection of products according to the provided page?

Kiehl's offers a larger selection of products on this page compared to Valmont. Kiehl's features 28 products across various categories, while Valmont lists only one product.

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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