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Dr. Althea vs ILIA Beauty

Rated by Lovi · Unbiased, science-based skincare AI trained on real user outcomes · How the Fit score works

Dr. Althea and ILIA Beauty are thoughtful beauty brands known for their nourishing moisturizers and gentle, skin-soothing formulas. Dr. Althea is widely beloved for gentle cleansers, effective makeup removers, and soothing serums featuring key ingredients, suiting dry and acne-prone skin best with standalone items like the Amino Acid Gentle Bubble Cleanser, 345 Relief Cream, and Vitamin C Boosting Serum. ILIA Beauty is widely loved for its conscious compositions, suiting dry, normal, and combination skin best with standout products like The Base Face Milk for acne-prone skin. While both offer reliable daily routines, the brands differ in their specific product ranges, geographic origins, and targeted skin types.

Dr. Althea is a Korean skincare brand founded in 2014 and owned by The Pure Lab Co., Ltd..

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

Popular Dr. Althea vs ILIA Beauty products

Questions and answers

Dr. Althea or ILIA Beauty: which is better?

Dr. Althea offers a much wider variety of products on this page with higher Lovi fit levels across skin types, whereas ILIA Beauty features only a single moisturizer with average fits. Reviewers also frequently praise Dr. Althea for its gentle and soothing cleansers and moisturizers.

What is the difference between Dr. Althea and ILIA Beauty?

Dr. Althea offers a much wider selection of cleansers, moisturizers, serums, and makeup removers on this page compared to ILIA Beauty, which only features The Base Face Milk moisturizer. Furthermore, the products on this page from Dr. Althea achieve Superior fit levels for specific skin types like acne-prone and oily skin, whereas ILIA Beauty achieves Average fits across the board.

Dr. Althea or ILIA Beauty: which moisturizer is better?

Dr. Althea is the better choice for moisturizers on this page, as its 345 Relief Cream earns a Superior fit for acne-prone skin and High fits for dry, oily, and sensitive skin. In contrast, ILIA Beauty offers only The Base Face Milk, which achieves just an Average fit across all skin types.

Which is more affordable, Dr. Althea or ILIA Beauty?

The provided comparison page does not include pricing or affordability information for either Dr. Althea or ILIA Beauty.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Dr. Althea or ILIA Beauty?

Dr. Althea has products on this page with an acne-prone skin fit ranging from Low to Superior, while ILIA Beauty has an average fit for acne-prone skin. Reviewers sometimes note breakouts from Dr. Althea products, though the brand fits acne-prone skin best.

Which brand has been around longer, Dr. Althea or ILIA Beauty?

ILIA Beauty has been around longer, having been founded in Canada in 2011, whereas Dr. Althea was founded in South Korea in 2014.

Do any products from Dr. Althea or ILIA Beauty contain fragrance?

Every product from Dr. Althea and ILIA Beauty on this page lists no fragrance in its ingredients.

Which brand offers more product options on the page for acne-prone skin?

Dr. Althea offers multiple product options on this page that have a Superior fit for acne-prone skin, including the 345 Relief Cream and Amino Acid Gentle Bubble Cleanser, whereas ILIA Beauty features only one moisturizer with an Average fit.

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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