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Kiehl's vs grace & stella

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Kiehl's and grace & stella are two distinct skincare lines offering thoughtful daily regimens. Kiehl's is cherished for its moisturizers, serums, toners, and eye products anchored by glycerin and squalane, suiting skin with dark spots and mature skin best. Meanwhile, grace & stella is loved for its nourishing eye products and moisturizers designed for self-care, suiting all skin types best with gentle hydration and restorative care. While the American brand targets specific concerns like dark spots and aging through barrier restoration, the Canadian brand focuses on balanced, healthy-looking skin for everyone.

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

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

Popular Kiehl's vs grace & stella products

Questions and answers

Kiehl's or grace & stella: which is better?

Kiehl's offers a much wider range of products on this page with High to Superior Lovi fit levels across most skin types, whereas grace & stella features only two items. Kiehl's provides targeted routines for skin with dark spots, mature skin, and dry skin.

What is the difference between Kiehl's and grace & stella?

Kiehl's offers a wide range of products across multiple categories with varied Lovi fit levels, whereas grace & stella features only two products on this page with high or superior Lovi fit levels across most skin types. Kiehl's is best suited for mature skin, dry skin, and skin with dark spots, and its products on this page frequently use glycerin and vitamin C.

Kiehl's or grace & stella: which moisturizer is better?

For moisturizers, Kiehl's offers a much wider variety of products on this page with high or superior Lovi fit levels for dry skin compared to grace & stella. Topical hyaluronic acid helps hydrate the skin.

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Which is more affordable, Kiehl's or grace & stella?

Reviews for the products on this page frequently mention a high price point for Kiehl's, while grace & stella is not mentioned as having high prices.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Kiehl's or grace & stella?

grace & stella offers fewer products on this page, and reviews for Kiehl's often note that its items may cause breakouts and skin irritation. For acne-prone skin, the products on this page by grace & stella achieve a High fit level.

Between Kiehl's and grace & stella, which brand offers a wider variety of products listed on the page?

Between Kiehl's and grace & stella, Kiehl's offers a much wider variety of products on this page, covering cleansers, toners, serums, and moisturizers.

How do the founding years and home countries of Kiehl's and grace & stella compare?

Kiehl's was founded in 1851 in the United States, whereas grace & stella is much newer, having been founded in 2016 in Canada.

Which of the two brands includes fragrance in some of its products, and which one is entirely fragrance-free?

Kiehl's includes fragrance in some of the products on this page, while grace & stella is entirely fragrance-free. Specifically, 26 of Kiehl's 28 products list no fragrance, leaving only the Age Defender Moisturizer and Facial Fuel Energizing Moisture Treatment for Men with fragrance.

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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