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Kiehl's vs ILIA Beauty

Kiehl's and ILIA Beauty are skincare brands that offer thoughtful moisturizers, with the American brand also providing serums, toners, eye products, and more anchored by glycerin and squalane, while the Canadian brand is widely loved for the nourishing nature of its formulas. Kiehl's suits skin with dark spots and mature skin best, whereas its counterpart suits dry, normal, and combination skin best. Both brands differ in their formulations and targeted relief, as the former relies on ingredients that significantly increase hydration and counteract oxidative stress, while the latter continues to refine daily routines through clean, conscious beauty.

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

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

Questions and answers

Kiehl's or ILIA Beauty: which is better?

Kiehl's offers a much wider selection of skincare products across multiple categories, whereas ILIA Beauty currently features only a single product on this page. Reviewers note that Kiehl's provides lightweight moisturizers and gentle serums, though some users mention a high price point and potential skin irritation.

What is the difference between Kiehl's and ILIA Beauty?

Kiehl's offers a wide variety of cleansers, toners, serums, and moisturizers that fit dry skin and mature skin best, while ILIA Beauty features just one moisturizer on this page with average fit across all skin types.

Kiehl's or ILIA Beauty: which moisturizer is better?

Kiehl's offers a wide range of moisturizers with specialized fit levels for different skin types, such as the Super Multi-Corrective Cream which rates High for dry and mature skin. In contrast, ILIA Beauty features only one moisturizer on this page, The Base Face Milk, which rates Average across all skin types.

Which is more affordable, Kiehl's or ILIA Beauty?

The products on this page from Kiehl's often have a high price point according to reviewers, while ILIA Beauty has only one product listed on this page.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Kiehl's or ILIA Beauty?

ILIA Beauty lists no products on this page noted for causing breakouts, whereas the products on this page from Kiehl's are sometimes noted by reviewers for causing breakouts and skin irritation.

When were Kiehl's and ILIA Beauty founded, and who currently owns each company?

Kiehl's was founded in 1851 in the United States and has been owned by L'Oréal S.A. since 2000. ILIA Beauty was founded in 2011 in Canada and is owned by Famille C.

How many products from Kiehl's list fragrance in their ingredients compared to ILIA Beauty?

Kiehl's has 26 out of 28 products on this page that list no fragrance and two with fragrance, while ILIA Beauty has every product on this page listing no fragrance.

Which key ingredients are shared across the products listed for Kiehl's?

The products on this page for Kiehl's share key ingredients like glycerin, vitamin C, squalane, shea butter, and vitamin E.

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.

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