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Shiseido vs ILIA Beauty

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

Shiseido and ILIA Beauty are esteemed beauty brands originating from Japan and Canada, respectively. The Japanese house is celebrated for its moisturizers, cleansers, sunscreens, and serums featuring glycerin, suiting sensitive and mature skin best through gentle care like the Benefiance Wrinkle Smoothing Day Cream. Meanwhile, the Canadian line is widely loved for its thoughtful moisturizers and nourishing compositions, suiting dry, normal, and combination skin best with standout choices such as The Base Face Milk. While both offer meticulous daily solutions, they differ in their heritage, specific formulations, and target skin types.

Shiseido is a Japanese skincare brand founded in 1872 and owned by Shiseido Company, Limited.

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

Popular Shiseido vs ILIA Beauty products

Shiseido vs ILIA Beauty moisturizers

Questions and answers

Shiseido or ILIA Beauty: which is better?

Shiseido is a better choice for targeted skincare concerns on this page, offering many products with High or Superior Lovi fit levels for mature skin, sensitive skin, and skin with dark spots. Reviewers often note that Shiseido delivers deep hydration and luxurious textures, though the products on this page frequently contain fragrance and carry a high price point.

What is the difference between Shiseido and ILIA Beauty?

Shiseido is a Japanese brand founded in 1872 that offers many fragranced products on this page and fits sensitive and mature skin best, while ILIA Beauty is a Canadian brand founded in 2011 with a single unfragranced moisturizer on this page. Shiseido features key ingredients like glycerin and hyaluronic acid to help provide deep hydration.

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Shiseido or ILIA Beauty: which moisturizer is better?

Shiseido offers a much wider range of moisturizers on this page with varying Lovi fit levels depending on your skin type, whereas ILIA Beauty features just one moisturizer, The Base Face Milk, which has an Average fit across most skin types.

Which is more affordable, Shiseido or ILIA Beauty?

Reviewers on this page frequently mention a high price point for Shiseido, whereas ILIA Beauty is not discussed in terms of pricing.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Shiseido or ILIA Beauty?

ILIA Beauty offers a gentle moisturizer on this page with an Average Lovi fit for acne-prone skin, whereas Shiseido features several acne-prone routines and products that may trigger skin irritation or warning ratings for breakouts. Reviewers sometimes note skin irritation and strong fragrance for Shiseido products on this page, while ILIA Beauty products list no fragrance.

Between Shiseido and ILIA Beauty, which brand has products containing fragrance?

Shiseido has products on this page that contain fragrance, whereas every ILIA Beauty product on this page lists no fragrance.

Which brand has been around longer, Shiseido or ILIA Beauty?

Shiseido has been around much longer, having been founded in Japan in 1872, whereas ILIA Beauty was founded in Canada in 2011.

How many products are listed for Shiseido compared to ILIA Beauty?

Shiseido has twenty products listed on the products on this page, while ILIA Beauty has only one product listed.

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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