Elemis vs Yepoda
Elemis and Yepoda are distinct skincare brands offering thoughtfully formulated cleansers, serums, and moisturizers designed to support skin health. The British brand, founded in 1989, harnesses nourishing ingredients like glycerin and shea to best suit mature and dry sensitive skin, while the German brand, founded in 2020, relies on carefully composed formulas tailored for those seeking gentle yet effective daily care. Both brands feature standout solutions for targeted concerns, such as the Pro-Collagen Marine Cream and The Repair Hero, yet they differ in their foundational approaches to conditioning. Ultimately, the former brand utilizes deeply conditioning components to increase hydration and reduce inflammation, while the latter creates soothing results for everyday routines.
Elemis is a British skincare brand founded in 1989 and owned by L'Occitane Group since 2019.
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Yepoda is a German skincare brand founded in 2020 and owned by Verlinvest since 2026.
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This page compares some of the most popular Elemis and Yepoda products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.
Popular Elemis vs Yepoda products
Questions and answers
Elemis or Yepoda: which is better?
Elemis is a better fit for mature skin and dry sensitive skin, offering a wide range of products with a High or Superior Lovi fit level for those skin types, though it often includes fragrance. Yepoda features fragrance-free products on this page, with The Repair Hero achieving a Superior fit for acne-prone skin.
What is the difference between Elemis and Yepoda?
Elemis is an established UK-based brand offering a wide range of heavily fragranced products on this page with a Lovi fit level of Superior for mature skin and dry sensitive skin, whereas Yepoda is a newer German brand featuring only fragrance-free products on this page with a Lovi fit level of Superior for acne-prone skin.
Elemis or Yepoda: which cleanser is better?
Elemis offers multiple cleansers on this page, with the Dynamic Resurfacing Facial Wash showing a High Lovi fit for mature skin, skin with dark spots, oily acne-prone skin, sensitive skin, dry skin, and acne-prone skin. Yepoda features The Bubble Double cleanser, which has a High Lovi fit for oily acne-prone skin, oily skin, acne-prone skin, and combination skin, but rates as a Caution for dry sensitive skin.
Which is more affordable, Elemis or Yepoda?
Reviews note that Elemis has a high price point. The products on this page for Yepoda do not have pricing details mentioned.
Which causes fewer breakouts, Elemis or Yepoda?
Yepoda is unlikely to cause breakouts for the products on this page, as its serum has a Superior Lovi fit for acne-prone skin, whereas Elemis has mostly Average fits for acne-prone skin and a high price point.
Which brand has been on the market longer, Elemis or Yepoda?
Elemis has been on the market longer, having been founded in the United Kingdom in 1989, whereas Yepoda was founded in Germany in 2020.
Do Elemis and Yepoda products contain fragrance?
Elemis includes fragrance in 18 of the 22 products on this page, whereas every product from Yepoda lists no fragrance in its ingredients.
Which skin types does Elemis fit best according to its brand-focused routines?
According to its brand-focused routines, Elemis fits mature skin, dry sensitive skin, and skin with dark spots best.
Research behind their key ingredients
Bacterial cellulose membranes as drug delivery systems: an in vivo skin compatibility study
Microneedling by dermapen and glycolic acid peel for the treatment of acne scars: Comparative study
Topical beta-carotene protects against infra-red-light-induced free radicals
Fermented pomegranate extracts protect against oxidative stress and aging of skin
A Rose Extract Protects the Skin against Stress Mediators: A Potential Role of Olfactory Receptors
Comparative measurement of hydration effects of herbal moisturizers
Effects of topical copper tripeptide complex on CO2 laser-resurfaced skin
Topical Almond Oil for Prevention of Pressure Injuries: A Single-Blinded Comparison Study
Skin recovery by Lavandula angustifolia leaf callus extract: Redox control of Nrf2 signaling
Formulation and evaluation of exotic fat based cosmeceuticals for skin repair
Nanocomplex of quaternized cyclodextrin grafted chitosan and hyaluronic acid for a skin delivery
Effects of fermented tea seed oil on the skin lipid barrier and microbiome of sensitive skin
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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Co-founder, Medical Director
Cosmetic chemist, cosmetologist, aesthetic products developer
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Co-founder, CEO and CTO
PhD in computer science, 3x US patent holder, ex-Google, ex-Yandex
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Dr. Sofía Perea Pérez, MD, MSc
Medical Board
Aesthetic medicine practitioner, MSc in Longevity and Anti-Aging Medicine
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Specialist dermatologist, MBBS, MD, IFAAD
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Cosmetic chemist, SCS, IFSCC member
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Medical Board, Medical Advisor
Dermatology MD
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Elina Nazarenko, MD
Medical Board
Dermatology and diagnostic consultant
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Victoria Derkova, MS
Medical Board
Cosmetic chemist, cosmetic development technologist
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