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Kiehl's vs Blume

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Kiehl's and Blume are skincare brands that offer thoughtful moisturizers and formulas. The American brand is known for moisturizers, serums, toners, and eye products featuring glycerin and squalane, while the Canadian brand is widely loved for nourishing moisturizers. Kiehl's suits dry skin and skin with dark spots best, whereas its contemporary suits sensitive, acne-prone, and dry skin best. Ultimately, they differ in their founding years, origins, and specific ingredient benefits like barrier restoration versus supporting a balanced complexion.

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

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Blume is a Canadian skincare brand founded in 2018.

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This page compares some of the most popular Kiehl's and Blume products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.

Popular Kiehl's vs Blume products

Kiehl's vs Blume moisturizers

Questions and answers

Kiehl's or Blume: which is better?

Kiehl's offers a much wider variety of skincare products on this page with High to Superior Lovi fit levels across most skin types, whereas Blume features only a single moisturizer. Kiehl's is generally better for shoppers seeking a complete routine, though reviewers frequently note its high price point and potential for breakouts.

What is the difference between Kiehl's and Blume?

Kiehl's offers a wide variety of skincare lines with products well-suited for dry skin, skin with dark spots, and combination skin, while Blume features just a single moisturizer on the page with high fits across various skin types including acne-prone skin. Reviewers often mention Kiehl's for providing deep hydration and lightweight moisturizers, though some note a high price point and potential for breakouts.

Kiehl's or Blume: which moisturizer is better?

Kiehl's offers a wide variety of moisturizers with specialized Lovi fit levels for different skin needs, whereas Blume features the Meltdown Gel Cream. Key ingredients like glycerin and squalane help provide hydration across the products on this page.

Which is more affordable, Kiehl's or Blume?

Reviewers on this page frequently mention that Kiehl's has a high price point, whereas Blume offers products at lower costs.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Kiehl's or Blume?

Blume features only the Meltdown Gel Cream on this page, which has a High fit level for acne-prone skin. Kiehl's offers a wide range of products with varying fit levels for acne-prone skin, though reviewers note that some Kiehl's formulas can cause breakouts and skin irritation.

How do the founding years and countries of origin compare between Kiehl's and Blume?

Kiehl's was founded in 1851 in the United States, whereas Blume was founded much later in 2018 in Canada.

Which products from Kiehl's contain added fragrance, and does Blume include fragrance in its products?

From Kiehl's, Age Defender Moisturizer and Facial Fuel Energizing Moisture Treatment for Men contain added fragrance. Blume includes no fragrance in any of the products on this page.

What are the main skin types that Kiehl's brand-focused routines are designed to fit best?

According to the brand-focused routines on this page, Kiehl's fits best for dry skin, skin with dark spots, and combination skin.

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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