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Kiehl's vs Sand & Sky

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Kiehl's and Sand & Sky are esteemed skincare brands known for distinct botanical and laboratory-backed formulations. The American heritage brand relies on trusted ingredients like glycerin and squalane to suit dry skin and skin with dark spots best, whereas the latter is beloved for purifying masks and targeted formulas that suit combination, oily, and acne-prone skin best. Ultimately, both offer diverse products, but the first brand specializes in moisture-retaining and brightening properties, while the other focuses on gentle clarification and balancing of the complexion.

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

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

Popular Kiehl's vs Sand & Sky products

Questions and answers

Kiehl's or Sand & Sky: which is better?

Kiehl's offers a much wider variety of skincare products on this page, fitting dry skin and skin with dark spots best, whereas Sand & Sky features only a single mask. Reviewers note that Kiehl's provides lightweight, non-greasy moisturizers and gentle serums, though some mention a high price point and occasional breakouts.

What is the difference between Kiehl's and Sand & Sky?

Kiehl's features a large range of 28 skincare products that focus on dry skin, dark spots, and combination skin, while Sand & Sky offers a single pore-refining mask on this page. Kiehl's products on this page mostly list no fragrance, whereas Sand & Sky's single product includes fragrance.

Which is more affordable, Kiehl's or Sand & Sky?

Reviews often mention a high price point for the products on this page by Kiehl's, while pricing details for Sand & Sky are not provided here.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Kiehl's or Sand & Sky?

Comparing the products on this page, Kiehl's offers various formulations that may help target acne-prone skin, such as the Rare Earth Deep Pore Daily Cleanser, whereas Sand & Sky provides a face mask that has a high Lovi fit level for acne-prone skin.

How do the founding years and corporate ownerships of Kiehl's and Sand & Sky compare?

Kiehl's was founded in 1851 in the United States and has been owned by L'Oréal S.A. since 2000, whereas Sand & Sky was established much later in 2017 and is owned by Excite Foundry Ltd.

Which Kiehl's products contain fragrance compared to Sand & Sky?

Only two of the products on this page by Kiehl's contain fragrance: Age Defender Moisturizer and Facial Fuel Energizing Moisture Treatment for Men. In comparison, the single product listed for Sand & Sky on this page also contains fragrance.

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

According to Lovi fit levels, Kiehl's brand-focused routines fit dry skin, skin with dark spots, and combination skin best.

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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