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Medik8 vs ILIA Beauty

Medik8 and ILIA Beauty are distinct cosmetic lines that invite thoughtful curation for everyday routines. The British house focuses on targeted serums, rich moisturizers, and eye treatments built around hyaluronic acid, suiting dry and dry sensitive skin best while offering specific solutions for acne-prone, dark-spot, and mature complexions. Meanwhile, the Canadian creator is widely loved for its thoughtful moisturizers and nourishing formulas that suit dry, normal, and combination skin with gentle, hydrating compositions. While both brands elevate daily care, they differ fundamentally in their ingredient philosophies and specialized treatments.

Medik8 is a British skincare brand founded in 2009 and owned by L'Oréal Groupe since 2025.

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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 Medik8 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

Medik8 or ILIA Beauty: which is better?

Medik8 is better suited for skincare routines on this page, offering extensive options like Bakuchiol Peptides and Hydr8 B5 Intense that feature hyaluronic acid to help with deep hydration and plumping.

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What is the difference between Medik8 and ILIA Beauty?

Medik8 offers a wide range of serums, moisturizers, and cleansers with fit levels reaching Superior for dry and acne-prone skin, while ILIA Beauty features only a single moisturizer on this page with an Average fit across all skin types.

Medik8 or ILIA Beauty: which moisturizer is better?

Medik8 provides better moisturizer options on this page, with Hydr8 B5 Intense achieving a Superior Lovi fit for dry skin, whereas ILIA Beauty features only The Base Face Milk, which rates Average for dry skin.

Which is more affordable, Medik8 or ILIA Beauty?

Neither brand's pricing details are mentioned on this page, but reviewers note that Medik8 has a high price point.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Medik8 or ILIA Beauty?

Neither brand can be singled out for causing fewer breakouts based on the products on this page. ILIA Beauty features only The Base Face Milk, while Medik8 offers a wide range of serums and cleansers like Surface Radiance Cleanse with varying breakout-related fit levels for acne-prone skin.

Which brand has been around longer, Medik8 or ILIA Beauty, and where were they founded?

Medik8 has been around longer than ILIA Beauty, having been founded in 2009 in the United Kingdom compared to ILIA Beauty's founding in 2011 in Canada.

How do the product ranges and skin type fits compare between Medik8 and ILIA Beauty based on the listed items?

Medik8 features a diverse range of twelve targeted serums, cleansers, and moisturizers with Lovi fit levels spanning from Superior to Caution depending on the skin type, whereas the products on this page for ILIA Beauty consist solely of The Base Face Milk moisturizer with an Average fit across all listed skin types.

Which of the two brands offers products containing fragrance, Medik8 or ILIA Beauty?

Medik8 offers products containing fragrance, whereas ILIA Beauty lists no fragrance in any of the products on this page. Specifically, 11 of 12 Medik8 products on this page list no fragrance, with Total Moisture Daily Facial Cream being the exception.

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.

How does it fit your skin?

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