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The INKEY List vs ILIA Beauty

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

The INKEY List and ILIA Beauty are distinct beauty brands offering thoughtful formulations tailored to different complexions. The British skincare brand centers its moisturizers, serums, toners, and eye products around glycerin to suit combination and sensitive skin best, while the Canadian skincare brand is widely loved for the nourishing nature of its moisturizers suited for dry, normal, and combination skin. Both lines feature standout options for acne-prone skin, with the former also providing targeted solutions for dark spots and mature skin.

The INKEY List is a British skincare brand founded in 2018 and owned by Brand Evangelists for Beauty 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 The INKEY List and ILIA Beauty products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.

Popular The INKEY List vs ILIA Beauty products

The INKEY List vs ILIA Beauty moisturizers

Questions and answers

The INKEY List or ILIA Beauty: which is better?

The INKEY List may be better for variety, as the products on this page cover many skin types with fit levels up to Superior, while ILIA Beauty features only one moisturizer with an Average fit across all skin types.

What is the difference between The INKEY List and ILIA Beauty?

The INKEY List offers 16 products on this page spanning cleansers, toners, serums, and moisturizers that fit combination, sensitive, and oily acne-prone skin best, while ILIA Beauty features just one moisturizer, The Base Face Milk, with an average fit across all skin types.

The INKEY List or ILIA Beauty: which moisturizer is better?

The products on this page for The INKEY List include several moisturizers with High Lovi fit levels for dry skin, such as the Omega Water Cream and Polyglutamic Acid Serum, whereas ILIA Beauty offers only The Base Face Milk with an Average fit level for dry skin.

Which is more affordable, The INKEY List or ILIA Beauty?

Reviewers note that the products on this page from The INKEY List feature affordable moisturizers and affordable serums, whereas no pricing details are provided for ILIA Beauty.

Which causes fewer breakouts, The INKEY List or ILIA Beauty?

Reviewers note that the products on this page for The INKEY List sometimes lead to purging and breakouts.

Between The INKEY List and ILIA Beauty, which company is older and where were they founded?

ILIA Beauty is the older company, having been founded in Canada in 2011, whereas The INKEY List was founded in the United Kingdom in 2018.

Do products from both The INKEY List and ILIA Beauty contain fragrance in their ingredients?

No, every product on the products on this page for both The INKEY List and ILIA Beauty lists no fragrance in its ingredients.

Which of the two brands offers a wider variety of skincare products on the page, such as toners and cleansers, compared to only offering a face milk?

The INKEY List offers a wider variety of skincare products on the page, including multiple cleansers, toners, serums, and moisturizers, whereas ILIA Beauty features only a single face milk. Reviewers often mention that the products on this page are affordable and feature hydrating moisturizers.

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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