ILIA Beauty vs FRE
ILIA Beauty and FRE are two skincare brands recognized for their nourishing formulas and thoughtful compositions. ILIA Beauty is known for its moisturizers that suit dry, normal, and combination skin best, with The Base Face Milk acting as a standout for acne-prone skin, while FRE is known for targeted products featuring Argan Oil that suit acne-prone skin best. Both offer gentle and effective care, though they differ in their primary skin type focus.
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 ILIA Beauty and FRE products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.
Questions and answers
ILIA Beauty or FRE: which is better?
Both ILIA Beauty and FRE offer fragrance-free products on this page, but they suit different needs. Lovi rates FRE Argan Oil as a High fit for dry sensitive skin, while ILIA Beauty products on this page have an Average fit across all skin types.
What is the difference between ILIA Beauty and FRE?
ILIA Beauty was founded in Canada in 2011 and is owned by Famille C, while FRE was founded in 2016 and remains independent. For dry sensitive skin, FRE Argan Oil achieves a High fit level, whereas ILIA Beauty The Base Face Milk has an Average fit level. Every product on this page for both brands lists no fragrance in its ingredients.
Which is more affordable, ILIA Beauty or FRE?
This page does not provide pricing or affordability information for either ILIA Beauty or FRE.
Which causes fewer breakouts, ILIA Beauty or FRE?
Both ILIA Beauty and FRE have products on this page that are rated Average for acne-prone skin, meaning they are unlikely to help more than the other with breakouts. Every product on this page from both brands lists no fragrance in its ingredients.
Which brand has been around longer, ILIA Beauty or FRE?
ILIA Beauty has been around longer than FRE, having been founded in 2011 compared to FRE which started in 2016.
Do any of the products from ILIA Beauty or FRE contain fragrance?
Every product on this page from both ILIA Beauty and FRE lists no fragrance in its ingredients.
How does the Lovi fit level of FRE Argan Oil compare for dry sensitive skin versus oily skin?
FRE Argan Oil earns a High Lovi fit level for dry sensitive skin, while it gets a Low Lovi fit level for oily 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.
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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
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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
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Dermatology and diagnostic consultant
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Victoria Derkova, MS
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Cosmetic chemist, cosmetic development technologist
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