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Kiehl's vs SKIN&CO

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Kiehl's and SKIN&CO are respected skincare brands offering deeply nourishing moisturizers, targeted serums, soothing toners, and gentle eye products formulated with key ingredients like glycerin and squalane. Kiehl's suits dry and mature skin best, while SKIN&CO is ideal for dry, normal, and combination skin due to its balanced composition. Both brands provide thoughtful care through standout products such as the Calendula Herbal-Extract Toner, Calendula Deep Cleansing Foaming Face Wash, Ultra Facial Toner, and Truffle Therapy Serum. They differ primarily in their formulation focus, with the first brand emphasizing moisture loss, barrier resilience, and oxidative stress, and the second brand maintaining the natural equilibrium 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 SKIN&CO products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.

Popular Kiehl's vs SKIN&CO products

Kiehl's vs SKIN&CO moisturizers

Questions and answers

Kiehl's or SKIN&CO: which is better?

Kiehl's is generally better as it offers a vast selection of products for various skin types and concerns, whereas SKIN&CO only features a single product on this page. Reviewers often mention that Kiehl's provides lightweight moisturizers and deep hydration, though some note a high price point and potential skin irritation.

What is the difference between Kiehl's and SKIN&CO?

Kiehl's offers a wide selection of products on this page across multiple categories like cleansers, toners, serums, and moisturizers that fit dry skin, mature skin, and oily acne-prone skin. In contrast, SKIN&CO features only one product on the page, the Truffle Therapy Serum, which is formulated with fragrance. Kiehl's products on this page mostly list no fragrance.

Kiehl's or SKIN&CO: which moisturizer is better?

When comparing moisturizers, Kiehl's offers a much wider variety of options with varying fit levels, such as a Superior fit for dry skin in the Hydro-Plumping Serum Concentrate, whereas SKIN&CO provides only a single moisturizer option, the Truffle Therapy Serum, which has an Average fit across multiple skin types.

Which is more affordable, Kiehl's or SKIN&CO?

Reviewers on this page often mention that Kiehl's has a high price point, while affordability information for SKIN&CO is not available here.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Kiehl's or SKIN&CO?

When it comes to breakout likelihood, Lovi rates Kiehl's as having a low to high fit for acne-prone skin depending on the product, while SKIN&CO is rated as average for acne-prone skin.

How does the founding year and parent company compare between Kiehl's and SKIN&CO?

Kiehl's was founded in 1851 in the United States and has been owned by L'Oréal S.A. since 2000, whereas SKIN&CO was founded later in 2008 and is independently owned.

Which brand offers more fragrance-free skincare options among their listed products?

Kiehl's offers significantly more fragrance-free choices, as 26 of the 28 products on this page list no fragrance. In comparison, SKIN&CO lists only one product, and it contains fragrance.

How do the Lovi fit levels for the Truffle Therapy Serum compare to Kiehl's moisturizers across various skin types?

The Truffle Therapy Serum from SKIN&CO achieves an Average Lovi fit level across all skin types, whereas Kiehl's moisturizers show a wider range of fit levels from Superior and High down to Caution and Warning depending on the specific product and skin type.

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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