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NIVEA vs NIOD

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NIVEA and NIOD are distinct skincare brands that offer thoughtfully developed products for varied routines. The German brand, founded in 1911, is known for reliable sunscreens, targeted serums, and nourishing moisturizers featuring glycerin, suiting combination and sensitive skin best. Conversely, the Canadian brand, founded in 2015, is celebrated for advanced serums and balancing toners that suit mature, sensitive, and dry skin. While both deliver targeted results through dedicated formulations, they differ significantly in their heritage, ingredient focus, and complexity.

NIVEA is a German skincare brand founded in 1911 and owned by maxingvest GmbH & Co. KGaA since 2004.

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NIOD is a Canadian skincare brand founded in 2015 and owned by The Est茅e Lauder Companies Inc. since 2021.

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This page compares some of the most popular NIVEA and NIOD products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.

Popular NIVEA vs NIOD products

Questions and answers

NIVEA or NIOD: which is better?

NIVEA and NIOD both work well, but they fit different needs since NIVEA offers a wide range of moisturizers and sunscreens featuring glycerin, while NIOD focuses on targeted fragrance-free serums like Modulating Glucosides, which Lovi rates as a High fit for dry and sensitive skin.

What is the difference between NIVEA and NIOD?

NIVEA offers a wider variety of everyday moisturizers, sunscreens, and blemish-clearing serums, whereas NIOD focuses on targeted specialty serums like Modulating Glucosides. Glycerin is a key ingredient across NIVEA products, helping provide deep hydration.

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Which is more affordable, NIVEA or NIOD?

This page does not compare prices or give any cost details for NIVEA or NIOD.

Which causes fewer breakouts, NIVEA or NIOD?

NIOD causes fewer breakouts because the products on this page are rated as having an average fit for acne-prone skin, whereas NIVEA reviewers sometimes note that its products cause breakouts and acne.

Which brand was founded earlier and in which country, NIVEA or NIOD?

NIVEA was founded earlier, in 1911 in Germany, whereas NIOD was founded in 2015 in Canada.

How do the fragrance profiles of NIVEA and NIOD products compare?

When it comes to fragrance, NIOD products on this page list no added fragrance in their ingredients, whereas NIVEA includes fragrance in six out of its nine products.

Which parent company owns NIVEA and which owns NIOD?

NIVEA is owned by maxingvest GmbH & Co. KGaA, and NIOD is owned by The Est茅e Lauder Companies Inc.

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. Sof铆a Perea P茅rez, MD, MSc

    Dr. Sof铆a Perea P茅rez, 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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