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Some By Mi vs ILIA Beauty

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

Some By Mi and ILIA Beauty are distinct skincare houses offering targeted daily regimens built around supportive, skin-loving formulations. The Korean brand features serums, cleansers, toners, and moisturizers utilizing niacinamide, centella asiatica, and salicylic acid to best suit dry skin and skin with dark spots, whereas the Canadian brand is widely loved for its thoughtful moisturizers and nourishing, gentle compositions that best suit dry, normal, and combination skin. While the former brand focuses on decreasing hyperpigmentation, improving aging signs, and reducing acne lesions through clarifying ingredients, the latter brand continues to refine daily routines through clean, conscious beauty and hydrating care.

Some By Mi is a Korean skincare brand founded in 2016 and owned by JKL Partners since 2021.

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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 Some By Mi and ILIA Beauty products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.

Popular Some By Mi vs ILIA Beauty products

Questions and answers

Some By Mi or ILIA Beauty: which is better?

Some By Mi has a much larger selection of products on the page compared to ILIA Beauty, which only lists a single moisturizer. Some By Mi products feature key ingredients like niacinamide, which helps reduce pigmentation.

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What is the difference between Some By Mi and ILIA Beauty?

Some By Mi offers a large range of targeted skincare products with varying Lovi fit levels across skin types, whereas ILIA Beauty currently features just one moisturizer on this page with an Average Lovi fit level for all skin types.

Some By Mi or ILIA Beauty: which moisturizer is better?

Some By Mi offers multiple moisturizers with high Lovi fit levels for various skin types, such as the Yuja Niacin Brightening Moisture Gel Cream and Beta Panthenol Repair Cream, whereas ILIA Beauty features only a single moisturizer, The Base Face Milk, which has an average fit across all skin types.

Which is more affordable, Some By Mi or ILIA Beauty?

This page does not provide pricing information for either Some By Mi or ILIA Beauty, so it is not possible to determine which brand is more affordable.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Some By Mi or ILIA Beauty?

Some By Mi offers multiple products on this page with High or Superior Lovi fit levels for acne-prone skin, whereas ILIA Beauty features only one product on the page with an Average fit.

Between Some By Mi and ILIA Beauty, which brand offers a wider variety of skincare products on this page?

Some By Mi offers a much wider variety of skincare products on this page, featuring numerous toners, serums, cleansers, and moisturizers compared to ILIA Beauty which only lists a single moisturizer. Lovi rates the products on this page for Some By Mi across many skin types.

Which brand has products that list Niacinamide, Centella asiatica, and Salicylic acid as key ingredients?

Some By Mi is the brand with products on this page that list Niacinamide, Centella asiatica, and Salicylic acid as key ingredients.

Which company is older and where was it founded, Some By Mi or ILIA Beauty?

ILIA Beauty is older, having been founded in Canada in 2011, while Some By Mi was founded in South Korea in 2016.

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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