Principia vs ILIA Beauty
Principia and ILIA Beauty are distinct skincare lines tailored to different complexions and routines. Principia is widely loved for its thoughtful cleansers and precise formulas, suiting balanced to oily skin best with offerings like the Gel de Limpeza GL-01 for acne-prone skin. Conversely, the Canadian brand ILIA Beauty is widely loved for its thoughtful moisturizers and the nourishing nature of its formulas, suiting dry, normal, and combination skin best with hydrating compositions like The Base Face Milk. While both refine daily routines through conscious care, they differ in their primary product types and the specific skin types they suit best.
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 Principia and ILIA Beauty products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.
Questions and answers
Principia or ILIA Beauty: which is better?
Neither brand is universally better, as ILIA Beauty achieves an Average Lovi fit across all listed skin types, while Principia ranges from Average to Caution depending on the skin type and product. Every product from both brands on this page lists no fragrance in its ingredients.
What is the difference between Principia and ILIA Beauty?
ILIA Beauty and Principia both offer fragrance-free products on this page, but ILIA Beauty achieves an Average Lovi fit across all listed skin types including dry and sensitive skin, whereas Principia receives a Caution fit for dry skin.
Which is more affordable, Principia or ILIA Beauty?
Neither brand is more affordable on this page because pricing details are not provided for either Principia or ILIA Beauty.
Which causes fewer breakouts, Principia or ILIA Beauty?
ILIA Beauty products on this page get an Average fit level for acne-prone and oily acne-prone skin, whereas Principia products range from Low to Average fit for those skin types.
When were Principia and ILIA Beauty founded?
ILIA Beauty was founded in 2011, while Principia was founded in 2020.
Which company owns ILIA Beauty and when was it acquired?
ILIA Beauty is owned by Famille C, which acquired the brand in 2022.
Do any of the products from Principia or ILIA Beauty contain fragrance?
Every product on this page from both Principia and ILIA Beauty lists no fragrance in its ingredients.
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
Medical Board
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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