Dove skincare
Dove is an American skincare brand founded in 1957 and owned by Unilever PLC.
Dove is deeply loved for its gentle moisturizers and nourishing formulas. Its products suit sensitive, dry, and normal skin best due to their mild composition. For acne-prone skin, the Beauty Cream stands out as a reliable choice. Regular application helps maintain soft skin without heavy residues.
This page covers some of the most popular Dove products; for the whole Dove range, with a fit score for every product, use the Lovi app.
Dove moisturizers
Questions and answers
Is Dove worth it?
Yes, Dove is worth considering because Lovi rates the brand's routines Superior for dry, oily, sensitive, combination, and acne-prone skin. The single product on this page, Beauty Cream, does include fragrance.
What are Dove's best products?
Dove's routines rate Superior for dry, oily, sensitive, combination, and acne-prone skin, though the Beauty Cream on this page carries a warning for all skin types.
Which Dove moisturizer is best for dry skin?
The only moisturizer on this page for dry skin is Beauty Cream, which Lovi rates with a Warning for dry skin. Lovi rates the Dove-focused routine for dry skin as Superior.
Does Dove cause breakouts?
Dove Beauty Cream is rated with a warning for acne-prone skin on Lovi. However, the Dove-focused routine rates Superior for acne-prone skin.
Is Dove fragrance-free?
No, the Dove products on this page contain fragrance. Beauty Cream includes fragrance.
What are the key ingredients in Dove products?
The page does not list the key ingredients for the Dove products shown here. Dove is a brand founded in 1957 in the United States and owned by Unilever PLC.
How do I build a Dove skincare routine?
To build a Dove skincare routine, start with the Dove Beauty Cream. Lovi rates the Dove-focused routine Superior for dry, oily, sensitive, combination, and acne-prone skin.
What are good alternatives to Dove?
Good alternatives to Dove that have pages on Lovi include CeraVe, Cetaphil, Paula's Choice, Neutrogena, Kiehl's, and Dermalogica. These brands offer similar options for daily skincare routines.
Dove vs CeraVe: which is better?
For dry skin, the Dove-focused routine rates Superior while the CeraVe-focused routine rates High. For oily, sensitive, combination, and acne-prone skin, both routines rate Superior.
Who owns Dove, and where is it from?
Dove is an American brand founded in 1957, owned by Unilever PLC.
Is Dove cruelty-free?
Yes: PETA lists Dove as cruelty-free.
Behind these ratings
Lovi rates every product from its 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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