🇦🇪United Arab Emirates

Elemis vs Hanhoo

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

Elemis and Hanhoo are skincare brands offering thoughtful serums, moisturizers, cleansers, toners, and targeted patches. The former is a British label founded in 1989 and owned by L'Occitane Group since 2019 that harnesses nourishing glycerin and shea, while the latter is widely loved for its carefully balanced formulas. Both provide reliable care for daily routines, though the first suits mature and dry sensitive skin best with its deeply conditioning components, and the second suits sensitive, dry, and combination skin due to its gentle nature.

Elemis is a British skincare brand founded in 1989 and owned by L'Occitane Group since 2019.

elemis.comau.elemis.comen.wikipedia.org

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

Popular Elemis vs Hanhoo products

Elemis vs Hanhoo serums and treatments

Questions and answers

Elemis or Hanhoo: which is better?

Elemis offers a wide selection of hydrating moisturizers and targeted treatments that have a High fit for mature skin and dry sensitive skin, though the products on this page frequently include fragrance. Hanhoo features fragrance-free options like its Blemish Patch, which has a High fit for acne-prone skin.

What is the difference between Elemis and Hanhoo?

Elemis offers a wide selection of products featuring key ingredients like glycerin and shea butter, whereas Hanhoo provides a limited range focused primarily on patches. Elemis has a higher price point and includes fragrance in most products on this page, while every product on the Hanhoo page lists no fragrance.

Which is more affordable, Elemis or Hanhoo?

Elemis is known for its high price point, whereas Hanhoo offers budget-friendly patches, making Hanhoo the more affordable option.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Elemis or Hanhoo?

Hanhoo offers blemish-focused treatments like the Blemish Patch which helps acne-prone skin with a High Lovi fit level, whereas Elemis has several products with an Average fit for acne-prone skin and includes strong fragrance in many items that may occasionally cause skin irritation.

How does the Lovi fit level for dry skin compare between Elemis products and Hanhoo products?

Elemis has a high Lovi fit level for dry skin across many of its products like the Pro-Collagen Marine Cream and Superfood Facial Oil. In contrast, the Hanhoo products on this page vary, with the Blemish Patch showing a high fit for dry skin while the T-Zone Pore Patch has a low fit.

Which brand has more products formulated with fragrance, Elemis or Hanhoo?

Elemis has more products formulated with fragrance, as the products on this page for Hanhoo list no fragrance in their ingredients.

How do the founding years and corporate ownership structures of Elemis and Hanhoo differ?

Elemis was founded in the United Kingdom in 1989 and is owned by the L'Occitane Group, whereas Hanhoo was founded in 2008 and remains independently owned.

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

How does it fit your skin?

Scan your face, then any product: Lovi shows how well it fits you and what fits even better.

QR code: get the Lovi app
Download on theApp Store Get it onGoogle Play