Simple and DHC are established skincare brands from Britain and Japan, respectively. Simple features gentle moisturizers, makeup removers, cleansers, and toners with niacinamide and glycerin, while DHC is beloved for effective makeup removers and nourishing formulas. The former suits acne-prone and oily acne-prone skin best, whereas the latter suits dry, normal, combination, and oily skin best. Ultimately, they differ in their foundational formulations and ideal skin types.
Simple is a British skincare brand founded in 1960 and owned by Unilever PLC since 2011.
This page compares some of the most popular Simple and DHC products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.
Simple offers a much wider range of products, featuring fragrance-free moisturizers and cleansers with key ingredients like niacinamide and glycerin. DHC features only two cleansing oils on this page, with Pore Cleansing Oil receiving a superior fit for sensitive skin.
Simple offers a larger variety of fragrance-free products on this page, featuring lightweight moisturizers and gentle makeup removers with niacinamide and glycerin. DHC focuses on cleansing oils, with its Pore Cleansing Oil achieving a Superior Lovi fit for sensitive skin.
Simple features value-friendly moisturizers among the products on this page, whereas DHC has no pricing or affordability details listed here.
Which causes fewer breakouts, Simple or DHC?
Simple features products on this page that some reviewers report to cause breakouts or irritations, while the DHC products on this page have no such mentions. Niacinamide in Simple products may help control pigmentation, but glycerin helps support skin hydration across both brands.
When was Simple founded compared to DHC, and who owns each brand?
Simple was founded in 1960 in the United Kingdom and is owned by Unilever PLC, whereas DHC was founded in 1980 in Japan and is owned by ORIX Corporation.
Which brand offers makeup removers better suited for sensitive skin, Simple or DHC?
DHC offers Pore Cleansing Oil, which Lovi rates as a Superior fit for sensitive skin, whereas Simple rates as High for its makeup removers. Glycerin helps provide hydration in the Simple formulations.
How do the country of origin and current ownership differ between Simple and DHC?
Simple was founded in the United Kingdom in 1960 and has been owned by Unilever PLC since 2011, whereas DHC was founded in Japan in 1980 and is owned by ORIX Corporation.
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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.
