Simple and Hanhoo are accessible skincare brands that serve distinct dermatological needs through specialized formulations. The British brand is known for gentle moisturizers, makeup removers, cleansers, and toners featuring niacinamide and glycerin, suiting acne-prone and oily acne-prone skin best. Meanwhile, the second brand is widely loved for targeted serums and carefully balanced formulas that suit sensitive, dry, and combination skin best. While both offer reliable care for daily routines, they differ in their standout products and primary ingredient focuses.
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 Hanhoo products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.
Simple offers a broad range of everyday skincare items with high Lovi fit ratings for sensitive and acne-prone skin, whereas Hanhoo specializes in targeted treatments like blemish patches. Reviewers note that Simple products are lightweight and value-friendly, though some users report occasional breakouts.
What is the difference between Simple and Hanhoo?
Simple offers a broad range of daily cleansers, makeup removers, and moisturizers featuring glycerin and niacinamide that fit acne-prone and oily skin best, whereas Hanhoo focuses mainly on targeted treatments like blemish and pore patches. Simple products on this page list no fragrance, and reviewers often mention their lightweight hydration.
Simple features lightweight, value-friendly moisturizers on the products on this page, whereas Hanhoo does not highlight affordability information.
Which causes fewer breakouts, Simple or Hanhoo?
Simple features reviewers mentioning that it causes breakouts or irritations, whereas Hanhoo offers products like the Blemish Patch which has a High Lovi fit for acne-prone skin.
Which brand has been around longer, Simple or Hanhoo?
Simple has been around much longer, having been founded in the United Kingdom in 1960, whereas Hanhoo was founded in 2008.
Do any products from either Simple or Hanhoo contain fragrance?
Every product from both Simple and Hanhoo on this page lists no fragrance in its ingredients.
How do the Lovi fit levels for acne-prone skin compare between Simple and Hanhoo products?
Simple products on this page show an Average Lovi fit for acne-prone skin across their items, while Hanhoo products range from High to Low for this skin type.
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.
