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The INKEY List vs DHC

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The INKEY List and DHC are distinct skincare brands offering targeted daily care for diverse complexions. The British line, founded in 2018, is known for moisturizers, serums, toners, and eye products built around glycerin, suiting sensitive and acne-prone skin best. Meanwhile, the Japanese brand, established in 1980, is beloved for effective makeup removers and nourishing formulas that suit dry, normal, combination, and oily skin. While both support a balanced complexion through reliable ingredients, they differ significantly in their founding origins and primary skin-type affinities.

The INKEY List is a British skincare brand founded in 2018 and owned by Brand Evangelists for Beauty Limited.

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DHC is a Japanese skincare brand founded in 1980 and owned by ORIX Corporation since 2023.

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

Popular The INKEY List vs DHC products

Questions and answers

The INKEY List or DHC: which is better?

The INKEY List offers a much wider variety of products on this page across multiple categories, whereas DHC features only two cleansing oils. For shoppers looking for specialized serums and toners, the products on this page by The INKEY List fit sensitive skin, acne-prone skin, and skin with dark spots best.

What is the difference between The INKEY List and DHC?

The products on this page from The INKEY List include a wide variety of serums, toners, and moisturizers with fit levels ranging from Superior to Caution, whereas DHC features only two cleansing oil options with Lovi fit levels of High, Superior, or Average depending on the skin type.

Which is more affordable, The INKEY List or DHC?

The products on this page for The INKEY List include affordable moisturizers and serums, whereas DHC does not feature affordable product mentions on this page.

Which causes fewer breakouts, The INKEY List or DHC?

The products on this page from The INKEY List and DHC do not have direct comparative data for causing breakouts, but reviewers sometimes note purging and breakouts with The INKEY List.

Which brand was founded earlier and in which country?

DHC was founded earlier in 1980 in Japan, whereas The INKEY List was founded later in 2018 in the United Kingdom.

Do any products from either The INKEY List or DHC contain fragrance?

Every product from The INKEY List on this page lists no fragrance in its ingredients. Every product from DHC on this page also lists no fragrance in its ingredients.

How many products are listed for The INKEY List compared to DHC?

The products on this page include 16 items for The INKEY List compared to just 2 items for DHC.

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

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