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The Ordinary vs DHC

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The Ordinary and DHC are well-known skin care brands that offer targeted daily care for diverse complexions. The Canadian brand centers its serums, moisturizers, cleansers, and toners on hyaluronic acid, glycerin, and squalane, making it particularly suited for dry and dry sensitive skin. Meanwhile, the Japanese brand is beloved for its effective makeup removers and nourishing formulas, which suit dry, normal, combination, and oily skin best. While both brands provide reliable options for specific concerns like acne, dark spots, and aging, they differ in their foundational ingredients and primary skin type compatibilities.

The Ordinary is a Canadian skincare brand founded in 2016 and owned by The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. since 2021.

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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 Ordinary and DHC products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.

Popular The Ordinary vs DHC products

Questions and answers

The Ordinary or DHC: which is better?

The Ordinary provides a much wider selection of targeted serums, toners, and moisturizers for various skin types and concerns, whereas DHC features just two makeup removers on this page. Lovi shows that The Ordinary has superior or high fit levels across a diverse range of products, while DHC focuses mainly on cleansing oils.

What is the difference between The Ordinary and DHC?

The Ordinary offers a large range of products on this page covering serums, toners, and cleansers with specific fit ratings for various skin types. In contrast, DHC features a much smaller selection focused specifically on makeup removers like cleansing oils.

Which is more affordable, The Ordinary or DHC?

The products on this page for The Ordinary are often mentioned by reviewers as affordable and great value serums, whereas DHC does not have pricing feedback mentioned.

Which causes fewer breakouts, The Ordinary or DHC?

Both brands offer products that are generally well tolerated, with many items helping to clear or prevent blemishes without causing breakouts. For example, several of the products on this page from The Ordinary achieve a High or Superior fit for acne-prone skin, while DHC includes cleansing oils that help maintain clear pores.

When were The Ordinary and DHC founded and who currently owns them?

The Ordinary was founded in Canada in 2016 and has been owned by The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. since 2021. DHC was founded in Japan in 1980 and has been owned by ORIX Corporation since 2023.

Do products from The Ordinary and DHC contain any fragrance?

Every product on this page from both The Ordinary and DHC lists no fragrance in its ingredients.

Which cleansers are offered by The Ordinary and DHC on the page?

The Ordinary offers the Squalane Cleanser, Glucoside Foaming Cleanser, and Glycolipid Cream Cleanser on this page, while DHC offers the Deep Cleansing Oil and Pore Cleansing Oil.

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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