Shu Uemura vs MAËLYS
Shu Uemura and MAËLYS are distinct beauty lines offering thoughtful care through specialized solutions. Shu Uemura is a Japanese skincare brand founded in 1967 and owned by L'Oréal S.A. since 2003, deeply loved for its transformative makeup removers and meticulously crafted formulas. MAËLYS is loved for targeted serums and advanced formulas. While both suit all skin types best, the brands differ as the former is known for cleansing oils ideal for acne-prone skin, and the latter offers TOO-FINE for acne-prone skin and the RE-LURE Tight & Tone Body Serum for skin with dark spots.
Shu Uemura is a Japanese skincare brand founded in 1967 and owned by L'Oréal S.A. since 2003.
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This page compares some of the most popular Shu Uemura and MAËLYS products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.
Questions and answers
Shu Uemura or MAËLYS: which is better?
Shu Uemura is better on this page since its cleansing oil achieves Average fit levels across multiple skin types, whereas MAËLYS products on this page mostly show Low fits. Every product on the Shu Uemura page lists no fragrance in its ingredients.
What is the difference between Shu Uemura and MAËLYS?
Shu Uemura is rated with an Average Lovi fit for dry and sensitive skin types with the products on this page, whereas MAËLYS achieves only Average or Low fit levels across its range. Every product from Shu Uemura on this page lists no fragrance, while one of the two MAËLYS products contains fragrance.
Which is more affordable, Shu Uemura or MAËLYS?
Neither Shu Uemura nor MAËLYS can be compared for affordability because the provided page facts do not include pricing information for either brand.
Which causes fewer breakouts, Shu Uemura or MAËLYS?
Shu Uemura gets an average fit for dry and sensitive skin types, whereas the products on this page from MAËLYS generally receive low fit levels for acne-prone skin.
Which brand was founded earlier, Shu Uemura or MAËLYS?
Shu Uemura was founded much earlier, in 1967, whereas MAËLYS was founded in 2017.
Do all Shu Uemura products on this page avoid added fragrance in their ingredients?
Yes, every Shu Uemura product on this page lists no fragrance in its ingredients.
Which company owns Shu Uemura?
Shu Uemura is owned by L'Oréal S.A.
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.
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Elina Nazarenko, MD
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