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Kiehl's vs DHC

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Kiehl's and DHC are established skincare brands offering reliable daily care for a balanced complexion. The American brand is beloved for its expertly formulated moisturizers, serums, toners, and eye products incorporating nourishing glycerin and squalane, which suit combination skin and mature skin best. Meanwhile, the Japanese brand is celebrated for its effective makeup removers and nourishing formulas that suit dry, normal, combination, and oily skin best. While both increase hydration and support a healthy barrier, they differ in their heritage, ingredient focus, and targeted skin types.

Kiehl's is an American skincare brand founded in 1851 and owned by L'Oréal S.A. since 2000.

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

Popular Kiehl's vs DHC products

Questions and answers

Kiehl's or DHC: which is better?

Kiehl's offers a much larger selection of products across various categories like cleansers, serums, and moisturizers with high Lovi fit levels for combination and mature skin. DHC features only a couple of cleansing oils on this page.

What is the difference between Kiehl's and DHC?

Kiehl's offers a wide range of skincare products on this page tailored to multiple skin types and concerns, whereas DHC features just a couple of makeup removers.

Which is more affordable, Kiehl's or DHC?

Reviewers of Kiehl's often note a high price point among the products on this page. DHC does not have enough pricing feedback on this page to compare affordability directly.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Kiehl's or DHC?

DHC products on this page are unlikely to cause breakouts, whereas reviewers note that Kiehl's products sometimes cause breakouts and skin irritation. The Lovi fit levels for DHC's cleansers are High or Superior across all skin types.

How do the founding years and corporate ownerships of Kiehl's and DHC compare?

Kiehl's was founded in 1851 in the United States and has been owned by L'Oréal S.A. since 2000. In comparison, DHC was founded in 1980 in Japan and has been owned by ORIX Corporation since 2023.

Which brand offers a wider variety of products on this page, and what are their respective makeup remover options?

Kiehl's offers a much wider variety of products on this page, featuring two makeup removers: Midnight Recovery Botanical Cleansing Oil and Ultra Facial Oil-Free Cleanser. DHC provides two makeup remover options on the page: Deep Cleansing Oil and Pore Cleansing Oil.

How does the fragrance content compare between Kiehl's and DHC products?

Kiehl's features 26 fragrance-free products alongside two options that list fragrance, while DHC includes no fragrance in any of the products on this page.

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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