Dove skincare
Dove is an American skincare brand founded in 1957 and owned by Unilever PLC.
Dove is deeply loved for its gentle moisturizers and nourishing formulas. Its products suit sensitive, dry, and normal skin best due to their mild composition. For acne-prone skin, the Beauty Cream stands out as a reliable choice. Regular application helps maintain soft skin without heavy residues.
This page covers some of the most popular Dove products; for the whole Dove range, with a fit score for every product, use the Lovi app.
Dove moisturizers
Questions and answers
Is Dove worth it?
Dove may be worth it because Lovi rates the Dove-focused routine Superior for dry, oily, sensitive, combination, and acne-prone skin. The Dove products on this page include fragrance.
What are Dove's best products?
Dove does not have a single best product listed on this page, as Beauty Cream currently carries warnings for all skin types. However, Dove-focused routines achieve a Superior fit for dry, oily, sensitive, combination, and acne-prone skin.
Which Dove moisturizer is best for dry skin?
Beauty Cream is the best Dove moisturizer for dry skin among the options on this page, though Lovi rates its fit as a Warning.
Does Dove cause breakouts?
Beauty Cream carries a warning for acne-prone skin, so it may not be right if you want to avoid breakouts. Lovi rates the Dove-focused routine Superior for acne-prone skin.
Is Dove fragrance-free?
No, the Dove products on this page contain fragrance. The Beauty Cream includes fragrance in its formula.
What are the key ingredients in Dove products?
The page does not list the key ingredients in the Dove products shown here. Lovi rates the Dove-focused routine Superior for dry, oily, sensitive, combination, and acne-prone skin.
How do I build a Dove skincare routine?
To build a Dove routine, choose products that fit your skin type since Lovi rates Dove routines Superior for dry, oily, sensitive, combination, and acne-prone skin. Because Beauty Cream is the only product on this page and carries warnings for all skin types, shoppers may want to check for other options before starting.
What are good alternatives to Dove?
Good alternatives to Dove with pages on Lovi include CeraVe, Cetaphil, Paula's Choice, Neutrogena, Kiehl's, and Dermalogica. These brands offer various routines and products that may suit different skin types.
Dove vs CeraVe: which is better?
Dove offers superior routines for dry, oily, sensitive, combination, and acne-prone skin, while CeraVe routines rate high to superior for those same skin types. Lovi rates the Dove-focused routine Superior for dry skin compared to High for CeraVe. Lovi rates both brands Superior for oily, combination, and acne-prone skin.
Who owns Dove, and where is it from?
Dove is an American brand founded in 1957, owned by Unilever PLC.
Is Dove cruelty-free?
Yes: PETA lists Dove as cruelty-free.
Behind these ratings
Lovi rates every product from its 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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Cosmetic chemist, cosmetologist, aesthetic products developer
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PhD in computer science, 3x US patent holder, ex-Google, ex-Yandex
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Dr. Sof铆a Perea P茅rez, MD, MSc
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Aesthetic medicine practitioner, MSc in Longevity and Anti-Aging Medicine
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Specialist dermatologist, MBBS, MD, IFAAD
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Elina Nazarenko, MD
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Dermatology and diagnostic consultant
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Victoria Derkova, MS
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Cosmetic chemist, cosmetic development technologist
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