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Dermalogica vs Shu Uemura

Rated by Lovi · Unbiased, science-based skincare AI trained on real user outcomes · How the Fit score works

Dermalogica and Shu Uemura are esteemed beauty lines that hail from America and Japan, respectively. The American brand is known for targeted serums, nourishing moisturizers, gentle cleansers, and purifying masks featuring hyaluronic acid, glycerin, and salicylic acid, while the Japanese brand is deeply loved for its transformative makeup removers and meticulously crafted formulas. Dermalogica suits dry skin and oily skin best, whereas Shu Uemura suits all skin types best. They differ primarily in their specialized ingredient focus and the specific skin types they target.

Dermalogica is an American skincare brand founded in 1986 and owned by Unilever since 2015.

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

Popular Dermalogica vs Shu Uemura products

Questions and answers

Dermalogica or Shu Uemura: which is better?

Dermalogica offers a much wider selection of products across multiple skincare categories with strong fit levels for dry, oily, and combination skin, whereas Shu Uemura only features a single cleansing oil on this page.

What is the difference between Dermalogica and Shu Uemura?

Dermalogica offers a wide range of skincare products that fit dry, oily, and combination skin well, whereas Shu Uemura features only a single cleansing oil on this page with lower fit levels for those skin types.

Which is more affordable, Dermalogica or Shu Uemura?

Reviewers note that Dermalogica has a high price point, while the page provides no pricing information for Shu Uemura.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Dermalogica or Shu Uemura?

Dermalogica is the brand on this page that helps with breakouts, featuring targeted products like the Breakout Clearing Booster and Retinol Clearing Oil that fit acne-prone skin well.

How do the founding years and corporate ownership of Dermalogica and Shu Uemura compare?

Dermalogica was founded in the United States in 1986 and has been owned by Unilever since 2015, whereas Shu Uemura was founded in Japan in 1967 and has been owned by L'Oréal S.A. since 2003.

Which brand offers a wider range of products for oily and acne-prone skin according to the Lovi fit levels?

Dermalogica offers a much wider range of products for oily and acne-prone skin on this page, whereas Shu Uemura features only one makeup remover with low to caution fit levels for those skin types.

What are the main skin types that Dermalogica's brand-focused routines are designed to fit best?

Dermalogica's brand-focused routines are designed to fit dry skin, oily skin, and combination skin best.

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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