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RoC vs Shu Uemura

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RoC and Shu Uemura are established skincare houses, with the former being a French brand founded in 1957 and the latter a Japanese brand founded in 1967. The French brand is known for its expertly formulated serums, eye products, moisturizers, and cleansers enriched with glycerin and retinol, which best suit mature and dry skin by addressing aging and dryness. Meanwhile, the Japanese brand is known for its transformative makeup removers and meticulously crafted formulas that suit all skin types best due to their gentle and effective nature. The two differ as the former relies on targeted ingredients for specific concerns like dark spots and fine wrinkles, while both offer carefully balanced options that maintain skin comfort.

RoC is a French skincare brand founded in 1957 and owned by Bridgepoint Group plc since 2024.

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

Popular RoC vs Shu Uemura products

Questions and answers

RoC or Shu Uemura: which is better?

RoC has a much wider range of products on this page and generally achieves higher Lovi fit levels across most skin types than Shu Uemura, whose cleansing oil has low or caution ratings for oily and acne-prone skin.

What is the difference between RoC and Shu Uemura?

RoC features a broad range of products with a High Lovi fit for mature and dry skin, whereas Shu Uemura offers only a cleansing oil on this page with an Average Lovi fit for those skin types. RoC products contain key ingredients like retinol and vitamin C to help reduce wrinkles, while Shu Uemura focuses on fragrance-free makeup removers.

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Which is more affordable, RoC or Shu Uemura?

Reviews note that RoC offers good value, while the products on this page for Shu Uemura do not mention affordability.

Which causes fewer breakouts, RoC or Shu Uemura?

Shu Uemura's cleansing oil is rated as having a low fit for acne-prone skin, whereas the products on this page from RoC range from average to high fit for acne-prone skin.

Which brand has been around longer, RoC or Shu Uemura?

RoC has been around longer, having been founded in France in 1957, whereas Shu Uemura was founded in Japan in 1967.

How many products contain fragrance in RoC versus Shu Uemura?

On the RoC page, 10 of the 12 products list no fragrance while 2 products contain fragrance. On the Shu Uemura page, every product on this page lists no fragrance in its ingredients.

Which company owns RoC and when was it acquired?

Bridgepoint Group plc owns RoC, having acquired the company in 2024.

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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