DHC vs Anessa
DHC and Anessa are Japanese skincare brands known for nourishing formulas and advanced sunscreens. The former offers reliable daily care featuring effective makeup removers, while the latter is widely loved for sophisticated sun protection. Both brands suit all skin types best, though DHC particularly appeals to dry, normal, combination, and oily skin, and Anessa provides thoughtful formulations for universal use. They differ primarily in their core specialties, with the former focusing on cleansing oils and the latter centering on high-performance UV shields.
DHC is a Japanese skincare brand founded in 1980 and owned by ORIX Corporation since 2023.
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Anessa is a Japanese skincare brand founded in 1992 and owned by Shiseido Company, Limited.
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This page compares some of the most popular DHC and Anessa products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.
Popular DHC vs Anessa products
Questions and answers
DHC or Anessa: which is better?
Neither DHC nor Anessa is universally better, as DHC's Pore Cleansing Oil achieves a Superior Lovi fit for sensitive skin while Anessa's sunscreens offer High fits for oily and mature skin types. Both brands provide fragrance-free options across the products on this page.
What is the difference between DHC and Anessa?
DHC offers makeup removers that achieve a Superior fit for sensitive skin, whereas Anessa provides sunscreens where all products on this page list no fragrance in their ingredients just like DHC. Both Japanese brands feature formulas with no added fragrance.
Which is more affordable, DHC or Anessa?
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Which causes fewer breakouts, DHC or Anessa?
DHC's Pore Cleansing Oil helps acne-prone skin with a High Lovi fit, while Anessa's sunscreens also feature a High Lovi fit for acne-prone skin. Every product on this page lists no fragrance in its ingredients.
In what years were DHC and Anessa founded, and which companies own them?
DHC was founded in 1980 and is owned by ORIX Corporation, while Anessa was founded in 1992 and is owned by Shiseido Company, Limited.
Do any of the DHC or Anessa products listed on this page contain fragrance?
Every product on this page from both DHC and Anessa lists no fragrance in its ingredients.
Which skin types achieve a Superior Lovi fit level with the DHC Pore Cleansing Oil?
Sensitive skin achieves a Superior Lovi fit level with the DHC Pore Cleansing Oil. Every product on this page by DHC lists no fragrance in its ingredients.
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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Dr. Sofía Perea Pérez, MD, MSc
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Elina Nazarenko, MD
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Victoria Derkova, MS
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