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 is worth it, as the Dove-focused routines rate Superior for dry, oily, sensitive, combination, and acne-prone skin. Lovi rates the Dove-focused routine Superior for dry skin, compared to High for CeraVe. The Beauty Cream contains fragrance, which may irritate sensitive skin.
What are Dove's best products?
Dove does not have a single best product listed on this page, as the single featured Beauty Cream 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 only moisturizer for dry skin on this page, and Lovi rates it with a Warning for dry skin. The Dove-focused routine for dry skin achieves a Superior fit.
Does Dove cause breakouts?
Dove Beauty Cream carries a warning for acne-prone skin on this page. Lovi rates the Dove-focused routine Superior for acne-prone skin.
Is Dove fragrance-free?
No, the Dove products on this page include fragrance in their formula, as seen in the Beauty Cream.
What are the key ingredients in Dove products?
The page facts do not list the key ingredients in the Dove products shown here. Lovi rates Dove-focused routines Superior for dry, oily, sensitive, combination, and acne-prone skin.
How do I build a Dove skincare routine?
To build a Dove skincare routine, use the Dove Beauty Cream. Lovi rates the Dove-focused routine Superior for dry, oily, sensitive, combination, and acne-prone skin.
What are good alternatives to Dove?
Good alternatives to Dove include CeraVe, Cetaphil, Paula's Choice, Neutrogena, Kiehl's, and Dermalogica. These brands also have dedicated skincare pages on Lovi.
Dove vs CeraVe: which is better?
Dove routines are rated Superior for dry skin, oily skin, sensitive skin, combination skin, and acne-prone skin, while CeraVe routines are rated High for dry, oily, and combination skin, and Superior for sensitive and acne-prone skin. Lovi rates the Dove-focused routine slightly higher across most of these skin types compared to CeraVe.
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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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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