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DHC vs ILIA Beauty

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

DHC and ILIA Beauty are distinct skincare lines that offer reliable daily care for a balanced complexion and refine daily routines through clean, conscious beauty, respectively. The Japanese brand is beloved for its effective makeup removers and nourishing formulas, suiting dry, normal, combination, and oily skin best, while the Canadian brand is widely loved for its thoughtful moisturizers and the nourishing nature of its compositions, suiting dry, normal, and combination skin best. For specific needs, the former features the Pore Cleansing Oil for acne-prone skin and the Deep Cleansing Oil for skin with dark spots, whereas the latter offers The Base Face Milk for acne-prone skin. Both brands differ in their founding origins, parent companies, and targeted skin types, allowing users to choose according to their unique complexion goals.

DHC is a Japanese skincare brand founded in 1980 and owned by ORIX Corporation since 2023.

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ILIA Beauty is a Canadian skincare brand founded in 2011 and owned by Famille C since 2022.

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This page compares some of the most popular DHC and ILIA Beauty products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.

Popular DHC vs ILIA Beauty products

Questions and answers

DHC or ILIA Beauty: which is better?

DHC is the better choice on this page because its Pore Cleansing Oil achieves a Superior Lovi fit for sensitive skin and High fits across almost all other skin types, whereas ILIA Beauty only offers an Average fit with The Base Face Milk. Furthermore, every DHC product on this page lists no fragrance in its ingredients.

What is the difference between DHC and ILIA Beauty?

DHC offers makeup removers like Deep Cleansing Oil and Pore Cleansing Oil with Lovi fit levels ranging from Average to Superior across skin types, whereas ILIA Beauty features The Base Face Milk moisturizer with an Average Lovi fit across all skin types. Every product on this page from both brands lists no fragrance in its ingredients.

Which is more affordable, DHC or ILIA Beauty?

This page does not provide pricing or affordability information for either DHC or ILIA Beauty.

Which causes fewer breakouts, DHC or ILIA Beauty?

DHC Pore Cleansing Oil gets a High fit from Lovi for acne-prone skin, while the products on this page from ILIA Beauty only receive an Average fit.

Which brand is older, DHC or ILIA Beauty, and where were they founded?

DHC is older than ILIA Beauty, having been founded in Japan in 1980, whereas ILIA Beauty was founded in Canada in 2011.

Do either DHC or ILIA Beauty products contain fragrance?

Every product on this page from both DHC and ILIA Beauty lists no fragrance in its ingredients.

Which company owns DHC and which company owns ILIA Beauty?

DHC is owned by ORIX Corporation, while ILIA Beauty is owned by Famille C.

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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