Biore and Anessa are Japanese skincare brands known for their thoughtful sunscreens, cleansers, masks, and sophisticated formulas. The first brand is beloved for gentle and clarifying formulations that suit sensitive and oily skin best, featuring standout choices like the UV Aqua Rich and the Makeup Remover Perfect Oil. The second brand is widely loved for advanced sunscreens that suit all skin types best, offering reliable daily protection through options like the Perfect UV Sunscreen Skincare Milk. While both brands work steadily to shield and care for the complexion, they differ in their foundational ingredients and targeted skin suitability.
Biore is a Japanese skincare brand founded in 1980 and owned by Kao Corporation.
This page compares some of the most popular Biore and Anessa products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.
Anessa offers higher fit levels across most skin types on this page with its sunscreens, whereas Biore products on this page show more varied fit levels depending on the specific skin type.
What is the difference between Biore and Anessa?
Biore and Anessa are both Japanese skincare brands, but Anessa focuses entirely on sunscreens where the products on this page receive High fit levels for most skin types. Biore offers a wider variety of items like cleansers, masks, and makeup removers that generally achieve Average fit levels across different skin types.
Biore or Anessa: which sunscreen is better?
Anessa is a better fit for most skin types, as its sunscreens achieve High Lovi fit levels across oily, combination, mature, and acne-prone skin, whereas Biore UV Aqua Rich mostly rates Average for those skin types and Low for dry sensitive skin.
Which is more affordable, Biore or Anessa?
The products on this page do not list pricing information, so affordability cannot be compared between Biore and Anessa.
Which causes fewer breakouts, Biore or Anessa?
Anessa offers products on this page like Perfect UV Sunscreen Skincare Gel that Lovi rates as a High fit for acne-prone skin, whereas Biore products on this page generally receive an Average or Low fit for acne-prone skin.
When were Biore and Anessa founded and which companies own them?
Biore was founded in 1980 in Japan and is owned by Kao Corporation, while Anessa was founded in 1992 in Japan and is owned by Shiseido Company, Limited.
Which Biore products are best suited for sensitive skin according to the Lovi fit levels?
According to the Lovi fit levels, the Biore product best suited for sensitive skin on the page is Makeup Remover Perfect Oil, which has a High fit level.
Do any of the Biore or Anessa products listed on the page contain fragrance?
No, every product from both Biore and Anessa listed on this page lists no fragrance in its ingredients.
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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.
