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Elemis vs Anessa

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Elemis and Anessa are a British prestige line and a Japanese protective specialist founded in 1989 and 1992, respectively. The former is celebrated for nourishing serums, rich moisturizers, gentle cleansers, and refining toners that weave together glycerin and shea, while the latter is widely loved for its advanced sunscreens and sophisticated formulas. Together, the preparations suit dry skin, mature skin, and all skin types best, offering deeply restorative qualities alongside reliable daily protection. They differ primarily in their core focuses, with the British house emphasizing anti-aging and barrier repair through standouts like the Pro-Collagen Marine Cream, and the Japanese label prioritizing comprehensive sun defense with formulations like the Perfect UV Sunscreen Skincare Milk.

Elemis is a British skincare brand founded in 1989 and owned by L'Occitane Group since 2019.

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

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Questions and answers

Elemis or Anessa: which is better?

Elemis is better suited for dry and mature skin, whereas Anessa focuses on sunscreens with a High fit for oily, combination, and acne-prone skin.

What is the difference between Elemis and Anessa?

Elemis is a British brand founded in 1989 and owned by L'Occitane Group, while Anessa is a Japanese brand founded in 1992 and owned by Shiseido Company, Limited. Elemis focuses heavily on anti-aging and moisturizing products with various fragrances across its range, whereas Anessa specializes strictly in fragrance-free sunscreens.

Which is more affordable, Elemis or Anessa?

Reviews for Elemis note a high price point, whereas affordability details for Anessa are not highlighted on this page.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Elemis or Anessa?

Anessa is unlikely to cause breakouts as its sunscreens fit acne-prone skin with a High Lovi fit level, whereas Elemis products on this page show varying fit levels for acne-prone skin from Average to Low and Warning.

How do the founding years and parent companies of Elemis and Anessa compare?

Elemis was founded in 1989 in the United Kingdom and has been owned by the L'Occitane Group since 2019, whereas Anessa was founded in 1992 in Japan and is owned by the Shiseido Company, Limited.

Which brand offers products with fragrance, and how many Elemis products are fragrance-free?

Elemis offers products with fragrance, while Anessa lists no fragrance in every product on this page. For Elemis, exactly 4 of the 22 products on this page list no fragrance.

What are the common skin types that Elemis fits best according to its brand-focused routines?

According to its brand-focused routines, Elemis fits dry skin, mature skin, and dry sensitive skin best.

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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