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Shiseido vs Anessa

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Shiseido and Anessa are Japanese skincare brands owned by Shiseido Company, Limited. The former is beloved for its sophisticated moisturizers, gentle cleansers, protective sunscreens, and nourishing serums, whereas the latter is widely loved for its advanced sunscreens and sophisticated formulas. Products from the first brand suit sensitive skin and oily skin best, while the offerings from both suit all skin types best. They differ because the first features balanced formulations with key ingredients like glycerin, while the second provides reliable daily protection through thoughtful formulations.

Shiseido is a Japanese skincare brand founded in 1872 and owned by Shiseido Company, Limited.

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

Popular Shiseido vs Anessa products

Questions and answers

Shiseido or Anessa: which is better?

Shiseido is better for heavy-duty hydration and anti-aging care, whereas Anessa focuses strictly on sun protection with fragrance-free formulas. Hyaluronic acid helps both brands deliver deep moisture to the skin.

Dermatologic Therapy, 2022

What is the difference between Shiseido and Anessa?

Shiseido offers a wide variety of skincare products on this page with key ingredients like glycerin and hyaluronic acid, whereas Anessa focuses on sunscreen products with fragrance-free formulas. Topical hyaluronic acid helps improve skin quality and signs of skin aging according to study findings.

Dermatologic Therapy, 2022

Shiseido or Anessa: which sunscreen is better?

For sunscreens on this page, Anessa has sunscreen options that fit oily, acne-prone, and combination skin at a High level, while Shiseido's sunscreens vary widely from Superior to Warning depending on the specific product and skin type. Shiseido's sunscreens also frequently include fragrance, whereas Anessa's products list no fragrance.

Which is more affordable, Shiseido or Anessa?

The products on this page do not list pricing information, so a direct comparison of affordability between Shiseido and Anessa cannot be made from the available details.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Shiseido or Anessa?

Anessa is unlikely to cause breakouts as every sunscreen on its page lists no fragrance, whereas the products on the Shiseido page often mention a strong fragrance that may lead to skin irritation.

How do the founding years and ownership of Shiseido and Anessa compare?

Shiseido was founded in 1872, whereas Anessa was founded later in 1992 in Japan. Both brands are owned by the Shiseido Company, Limited.

Which brand has more fragrance-free options, Shiseido or Anessa?

Anessa has more fragrance-free options on this page, as every product listed for the brand contains no fragrance, whereas only 5 of 20 Shiseido products are fragrance-free.

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

According to its brand-focused routines, Shiseido fits sensitive skin, oily skin, and mature 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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