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Shiseido vs Blume

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Shiseido and Blume are a heritage Japanese beauty house founded in 1872 and a contemporary Canadian skincare line established in 2018, respectively. The former is celebrated for its sophisticated moisturizers, gentle cleansers, protective sunscreens, and nourishing serums formulated with glycerin, while the latter is widely loved for its nourishing moisturizers and thoughtful formulas. The brand from Japan suits sensitive and oily skin best, whereas the Canadian line caters best to sensitive, acne-prone, and dry skin. Ultimately, both differ primarily in their founding heritage and the breadth of their specialized product ranges.

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

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Blume is a Canadian skincare brand founded in 2018.

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

Popular Shiseido vs Blume products

Shiseido vs Blume moisturizers

Questions and answers

Shiseido or Blume: which is better?

Shiseido and Blume serve different needs, with Shiseido offering a wide range of luxurious skincare that fits sensitive, oily, and mature skin best, while Blume features fragrance-free options like Meltdown Gel Cream. Shiseido's products on this page often come with a high price point and strong fragrance, whereas Blume focuses on gentle formulations.

What is the difference between Shiseido and Blume?

Shiseido is a Japanese brand founded in 1872 that offers many products on this page featuring fragrance and key ingredients like glycerin and hyaluronic acid, while Blume is an independent Canadian brand founded in 2018 where every product on this page lists no fragrance.

Shiseido or Blume: which moisturizer is better?

Shiseido and Blume both offer moisturizers on this page, but Blume's Meltdown Gel Cream has a High fit for acne-prone, oily, and sensitive skin. Shiseido features many moisturizers with varying fits, such as Essential Energy Hydrating Cream which has a Superior fit for mature and sensitive skin.

Which is more affordable, Shiseido or Blume?

Shiseido is known for a high price point among the products on this page, whereas Blume is an independent brand founded in Canada in 2018.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Shiseido or Blume?

Blume's Meltdown Gel Cream has a High Lovi fit for acne-prone skin on this page, whereas many Shiseido products on this page have lower fit levels for breakout-prone skin and reviewers sometimes note skin irritation.

How does the founding year and origin country compare between Shiseido and Blume?

Shiseido was founded in 1872 in Japan, whereas Blume was founded much later in 2018 in Canada.

Which brand offers fragrance-free products, Shiseido or Blume?

Blume offers fragrance-free products since every product on its page lists no fragrance, whereas Shiseido has fragrance in most of the products on this page.

What are the most commonly mentioned positive and negative review points for Shiseido skincare?

Reviewers of the products on this page for Shiseido most commonly mention deep hydration and deep-cleansing and efficient cleansers as positive points. On the negative side, reviewers mostly note a high price point and strong fragrance.

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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