Biore and Sesderma are a Japanese skincare brand founded in 1980 and a Spanish skincare brand founded in 1989, respectively. The first brand is beloved for its thoughtful sunscreens, cleansers, masks, and makeup removers, while the second brand is known for its advanced serums and meticulously engineered formulas. The former suits sensitive skin and oily skin best, whereas the latter suits sensitive, hyperpigmented, and aging skin types best. These approaches differ as one focuses on gentle and clarifying formulations, while the other relies on botanical extracts and active compounds.
Biore is a Japanese skincare brand founded in 1980 and owned by Kao Corporation.
This page compares some of the most popular Biore and Sesderma products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.
Biore is better for a broader range of skin types since the products on this page list no fragrance, whereas Sesderma includes fragrance in its serum. Lovi gives Biore a High fit for sensitive skin with its makeup remover and combination skin with its sunscreen, while Sesderma earns a High fit specifically for acne-prone skin, dark spots, and combination skin with its serum.
What is the difference between Biore and Sesderma?
Biore offers fragrance-free products on this page that fit sensitive, oily, and combination skin best, whereas Sesderma includes fragrance in its serum on this page.
Which is more affordable, Biore or Sesderma?
This page does not provide pricing information to compare the affordability of Biore and Sesderma.
Which causes fewer breakouts, Biore or Sesderma?
Biore is a better choice to help prevent breakouts, as the products on this page best fit oily and acne-prone skin types. Lovi rates Biore's UV Aqua Rich as Average for acne-prone skin, whereas Sesderma's Azelac RU Serum is also rated Average for oily acne-prone skin.
Which brand offers a sunscreen, and does it contain fragrance?
Biore offers a sunscreen on this page, the UV Aqua Rich, and every product on this page lists no fragrance in its ingredients.
How do the founding countries and years of Biore and Sesderma compare?
Biore was founded in Japan in 1980, while Sesderma was founded in Spain in 1989.
Which products from Biore and Sesderma have a High Lovi fit level for sensitive skin?
For sensitive skin, Biore Makeup Remover Perfect Oil has a High Lovi fit level among the products on this page. Sesderma does not feature any products with a High Lovi fit level for sensitive skin.
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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.
