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Estée Lauder vs Hada Labo

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Estée Lauder and Hada Labo are heritage skincare brands offering thoughtfully formulated moisturizers, serums, toners, and cleansers for varied complexions. The American brand, founded in 1946, is best suited for mature and sensitive skin through nourishing ingredients like hyaluronic acid and glycerin. Meanwhile, the Japanese brand, established in 2004, expertly cares for dry, sensitive, oily, and combination skin with targeted, hydration-focused compositions. Ultimately, both offer distinct approaches, as the former relies on specialized peptide and botanical blends while the latter emphasizes barrier-supporting hydration.

Estée Lauder is an American skincare brand founded in 1946 and owned by The Estée Lauder Companies Inc..

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Hada Labo is a Japanese skincare brand founded in 2004 and owned by Rohto Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd..

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

Popular Estée Lauder vs Hada Labo products

People Say

Estée LauderHada Labo
  • Deep hydration and moisture Mostly MentionedMostly Mentioned
    • “skin drinks it up immediately — Estée Lauder Advanced Night Repair”
    • “The formula is incredibly hydrating and leaves my skin feeling smooth. — Estée Lauder Re-Nutriv”
    • “skin drinks it up — Hada Labo Gokujyun Lotion”
    • “Plumps fine lines — Hada Labo Gokujun Premium”
  • Radiance, glow and texture improvement Often MentionedOften Mentioned
    • “gives me that glass skin look — Estée Lauder Advanced Night Repair”
    • “skin feels like a baby's bottom — Estée Lauder Advanced Night Repair”
    • “Thick serum-like — Hada Labo Gokujun Premium”
    • “faded considerably — Hada Labo Shirojyun Premium Whitening Lotion”
  • Lightweight and fast absorbing Sometimes NotedOften Mentioned
    • “Absorbs quickly into the skin — Estée Lauder Revitalizing Supreme+”
    • “watery — Estée Lauder Micro Essence Treatment Lotion”
    • “absorbs super quickly — Hada Labo Premium Whitening Lotion (Light)”
    • “absorbs super quickly — Hada Labo Shirojyun Premium Whitening Lotion”
  • Fragrance-free and gentle formulation Not notedMostly Mentioned
    • “never stings my sensitive skin — Hada Labo Gokujyun Lotion”
    • “No fragrance/alcohol — Hada Labo Gokujun Premium”
    • “no irritation, no breakouts — Hada Labo Shirojyun Premium Whitening Lotion”
  • Gentle, non-drying and cleansing Often MentionedSometimes Noted
    • “doesn't strip the skin — Estée Lauder Advanced Night Cleansing Gelée”
    • “Lathers well — Estée Lauder Soft Clean Moisture Rich Foaming Cleanser”
    • “removes all my makeup effortlessly — Estée Lauder Advanced Night Cleansing Gelée”
    • “leaves skin soft and hydrated — Hada Labo Gokujyun Cleansing Oil”
  • Versatile application Not notedOften Mentioned
    • “hydrating but not heavy — Hada Labo Premium Whitening Lotion (Light)”
    • “mixes well with oils — Hada Labo Gokujyun Lotion”
    • “Mixes with oils — Hada Labo Gokujun Premium”
  • High price and expensive Mostly MentionedNot noted
    • “way too expensive for the size — Estée Lauder Advanced Night Repair”
  • Sticky or tacky residue Rarely NotedOften Mentioned
    • “tacky film — Estée Lauder Micro Essence Treatment Lotion”
    • “Tacky residue — Hada Labo Gokujun Premium”
  • Lack of results and efficacy issues Sometimes NotedSometimes Noted
    • “didn't notice any difference — Estée Lauder Advanced Night Repair”
    • “just expensive water — Estée Lauder Micro Essence Treatment Lotion”
    • “takes months to see results — Hada Labo Shirojyun Premium Whitening Lotion”
    • “takes time to see results — Hada Labo Premium Whitening Lotion (Light)”

Questions and answers

Estée Lauder or Hada Labo: which is better?

When it comes to fragrance-free and gentle formulation, Hada Labo does better than Estee Lauder. Meanwhile, Estee Lauder achieves a Superior fit level for dry skin with its DayWear Moisturizer.

What is the difference between Estée Lauder and Hada Labo?

Estée Lauder products on this page have an average or high fit for mature, sensitive, and acne-prone skin, whereas Hada Labo has no listed best fit for brand-focused routines. Hada Labo is noted for being fragrance-free and gentle, while Estée Lauder offers gentle, non-drying cleansers with some products containing fragrance.

Estée Lauder or Hada Labo: which moisturizer is better?

For moisturizers, Estée Lauder provides options that rate Average for mature, dry, and sensitive skin types. Hada Labo offers products like Gokujyun Perfect Gel, which helps deliver high fit levels for dry and dry sensitive skin.

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Which is more affordable, Estée Lauder or Hada Labo?

Hada Labo is more affordable, whereas reviewers mostly mention Estée Lauder for its high price point.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Estée Lauder or Hada Labo?

When it comes to breakouts, reviewers report that Hada Labo sometimes causes breakouts and clogged pores, whereas Estée Lauder does not show this drawback in its reviewer feedback. Lovi rates the acne-prone skin fit for the products on this page as High for several Estée Lauder items like Advanced Night Cleansing Gelée and DayWear Moisturizer, while Hada Labo items range from Average to High.

Which brand has more fragrance-free product options, Estée Lauder or Hada Labo?

Hada Labo has more fragrance-free product options since every product on its page lists no fragrance. In comparison, Estée Lauder features fragrance in some of its items, such as the DayWear Moisturizer and Soft Clean Moisture Rich Foaming Cleanser.

How do the routines for dry skin compare between Estée Lauder and Hada Labo?

For dry skin, the products on this page for Estée Lauder fit best with a full routine of a cleanser, hydrating toner, moisturizer, and SPF, whereas Hada Labo features top-rated toners and makeup removers that offer Superior hydration. Both brands feature hyaluronic acid across their products to help deliver deep moisture.

Dermatologic Therapy, 2022

Which brand is better suited for mature skin based on their brand-focused routines?

Estée Lauder fits mature skin best because its brand-focused routines are designed for it, whereas Hada Labo does not list a best-fit skin type for its routines.

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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