Hada Labo vs Anessa
Hada Labo and Anessa are Japanese skincare brands founded in 2004 and 1992, respectively, and owned by Rohto Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. and Shiseido Company, Limited. The former is warmly loved for its targeted toners, gentle makeup removers, and deeply hydrating moisturizers, while the latter is widely loved for its advanced sunscreens and sophisticated formulas. Both brands suit all skin types, with Hada Labo specializing in dry, sensitive, oily, and combination skin, and Anessa offering reliable daily protection. They differ primarily in their product types and key ingredients, as the first brand focuses on balancing components to support healthy skin, while the second works to shield and care for the complexion.
Hada Labo is a Japanese skincare brand founded in 2004 and owned by Rohto Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd..
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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 Hada Labo and Anessa products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.
Questions and answers
Hada Labo or Anessa: which is better?
Neither brand is universally better, as Hada Labo provides products on this page that achieve a Superior fit for dry skin through hydrating key ingredients like hyaluronic acid, while Anessa offers sunscreens that achieve a High fit for oily skin. Topical hyaluronic acid helps improve skin quality and hydration.
What is the difference between Hada Labo and Anessa?
Hada Labo is a Japanese brand founded in 2004 that offers fragrance-free toners, cleansers, and gels featuring hyaluronic acid, whereas Anessa is a Japanese sunscreen brand founded in 1992 by Shiseido with fragrance-free formulas. Lovi rates Hada Labo as having a Superior fit for dry skin and dry sensitive skin, while Anessa's sunscreens provide a High fit for oily, combination, and mature skin types.
Which is more affordable, Hada Labo or Anessa?
We do not have pricing information for Hada Labo or Anessa on this page.
Which causes fewer breakouts, Hada Labo or Anessa?
Both brands offer products on this page that are suitable for acne-prone skin, with Anessa sunscreen and Hada Labo toners achieving a High Lovi fit level for oily acne-prone skin. However, reviewers note that Hada Labo may sometimes cause breakouts and clogged pores.
How do Hada Labo products and Anessa sunscreens compare in terms of fragrance-free formulations?
Both Hada Labo and Anessa offer fragrance-free formulations, as every product featured on this page for both brands lists no fragrance in its ingredients.
Which brand has products founded earlier, Hada Labo or Anessa?
Anessa was founded earlier in 1992, whereas Hada Labo was founded in 2004.
What are the parent companies of Hada Labo and Anessa?
Hada Labo is owned by Rohto Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. and Anessa is owned by Shiseido Company, Limited.
Research behind their key ingredients
Preparation and characterization of a lecithin nanoemulsion as a topical delivery system
In vivo and in vitro evaluation of octyl methoxycinnamate liposomes
The anti-wrinkles properties of sodium acetylated hyaluronate
Moisturizing Effects of Diglycerol Combined with Glycerol on Human Stratum Corneum
Nanocomplex of quaternized cyclodextrin grafted chitosan and hyaluronic acid for a skin delivery
Combined Effect of Silybin and Sodium Acetylated Hyaluronate on UV-Induced Photoaging
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.
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