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Lancôme vs Shu Uemura

Rated by Lovi · Unbiased, science-based skincare AI trained on real user outcomes · How the Fit score works

Lancôme and Shu Uemura are esteemed beauty houses under the L'Oréal umbrella, originating from France in 1935 and Japan in 1967, respectively. The French house is celebrated for its restorative moisturizers, eye products, serums, and toners enriched with glycerin, hyaluronic acid, and adenosine, making it especially suited for sensitive and mature skin. Meanwhile, the Japanese brand is renowned for its transformative makeup removers and meticulously crafted formulas that gently serve all skin types. While both offer targeted solutions like acne-supportive formulas, the former focuses heavily on anti-aging and barrier repair, whereas the latter excels in versatile, skin-comforting cleansing.

Lancôme is a French skincare brand founded in 1935 and owned by L'Oréal S.A. since 1964.

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Shu Uemura is a Japanese skincare brand founded in 1967 and owned by L'Oréal S.A. since 2003.

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

Popular Lancôme vs Shu Uemura products

Questions and answers

Lancôme or Shu Uemura: which is better?

Lancôme fits sensitive, mature, and acne-prone skin best across the products on this page, while Shu Uemura offers only a cleansing oil. Lancôme products often feature key ingredients like glycerin and hyaluronic acid, which help improve skin hydration.

Dermatologic Therapy, 2022

What is the difference between Lancôme and Shu Uemura?

Lancôme offers a wide range of products featuring key ingredients like glycerin and hyaluronic acid, whereas Shu Uemura features a single cleansing oil on this page with no fragrance listed across its range. Glycerin helps improve skin hydration, and hyaluronic acid benefits skin quality and signs of aging.

Dermatologic Therapy, 2022

Which is more affordable, Lancôme or Shu Uemura?

The products on this page for Lancome have a high price point according to reviewers, while pricing information for Shu Uemura is not provided on the page.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Lancôme or Shu Uemura?

Shu Uemura shows an acne-prone skin fit of Low for its cleansing oil on this page, while Lancôme features multiple products on this page with High fits for acne-prone skin alongside key ingredients like glycerin which helps skin barrier function.

Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology, 2017

How do the founding years and corporate ownership of Lancôme and Shu Uemura compare?

Lancome was founded in France in 1935, whereas Shu Uemura was established later in Japan in 1967. Both brands are currently owned by L'Oreal S.A., with Lancome acquired in 1964 and Shu Uemura in 2003.

Which brand has more fragrance-free options among their listed products, Lancôme or Shu Uemura?

Shu Uemura has more fragrance-free options because every product on its page lists no fragrance in its ingredients, whereas 3 of the 14 products on the Lancome page list no fragrance.

What are the main shared key ingredients across the Lancôme products listed on the page?

The main shared key ingredients across the Lancôme products on this page are glycerin, hyaluronic acid, and adenosine. Glycerin helps provide deep hydration, while hyaluronic acid is known to improve skin quality and signs of aging.

Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology, 2017

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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