Biore and Anessa are Japanese skincare brands known for their sunscreens and carefully balanced formulas. The former relies on targeted ingredients to suit oily skin and combination skin best, while the latter offers sophisticated options that suit all skin types best. These choices differ because the brand from Kao Corporation provides reliable daily care with products like the UV Aqua Rich, Makeup Remover Perfect Oil, and Deep Pore Charcoal Cleanser, whereas the brand from Shiseido Company, Limited focuses on advanced protection through items such as the Perfect UV Sunscreen Skincare Milk and Perfect UV Sunscreen Skincare Gel.
Biore is a Japanese skincare brand founded in 1980 and owned by Kao Corporation.
This page compares some of the most popular Biore and Anessa products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.
Anessa is a better fit than Biore for most skin types, as its sunscreens earn High ratings across oily, combination, mature, and acne-prone skin on Lovi. Meanwhile, the products on this page from Biore mostly earn Average or lower fit levels for those same skin types.
What is the difference between Biore and Anessa?
Biore is best for oily, combination, and acne-prone skin, whereas Anessa offers high fit levels across a broader range of skin types including mature skin and skin with dark spots.
Biore or Anessa: which sunscreen is better?
Anessa is better because its sunscreens on this page, such as Perfect UV Sunscreen Skincare Milk and Perfect UV Sunscreen Skincare Gel, achieve High fit levels for oily, combination, acne-prone, mature, and dark-spot skin types, whereas Biore's UV Aqua Rich sunscreen only reaches an Average fit for most of those types.
Which is more affordable, Biore or Anessa?
The provided page facts do not mention the prices of Biore or Anessa products, so we cannot determine which brand is more affordable.
Which causes fewer breakouts, Biore or Anessa?
Anessa is a better fit for breakout-prone skin, as its sunscreens achieve a High Lovi fit for acne-prone and oily acne-prone skin on this page, whereas the products on this page for Biore reach only an Average or Low fit for those skin types.
When was each brand founded and which companies own them?
Biore was founded in 1980 in Japan and is owned by Kao Corporation, while Anessa was founded in 1992 in Japan and is owned by Shiseido Company, Limited.
Do any of the products from Biore or Anessa contain fragrance?
Every product from Biore and Anessa on this page lists no fragrance in its ingredients.
Which Anessa sunscreen has a High Lovi fit level for sensitive skin?
Perfect UV Sunscreen Skincare Gel has 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.
