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Anessa vs No7

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Anessa and No7 are two established skincare brands offering distinct approaches to daily defense and targeted care. The Japanese brand is known for advanced sunscreens with sophisticated formulas suited to all skin types, while the British brand focuses on serums, eye products, moisturizers, and sunscreens utilizing vitamin C, shea butter, and hyaluronic acid primarily for dry and mature skin. These thoughtfully formulated products differ fundamentally, as the former emphasizes reliable sun protection and the latter addresses advanced signs of aging and hydration.

Anessa is a Japanese skincare brand founded in 1992 and owned by Shiseido Company, Limited.

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No7 is a British skincare brand founded in 1935 and owned by Sycamore Partners since 2025.

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This page compares some of the most popular Anessa and No7 products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.

Popular Anessa vs No7 products

Questions and answers

Anessa or No7: which is better?

Both brands perform well, but No7 offers superior fit for mature and dry skin types across the products on this page. Niacinamide helps control skin aging and pigmentation, while retinol stimulates collagen accumulation in naturally aged human skin.

Antioxidants, 2021The Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 2000

What is the difference between Anessa and No7?

Anessa is a Japanese brand founded in 1992 that offers fragrance-free sunscreens on this page, while No7 is a British brand founded in 1935 offering a wide range of serums, creams, and exfoliants with key ingredients like niacinamide and retinol. Lovi rates Protect & Perfect Intense Advanced Night Cream and Restore & Renew Multi Action Eye Cream as having a Superior fit for mature skin among No7 products. Niacinamide in No7 products may help reduce cutaneous pigmentation and suppress melanosome transfer.

The British Journal of Dermatology, 2002Antioxidants, 2021

Anessa or No7: which sunscreen is better?

Anessa offers sunscreens on this page that list no fragrance, while No7 has sunscreens such as Lift & Luminate Day Cream and Protect & Perfect Intense Advanced Day Cream that contain fragrance. For mature skin, No7 Protect & Perfect Intense Advanced Day Cream achieves a Superior Lovi fit level, whereas Anessa sunscreens achieve a High fit level.

Which is more affordable, Anessa or No7?

The provided page facts do not contain pricing information for either Anessa or No7, so it is not possible to determine which brand is more affordable.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Anessa or No7?

Anessa offers products on this page that generally achieve High fit levels for acne-prone skin, while No7 products on this page mostly show Average fits for acne-prone skin. Therefore, Anessa is less likely to cause breakouts for acne-prone users.

Do any Anessa or No7 products contain fragrance?

Every Anessa product on this page lists no fragrance in its ingredients. For No7, 10 of the 13 products on this page list no fragrance, while the Future Renew Damage Reversal Night Cream, Lift & Luminate Day Cream, and Protect & Perfect Intense Advanced Day Cream contain fragrance.

Which skin types does Anessa fit best compared to No7?

Anessa does not list specific skin types that it fits best by brand routines, whereas No7 fits dry skin, mature skin, and dry sensitive skin best. Every Anessa product on this page lists no fragrance, while several No7 products include fragrance.

What are the key ingredients found across No7 products?

The key ingredients found across No7 products include Vitamin C, shea butter, hyaluronic acid, and niacinamide. Niacinamide helps reduce cutaneous pigmentation and manage skin aging.

The British Journal of Dermatology, 2002Antioxidants, 2021

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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