No7 vs OPTASE
No7 and OPTASE are established skincare options offering targeted solutions for diverse complexions. The British brand, founded in 1935, features serums, eye products, moisturizers, and sunscreens built around vitamin C, shea butter, and hyaluronic acid, suiting dry and dry sensitive skin best. Meanwhile, the second brand is deeply loved for its gentle makeup removers and carefully balanced formulas that suit sensitive, dry, and irritated skin best due to their soothing and restorative qualities. While both maintain reliable formulations, they differ primarily in their product types and specific key ingredients.
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 No7 and OPTASE products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.
Popular No7 vs OPTASE products
Questions and answers
No7 or OPTASE: which is better?
No7 offers a much wider range of skincare products on this page with High Lovi fit levels for dry, sensitive, and mature skin, whereas OPTASE features only a single eye makeup remover. No7 products help improve skin feel and texture, but some users also report skin irritation and dryness.
What is the difference between No7 and OPTASE?
No7 offers a wide range of skincare products on this page with High Lovi fit levels for dry, dry sensitive, and sensitive skin types, whereas OPTASE features only a single makeup remover with a High fit for sensitive skin. No7 key ingredients include Vitamin C, Shea butter, Hyaluronic acid, and Niacinamide, while OPTASE products list no fragrance.
Which is more affordable, No7 or OPTASE?
This page does not provide pricing information or comparisons of affordability for No7 and OPTASE.
Which causes fewer breakouts, No7 or OPTASE?
OPTASE features products that are fragrance-free, whereas No7 includes some fragranced formulas across the products on this page, but neither brand focuses specifically on acne treatment. Reviewers sometimes note skin irritation and adverse reactions from No7.
How does the founding year and ownership differ between No7 and OPTASE?
No7 was founded in 1935 in the United Kingdom and is owned by Sycamore Partners, whereas OPTASE was founded in 2016 and is owned by Scope Health Group.
Which brand offers products containing fragrance, No7 or OPTASE?
No7 offers products containing fragrance on the products on this page, while every product on this page by OPTASE lists no fragrance in its ingredients. Specifically, three of No7's products—Future Renew Damage Reversal Night Cream, Lift & Luminate Day Cream, and Protect & Perfect Intense Advanced Day Cream—list fragrance.
Which skin types does No7 fit best according to its brand-focused routines?
According to its brand-focused routines, No7 fits dry skin, dry sensitive skin, and sensitive skin best. The products on this page help deliver deep hydration, while some users may experience skin irritation.
Research behind their key ingredients
Molecular basis of retinol anti-ageing properties in naturally aged human skin in vivo
Effects of ascorbic acid on gingival melanin pigmentation in vitro and in vivo
The evaluation of aluminum oxide crystal microdermabrasion for photodamage
Clinical and histologic changes determine optimal treatment regimens for microdermabrasion
Treatment with Ascorbyl Glucoside-Arginine Complex Ameliorates Solar Lentigos
Targeting Circadian Rhythm for the Regulation of Skin Collagen Metabolism
Retrospective Review of Dermal Safety Studies of Organic Sunscreens
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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Co-founder, Medical Director
Cosmetic chemist, cosmetologist, aesthetic products developer
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Co-founder, CEO and CTO
PhD in computer science, 3x US patent holder, ex-Google, ex-Yandex
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Dr. Sofía Perea Pérez, MD, MSc
Medical Board
Aesthetic medicine practitioner, MSc in Longevity and Anti-Aging Medicine
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Specialist dermatologist, MBBS, MD, IFAAD
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Cosmetic chemist, SCS, IFSCC member
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Medical Board, Medical Advisor
Dermatology MD
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Elina Nazarenko, MD
Medical Board
Dermatology and diagnostic consultant
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Victoria Derkova, MS
Medical Board
Cosmetic chemist, cosmetic development technologist
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