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Some By Mi vs Anessa

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Some By Mi and Anessa are distinct Asian beauty labels that offer specialized daily regimens. The Korean brand features serums, cleansers, toners, and moisturizers built around niacinamide, centella asiatica, and salicylic acid, fitting dry sensitive skin and dry skin best. Meanwhile, the Japanese brand is widely loved for its advanced sunscreens and sophisticated formulas that suit all skin types best, offering reliable daily protection. These respective offerings differ as the former focuses on targeted treatment ingredients for specific concerns, while the latter centers on comprehensive UV shielding.

Some By Mi is a Korean skincare brand founded in 2016 and owned by JKL Partners since 2021.

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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 Some By Mi and Anessa products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.

Popular Some By Mi vs Anessa products

Questions and answers

Some By Mi or Anessa: which is better?

Some By Mi is better for targeted skincare needs and offers a wider variety of products tailored for dry and sensitive skin, whereas Anessa focuses exclusively on sunscreens. Niacinamide in Some By Mi products may help reduce skin pigmentation and aging.

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What is the difference between Some By Mi and Anessa?

Some By Mi offers a wide variety of skincare products like cleansers, serums, and sunscreens that fit dry skin best, whereas Anessa focuses exclusively on sunscreens such as its Skincare Milk and Gel.

Some By Mi or Anessa: which sunscreen is better?

For sunscreens on this page, Some By Mi V10 Hyal Air Fit Sunscreen has a High Lovi fit across all skin types, including sensitive and dry skin, while Anessa has High to Average Lovi fits depending on the specific formula.

Which is more affordable, Some By Mi or Anessa?

The provided page facts do not contain pricing information to determine whether Some By Mi or Anessa is more affordable.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Some By Mi or Anessa?

Some By Mi fits acne-prone skin best with Superior and High Lovi ratings across many products on this page, whereas Anessa focuses on sunscreens with High ratings for acne-prone skin.

Between Some By Mi and Anessa, which brand has been established longer and where are they from?

Anessa was established longer in 1992 in Japan, whereas Some By Mi was founded in 2016 in South Korea.

Do either Some By Mi or Anessa include artificial fragrance in their product ingredients?

Neither Some By Mi nor Anessa includes artificial fragrance, as every product on this page lists no fragrance in its ingredients.

How do the Lovi fit levels for sunscreens compare between Some By Mi and Anessa on sensitive skin?

For sensitive skin, the sunscreens from Some By Mi generally achieve a High Lovi fit level, whereas the sunscreens from Anessa reach an Average Lovi fit level.

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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