Biore and Sesderma are a Japanese skincare brand founded in 1980 and a Spanish skincare brand founded in 1989, respectively. The first brand is beloved for its thoughtful sunscreens, cleansers, masks, and makeup removers, while the second brand is known for its advanced serums and meticulously engineered formulas. The former suits sensitive skin and oily skin best, whereas the latter suits sensitive, hyperpigmented, and aging skin types best. These approaches differ as one focuses on gentle and clarifying formulations, while the other relies on botanical extracts and active compounds.
Biore is a Japanese skincare brand founded in 1980 and owned by Kao Corporation.
This page compares some of the most popular Biore and Sesderma products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.
Both brands fit different skin needs well, as Biore products on this page have a High fit for sensitive skin, while Sesderma's Azelac RU Serum has a High fit for combination skin, acne-prone skin, and skin with dark spots. Lovi gives Biore's Makeup Remover Perfect Oil a High fit for sensitive skin, and Lovi gives Sesderma's serum a High fit for dark spots.
What is the difference between Biore and Sesderma?
Biore offers a wider range of products like sunscreens, cleansers, and pore strips that fit sensitive, oily, and combination skin best and contain no fragrance. Sesderma features an Azelac RU Serum that fits acne-prone skin, combination skin, and skin with dark spots well, but includes fragrance.
Which is more affordable, Biore or Sesderma?
This page does not contain pricing information for either Biore or Sesderma products, so affordability cannot be compared here.
Which causes fewer breakouts, Biore or Sesderma?
Biore and Sesderma both offer products on this page with an Average fit for acne-prone skin, while Sesderma's Azelac RU Serum also achieves a High fit for acne-prone skin.
Which brand has products that are entirely free of fragrance according to the page ingredients?
Biore has products that are entirely free of fragrance on this page, as every Biore product lists no fragrance in its ingredients.
How does the country of origin and founding year compare between Biore and Sesderma?
Biore was founded in Japan in 1980, while Sesderma was founded in Spain in 1989.
Which Biore product is recommended for sensitive skin with a High Lovi fit level?
Makeup Remover Perfect Oil is the Biore product on this page that 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.
