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Shiseido vs Sebamed

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Shiseido and Sebamed are a Japanese skincare brand founded in 1872 and a German skincare brand founded in 1967, respectively. Shiseido is beloved for its thoughtful array of moisturizers, cleansers, sunscreens, and serums formulated with glycerin, while the German brand offers reliable moisturizers and gentle cleansers with scientifically balanced formulas. Both options suit sensitive skin best, with the Japanese brand also favoring mature skin and its counterpart favoring reactive and problematic skin. They ultimately differ in their approaches, as the former relies on meticulous formulations to target aging and hydration, whereas the latter maintains a steady focus on barrier health through skin-neutral pH.

Shiseido is a Japanese skincare brand founded in 1872 and owned by Shiseido Company, Limited.

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Sebamed is a German skincare brand founded in 1967 and owned by Sebapharma GmbH & Co. KG.

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

Popular Shiseido vs Sebamed products

Questions and answers

Shiseido or Sebamed: which is better?

Shiseido and Sebamed both offer products on this page, with Shiseido featuring a wide range of luxurious moisturizers, cleansers, and sunscreens that include ingredients like hyaluronic acid, while Sebamed provides fragrance-free options like the Clear Face Care Gel and Facial Cleanser. Topical hyaluronic acid helps improve skin quality and signs of aging.

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What is the difference between Shiseido and Sebamed?

Shiseido offers a wide range of products with luxurious textures that help provide deep hydration, while Sebamed features completely fragrance-free options like its Clear Face Care Gel and Facial Cleanser. Topical hyaluronic acid helps improve skin quality and signs of skin aging.

Dermatologic Therapy, 2022

Shiseido or Sebamed: which cleanser is better?

Shiseido and Sebamed both offer cleansers on this page, but Sebamed's Facial Cleanser achieves High Lovi fit levels for combination, oily acne-prone, oily, sensitive, and acne-prone skin types. Shiseido's cleansers show varying fit levels that range from Average to Low or Caution depending on the specific skin type.

Which is more affordable, Shiseido or Sebamed?

Shiseido is often noted by reviewers for its high price point, whereas Sebamed is not mentioned for high pricing. Shiseido features a wide range of products with varying fit levels, while Sebamed has only two products listed on this page.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Shiseido or Sebamed?

Sebamed helps manage acne-prone skin with products like its Clear Face Care Gel, whereas Shiseido features several options with varying acne-prone fit levels, though products on this page may cause skin irritation.

How do the founding years and countries of origin compare between Shiseido and Sebamed?

Shiseido was founded in 1872 in Japan, whereas Sebamed was established later in 1967 in Germany.

Which brand offers more fragrance-free options among their listed products, Shiseido or Sebamed?

Sebamed offers more fragrance-free options among their listed products, as every product on its page lists no fragrance. In contrast, only 5 of 20 products on the Shiseido page list no fragrance.

What are the most commonly mentioned positive and negative review points for Shiseido skincare?

Reviewers on the Lovi page mostly mention deep hydration and deep-cleansing, efficient cleansers as the positive points for Shiseido skincare. On the negative side, reviewers mostly mention a high price point and strong fragrance.

Shiseido or Sebamed: which moisturizer is better?

When comparing moisturizers, Shiseido offers products like Essential Energy Hydrating Cream with a high Lovi fit for dry skin, whereas Sebamed features options like Clear Face Care Gel with an average fit. Topical hyaluronic acid, a key ingredient found across the products, helps improve skin quality and signs of aging.

Dermatologic Therapy, 2022

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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