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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?

Neither brand is universally better, as Anessa focuses entirely on fragrance-free sunscreens with High Lovi fit levels for acne-prone and oily skin, while No7 offers a wide range of serums and creams featuring ingredients like Niacinamide and Vitamin C that help with skin aging and dark spots. No7 achieves a Superior Lovi fit for mature skin in specific products like the Protect & Perfect Intense Advanced Night Cream, but reviewers also note that some of its products may cause skin irritation.

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What is the difference between Anessa and No7?

Anessa offers fragrance-free sunscreens that achieve High Lovi fits for various skin types, whereas No7 provides a broader range of serums, creams, and sunscreens that achieve a Superior Lovi fit for mature skin. Niacinamide in No7 products helps reduce pigmentation and control skin aging.

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Anessa or No7: which sunscreen is better?

Both brands offer sunscreens on this page, with Anessa featuring its fragrance-free Perfect UV Sunscreen Skincare Milk and Gel that achieve a High fit for oily and acne-prone skin, while No7 offers the Lift & Luminate Day Cream and Protect & Perfect Intense Advanced Day Cream which achieve a High fit for mature skin.

Which is more affordable, Anessa or No7?

This page does not provide pricing information to compare the affordability of Anessa and No7.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Anessa or No7?

Anessa is unlikely to cause breakouts for acne-prone skin because the products on this page have a High Lovi fit level for that skin type. In contrast, No7 has a mix of High and Average fit levels for acne-prone skin across its range.

Which brand is Japanese and which is British?

Anessa is a Japanese brand founded in 1992, while No7 is a British brand founded in 1935.

Do Anessa products contain fragrance?

Every product on this page by Anessa lists no fragrance in its ingredients.

Which skin types does No7 fit best according to its brand-focused routines?

According to its brand-focused routines, No7 fits dry skin, mature skin, and sensitive skin best.

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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