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ISDIN vs Anessa

Rated by Lovi · Unbiased, science-based skincare AI trained on real user outcomes · How the Fit score works

ISDIN and Anessa are respected skincare houses from Spain and Japan that offer elegant moisturizers, advanced sunscreens, restorative serums, and targeted eye products. The Spanish brand suits dry and sensitive skin best with its thoughtfully balanced formulas, while the Japanese brand suits all skin types best with its sophisticated formulations. Both provide reliable daily support and dependable protection, differing primarily in their specialized solutions like Fusion Water and Perfect UV Sunscreen Skincare Milk for acne-prone skin, Eryfotona Actinica and Perfect UV Sunscreen Skincare Gel for skin with dark spots, and K-Ox Eyes for mature skin.

ISDIN is a Spanish skincare brand founded in 1975 and owned by Puig.

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

Popular ISDIN vs Anessa products

Questions and answers

ISDIN or Anessa: which is better?

Neither ISDIN nor Anessa is universally better, as ISDIN is rated Superior for dry, sensitive, and mature skin, while the products on this page for Anessa are specialized sunscreens with High fits for oily and combination skin.

What is the difference between ISDIN and Anessa?

ISDIN offers a broad selection of eight sunscreens, moisturizers, serums, and eye products with dry, sensitive, and mature skin as its best-fit types, whereas Anessa provides two sunscreens on this page with no listed fragrance across its range.

ISDIN or Anessa: which sunscreen is better?

For sunscreens, ISDIN is a great match for dry and sensitive skin where Lovi rates its products like Eryfotona Actinica as Superior, while Anessa works well for oily and combination skin with High fits. Both brands offer ultralight formulas, though Anessa's sunscreens list no fragrance.

Which is more affordable, ISDIN or Anessa?

When it comes to affordability, reviewers often note a high price point for the products on this page from ISDIN, while pricing details for Anessa are not highlighted in the provided page facts.

Which causes fewer breakouts, ISDIN or Anessa?

When it comes to acne-prone skin, both ISDIN and Anessa offer products on this page rated as a High fit, so either brand is unlikely to cause breakouts depending on the specific product you choose.

Between ISDIN and Anessa, which brand offers more fragrance-free products according to the page?

ISDIN offers more fragrance-free products on this page than Anessa, with 3 out of 8 products listing no fragrance compared to Anessa's 2 out of 2.

How do the founding years and parent companies of ISDIN and Anessa compare?

ISDIN was founded in 1975 in Spain and is owned by Puig, whereas Anessa was founded in 1992 in Japan and is owned by Shiseido Company, Limited.

Which brand has a wider variety of product types listed on the page beyond sunscreen?

ISDIN has a wider variety of product types on this page, offering moisturizers, serums, and eye care alongside sunscreens, whereas Anessa features only sunscreens.

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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