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The INKEY List vs Anessa

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The INKEY List and Anessa are distinct skincare options from different origins that cater to varied routines. The British brand focuses on targeted moisturizers, serums, toners, and eye products built around glycerin, suiting sensitive and combination skin best with targeted solutions like the PHA Toner, Azelaic Acid Serum, and Ceramide Moisturizer. Meanwhile, the Japanese brand is widely loved for advanced sunscreens and sophisticated formulas that suit all skin types with reliable daily protection, including standout options like the Skincare Milk and Skincare Gel. Ultimately, they differ through the British line's emphasis on barrier-restoring active ingredients versus the latter's expertise in protective sun care.

The INKEY List is a British skincare brand founded in 2018 and owned by Brand Evangelists for Beauty Limited.

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

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Questions and answers

The INKEY List or Anessa: which is better?

The INKEY List offers a wide variety of affordable serums, cleansers, and moisturizers that Lovi rates as High or Superior for sensitive and combination skin, whereas Anessa focuses exclusively on sunscreens. Reviewers note that the products on this page help provide lightweight hydration, though some packaging issues may occur.

What is the difference between The INKEY List and Anessa?

The INKEY List offers a wide variety of affordable cleansers, serums, and moisturizers that fit sensitive, combination, and oily acne-prone skin best, whereas Anessa focuses exclusively on sunscreens. Both brands list no fragrance in the products on this page.

Which is more affordable, The INKEY List or Anessa?

The INKEY List offers more affordable options on this page, as reviewers frequently mention its affordable serums and moisturizers. Anessa focuses on sunscreen milks and gels with no mention of affordability on the page.

Which causes fewer breakouts, The INKEY List or Anessa?

The products on this page for The INKEY List show varying acne-prone fit levels from Low to Superior, while Anessa features sunscreens with High acne-prone fit levels. Reviewers note that The INKEY List sometimes causes purging and breakouts, while no breakout data is highlighted for Anessa.

How do the founding years and countries of origin compare between The INKEY List and Anessa?

The INKEY List was founded in 2018 in the United Kingdom, whereas Anessa was founded earlier in 1992 in Japan.

Which brand offers a wider variety of product types such as cleansers, toners, and serums compared to sunscreen?

The INKEY List offers a wider variety of product types on this page, including cleansers, toners, and serums, whereas Anessa features only sunscreens.

Do any products from either The INKEY List or Anessa contain fragrance in their ingredients?

Every product on the The INKEY List page and the Anessa page lists no fragrance in its ingredients.

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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