Biore and Anessa are beloved Japanese skincare brands that offer thoughtfully crafted cleansers, makeup removers, masks, and advanced sunscreens. The first brand relies on gentle, reliable formulas that suit sensitive and mature skin best, featuring standout options like the UV Aqua Rich, Makeup Remover Perfect Oil, and Deep Pore Charcoal Cleanser. Meanwhile, the second brand provides sophisticated daily protection tailored for all skin types through innovations such as the Perfect UV Sunscreen Skincare Milk and Gel. Ultimately, both offer distinct approaches to shielding and caring for the complexion.
Biore is a Japanese skincare brand founded in 1980 and owned by Kao Corporation.
This page compares some of the most popular Biore and Anessa products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.
Anessa is better for oily and acne-prone skin because Lovi rates its sunscreens as High for those skin types, whereas Biore rates as Average. Both brands list no fragrance in their products on this page.
What is the difference between Biore and Anessa?
Biore and Anessa are both Japanese skincare brands owned by large parent companies, but Anessa focuses solely on high-fit sunscreens across most skin types, whereas Biore offers a wider variety of cleansers, masks, makeup removers, and sunscreens with varying fit levels.
Biore or Anessa: which sunscreen is better?
Anessa sunscreens generally achieve a High fit across almost all skin types on this page, whereas Biore UV Aqua Rich has a High fit specifically for combination skin and an Average fit for most others. Both brands list no fragrance in their sunscreen ingredients.
Which is more affordable, Biore or Anessa?
The products on this page do not list pricing information, so a comparison of affordability between Biore and Anessa cannot be made.
Which causes fewer breakouts, Biore or Anessa?
Anessa is a better fit for breakout-prone skin, as the products on this page achieve a High Lovi fit for acne-prone skin. In contrast, Biore products on this page mostly earn an Average fit for acne-prone and oily acne-prone skin.
Which brand has been around longer, Biore or Anessa?
Biore has been around longer, having been founded in Japan in 1980 compared to Anessa, which was founded in 1992.
Which company owns Anessa, and which company owns Biore?
Anessa is owned by Shiseido Company, Limited, while Biore is owned by Kao Corporation.
Do any products from Biore or Anessa contain fragrance?
No, every product on this page from both Biore and Anessa lists no fragrance in its ingredients.
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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.
