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La Roche-Posay vs No7

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La Roche-Posay and No7 are well-established European skincare lines dating back to 1975 and 1935, respectively. La Roche-Posay offers targeted serums, nourishing moisturizers, gentle cleansers, and soothing eye products built around glycerin, thermal water, and niacinamide, while No7 covers serums, eye products, moisturizers, sunscreens, and more utilizing vitamin C, shea butter, and hyaluronic acid. Both brands suit mature skin and dry skin best through their comforting, moisture-binding properties. The main difference lies in their specific formulations and origins, with the French brand focusing on thermal water and the British brand featuring shea butter.

La Roche-Posay is a French skincare brand founded in 1975 and owned by L'Oréal S.A. since 1989.

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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 La Roche-Posay and No7 products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.

Popular La Roche-Posay vs No7 products

People Say

La Roche-PosayNo7
  • Skin Texture Improvement Mostly MentionedMostly Mentioned
    • “Skin feels softer — No7 Future Renew Damage Reversal Serum”
    • “skin feels so soft — No7 Total Renewal Micro-Dermabrasion Exfoliator”
    • “skin feels velvety — No7 Pure Retinol”
    • “lightweight and absorbs quickly — La Roche-Posay Mela B3 Serum”
  • Hydration and Moisture Mostly MentionedOften Mentioned
    • “absorbs instantly — La Roche-Posay Toleriane Double Repair Face Moisturizer”
    • “skin feels plump — La Roche-Posay Hyalu B5 Serum”
    • “Skin feels moisturized — No7 Future Renew Damage Reversal Night Cream”
    • “leaves the skin feeling hydrated and comfortable — No7 Pure Retinol Eye Cream”
  • Sensitive Skin Friendly Mostly MentionedOften Mentioned
    • “Only cream that doesn't sting — La Roche-Posay Toleriane Dermallergo Eye Cream”
    • “Calmed my skin after a chemical peel — La Roche-Posay Thermal Spring Water”
    • “no stinging — La Roche-Posay Toleriane Double Repair Face Moisturizer”
    • “zero irritation — No7 Pure Retinol Eye Cream”
  • Brightening and Dark Spots Sometimes NotedOften Mentioned
    • “healthier glow — No7 Total Renewal Micro-Dermabrasion Exfoliator”
    • “Brighter complexion — No7 Future Renew Damage Reversal Serum”
    • “Natural glow — No7 Future Renew Damage Reversal Night Cream”
    • “skin looks brighter — La Roche-Posay Mela B3 Serum”
  • Packaging and Pump Issues Often MentionedSometimes Noted
    • “pump stops working — La Roche-Posay Lipikar AP+M Triple Repair Moisturizing Cream”
    • “Pump stopped working halfway — La Roche-Posay Toleriane Dermallergo Eye Cream”
    • “Pump breaks — No7 Future Renew Damage Reversal Serum”
    • “instructions were in larger font — No7 Pure Retinol Eye Cream”
  • Stinging and Irritation Sometimes NotedOften Mentioned
    • “burns my eyes — La Roche-Posay Anthelios”
    • “burned my face — La Roche-Posay Toleriane Double Repair Face Moisturizer”
    • “dried my skin out — La Roche-Posay Mela B3 Serum”
    • “Slight sensitivity and peeling — No7 Pure Retinol 1% Night Concentrate”
  • Texture and Pilling Issues Often MentionedRarely Noted
    • “needs to be rubbed in — No7 Pure Retinol Eye Cream”
    • “Can pill/roll off — No7 Protect & Perfect Intense Advanced Day Cream”
    • “pills like crazy — La Roche-Posay Toleriane Double Repair Face Moisturizer”
  • Strong Fragrance Sometimes NotedSometimes Noted
    • “Too much fragrance — No7 Future Renew Damage Reversal Night Cream”
    • “overpowering — No7 Protect & Perfect Intense Advanced Night Cream”
    • “Scent is overpowering — No7 Protect & Perfect Intense Advanced Day Cream”
    • “scent is awful — La Roche-Posay Mela B3 Serum”

La Roche-Posay vs No7 routines for dry skin

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La Roche-Posay vs No7 routines for oily skin

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La Roche-Posay vs No7 routines for combination skin

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Questions and answers

La Roche-Posay or No7: which is better?

La Roche-Posay and No7 both fit various skin types well, but La Roche-Posay is generally better for sensitive skin while No7 offers superior dry skin routines and skin texture improvements.

What is the difference between La Roche-Posay and No7?

La Roche-Posay is better for sensitive skin, while No7 does better with skin texture improvement and brightening. Both brands offer products on this page that fit mature skin at a Superior level.

La Roche-Posay or No7 for dry skin?

Both brands offer solid options for dry skin, with No7 achieving a Superior routine fit and La Roche-Posay achieving a High routine fit on this page. No7 has 10 of 13 products listing no fragrance, while La Roche-Posay has 21 of 35. Topical hyaluronic acid, found in the products on this page, helps improve skin quality and signs of aging.

Dermatologic Therapy, 2022

La Roche-Posay or No7: which moisturizer is better?

La Roche-Posay provides a Superior Lovi fit for dry skin with products like Pure Vitamin C Cream, while No7 achieves a Superior routine fit for dry skin with options such as Protect & Perfect Intense Advanced Night Cream. Both brands offer solid moisturizing choices, but La Roche-Posay is generally more sensitive-skin friendly.

Which is more affordable, La Roche-Posay or No7?

The provided page facts do not contain pricing information to determine whether La Roche-Posay or No7 is more affordable.

La Roche-Posay or No7 for fading dark spots?

No7 is better for brightening and dark spots among the products on this page, while La Roche-Posay is more sensitive-skin friendly. Niacinamide helps reduce cutaneous pigmentation and suppress melanosome transfer.

The British Journal of Dermatology, 2002Antioxidants, 2021

Which brand has more fragrance-free products, La Roche-Posay or No7?

La Roche-Posay has more fragrance-free products on this page, with 21 out of 35 items listing no fragrance compared to 10 out of 13 for No7.

La Roche-Posay or No7 for oily skin?

Both La Roche-Posay and No7 offer high routine fit for oily skin among the products on this page. La Roche-Posay features a broader range of options specifically formulated to help manage excess oil.

La Roche-Posay or No7: which sunscreen is better?

La Roche-Posay offers a sunscreen with a superior Lovi fit level for skin with dark spots, sensitive skin, combination skin, acne-prone skin, mature skin, and oily skin, compared to No7's day creams on the page.

La Roche-Posay or No7 for sensitive skin?

La Roche-Posay is a better choice for sensitive skin as it is more sensitive-skin friendly than No7. Lovi rates the routine fit for sensitive skin as High for both brands.

La Roche-Posay or No7 for acne-prone skin?

Both La Roche-Posay and No7 offer a High Lovi fit level for acne-prone skin, meaning they are well suited for this skin type.

La Roche-Posay or No7 for mature skin?

Both brands achieve a Superior routine fit for mature skin, with La Roche-Posay featuring a wider range of 35 products on this page compared to No7's 13 products.

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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