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The Ordinary vs Anessa

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The Ordinary and Anessa are distinct skincare brands founded in Canada and Japan respectively. The Ordinary offers serums, moisturizers, cleansers, and toners built around hyaluronic acid, glycerin, and squalane, while the brand is best suited for dry and sensitive skin. Anessa is widely loved for its advanced sunscreens and sophisticated formulas that suit all skin types best. These two differ as the Canadian line focuses on targeted active ingredients for specific concerns, whereas the Japanese line offers reliable daily protection.

The Ordinary is a Canadian skincare brand founded in 2016 and owned by The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. since 2021.

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

Popular The Ordinary vs Anessa products

Questions and answers

The Ordinary or Anessa: which is better?

The Ordinary offers a much wider variety of skincare products on this page, whereas Anessa focuses exclusively on sunscreens. Shoppers looking for targeted treatments for dry skin, sensitive skin, or dark spots may find better options within the products on this page by The Ordinary.

What is the difference between The Ordinary and Anessa?

The Ordinary offers a large variety of serums, toners, and moisturizers that Lovi rates best for dry skin, sensitive skin, and skin with dark spots, whereas Anessa focuses exclusively on sunscreens. Both brands list no fragrance in the products on this page.

Which is more affordable, The Ordinary or Anessa?

The products on this page from The Ordinary are often noted by reviewers as affordable and offering great value serums, whereas Anessa focuses on specialized sunscreens without a strong value emphasis on this page.

Where and when were The Ordinary and Anessa founded, and which parent companies own them?

The Ordinary was founded in 2016 in Canada and is owned by The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. Anessa was founded in 1992 in Japan and is owned by Shiseido Company, Limited.

Do products from The Ordinary or Anessa contain any fragrance in their ingredients?

Every product on this page from both The Ordinary and Anessa lists no fragrance in its ingredients.

What key ingredients are found across The Ordinary's product line?

Hyaluronic acid, glycerin, and squalane are the key ingredients found across the products on this page for The Ordinary.

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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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