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The Ordinary vs Anessa

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The Ordinary and Anessa are distinct skincare options from Canada and Japan, respectively. The Canadian brand centers its serums, moisturizers, cleansers, and toners on hyaluronic acid, glycerin, and squalane to suit dry, sensitive, and dry skin best. Meanwhile, the Japanese brand is widely loved for advanced sunscreens and sophisticated formulas that suit all skin types best with reliable daily protection. Both offer targeted solutions, differing through the former's focus on clinical ingredients and the latter's emphasis on daily defense.

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 range of products that fit dry, dry sensitive, and oily skin best, while Anessa focuses specifically on sunscreens. Lovi rates the products on this page as having high to superior fit levels across various skin types.

What is the difference between The Ordinary and Anessa?

The Ordinary offers a large range of affordable targeted serums, toners, and moisturizers that help with acne-clearing and texture-smoothing, whereas Anessa specializes exclusively in high-performance sunscreens like the Perfect UV Sunscreen Skincare Milk and Gel.

Which is more affordable, The Ordinary or Anessa?

The Ordinary offers more affordable options with its range of budget-friendly serums, whereas Anessa focuses on specialized sunscreens.

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

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

Do products from The Ordinary and Anessa contain fragrance?

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

What are the specific Lovi fit levels of Anessa's Perfect UV Sunscreen Skincare Milk for oily skin and dry skin?

For oily skin, Anessa's Perfect UV Sunscreen Skincare Milk achieves a High Lovi fit level, whereas for dry skin, Lovi rates its fit as Average.

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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