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Anessa vs No7

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Anessa and No7 are well-established skincare brands originating from Japan and Britain, respectively. The Japanese brand is known for advanced sunscreens and sophisticated formulas featuring reliable daily protection, while the British brand offers serums, eye products, moisturizers, sunscreens, and more built around vitamin c, shea butter, and hyaluronic acid. Anessa suits all skin types best, whereas No7 fits mature skin and dry skin best. Both brands differ in their core formulations, as the first focuses on shielding and caring for the complexion through targeted milk and gel sunscreens, while the second relies on ingredients like shea butter to protect skin and mitigate erythema alongside specialized creams and serums.

Anessa is a Japanese skincare brand founded in 1992 and owned by Shiseido Company, Limited.

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

Popular Anessa vs No7 products

Questions and answers

Anessa or No7: which is better?

Both brands offer solid options depending on your routine, with Anessa providing fragrance-free sunscreens and No7 featuring a wide range of serums and creams with ingredients like niacinamide and retinol that help improve skin texture and manage signs of aging.

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What is the difference between Anessa and No7?

Anessa offers fragrance-free sunscreens with high Lovi fits across many skin types, while No7 provides a wider variety of skincare products including serums, moisturizers, and eye creams with key ingredients like niacinamide and retinol. No7 products on this page achieve a Superior Lovi fit for mature skin in specific items like the Protect & Perfect Intense Advanced Night Cream and Restore & Renew Multi Action Eye Cream.

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Anessa or No7: which sunscreen is better?

When comparing sunscreens, Anessa offers products like Perfect UV Sunscreen Skincare Milk and Perfect UV Sunscreen Skincare Gel that achieve a High Lovi fit for oily, acne-prone, and mature skin types. No7 provides sunscreens like Protect & Perfect Intense Advanced Day Cream and Lift & Luminate Day Cream that also achieve a High Lovi fit for mature skin. Notably, every sunscreen on the Anessa page lists no fragrance, while certain No7 sunscreens include fragrance in their ingredients.

Which is more affordable, Anessa or No7?

The provided page facts do not mention pricing for either Anessa or No7, so it is not possible to determine which brand is more affordable.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Anessa or No7?

Anessa offers products on this page that generally fit acne-prone and oily acne-prone skin with a High Lovi fit level. No7 includes several products with lower or average fits for acne-prone skin alongside reports of skin irritation and adverse reactions.

Do any Anessa or No7 products contain fragrance?

Every Anessa product on this page lists no fragrance in its ingredients. For No7, 10 of the 13 products on this page list no fragrance, while the Future Renew Damage Reversal Night Cream, Lift & Luminate Day Cream, and Protect & Perfect Intense Advanced Day Cream contain fragrance.

Which brand was founded earlier and in which country?

No7 was founded earlier in 1935 in the United Kingdom, while Anessa was founded in 1992 in Japan.

What key ingredients are found across No7 products?

The key ingredients found across No7 products on this page are Vitamin C, Shea butter, Hyaluronic acid, and Niacinamide. Niacinamide helps reduce skin pigmentation and controls skin aging.

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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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