Biore vs Environ
Biore and Environ are distinct skincare lines, with the Japanese brand founded in 1980 and owned by Kao Corporation, while both offer thoughtful formulations designed for daily care. Biore is known for its sunscreens, cleansers, masks, and makeup removers, including the UV Aqua Rich, Makeup Remover Perfect Oil, and Deep Pore Charcoal Cleanser, whereas Environ is widely loved for its luxurious masks and advanced formulas like the Tri BioBotanical Revival Masque. The former suits sensitive skin and oily skin best, while its counterpart suits sensitive, dry, and mature skin best. Ultimately, they differ through the brand's gentle and clarifying approach compared to the latter's carefully crafted treatments for overall skin health.
Biore is a Japanese skincare brand founded in 1980 and owned by Kao Corporation.
This page compares some of the most popular Biore and Environ products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.
Popular Biore vs Environ products
Questions and answers
Biore or Environ: which is better?
Biore offers a wider range of products on this page with High to Average Lovi fit levels for sensitive, oily, and combination skin, whereas Environ features only a single mask with lower fit ratings. None of the products on this page for either brand contain fragrance.
What is the difference between Biore and Environ?
Biore offers a larger variety of skincare products on this page, including sunscreens, masks, cleansers, and makeup removers, with fit levels ranging up to High for sensitive skin and combination skin. Environ features just one mask on this page, which has a lower fit level of Average for skin with dark spots, acne-prone skin, oily skin, and oily acne-prone skin, and Low for mature skin, sensitive skin, dry sensitive skin, and dry skin.
Which is more affordable, Biore or Environ?
The page facts do not provide pricing information for either Biore or Environ products, so affordability cannot be compared here.
Which causes fewer breakouts, Biore or Environ?
Biore helps prevent breakouts better than Environ because the products on this page for Biore include salicylic acid, which is proven to help reduce acne, while Environ's single mask on this page is only an average fit for acne-prone skin.
BioMed Research International, 2020Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology, 2020
Which brand has products specifically formulated or rated as a high fit for sensitive skin?
Biore has products on this page rated as a high fit for sensitive skin, specifically its Makeup Remover Perfect Oil, whereas Environ does not list any high fits for sensitive skin.
How do the founding years and corporate ownership of Biore and Environ compare?
Biore was founded in 1980 in Japan and is owned by the Kao Corporation, whereas Environ was founded in 1990 and is independently owned.
Do any of the listed products from Biore or Environ contain fragrance in their ingredients?
No, every product on this page from both Biore and Environ lists no fragrance in its ingredients.
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.
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