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Elemis vs Anessa

Rated by Lovi · Unbiased, science-based skincare AI trained on real user outcomes · How the Fit score works

Elemis and Anessa are two esteemed skincare lines originating from Britain and Japan, respectively. The British brand is known for its nourishing serums, moisturizers, cleansers, and toners featuring glycerin and shea, suiting mature and dry sensitive skin best. Meanwhile, the Japanese brand is widely loved for its advanced sunscreens and sophisticated formulas that suit all skin types. While both brands offer targeted solutions for concerns like acne-prone skin and dark spots, they ultimately differ in their primary focus on deep conditioning versus daily sun protection.

Elemis is a British skincare brand founded in 1989 and owned by L'Occitane Group since 2019.

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

Popular Elemis vs Anessa products

Questions and answers

Elemis or Anessa: which is better?

Elemis is a better fit for mature skin, dry sensitive skin, and skin with dark spots, while Anessa focuses entirely on sunscreens without listed fragrance across the products on this page.

What is the difference between Elemis and Anessa?

Elemis is a UK brand founded in 1989 that offers a wide range of heavily fragranced products best fitting mature and dry sensitive skin, whereas Anessa is a Japanese brand founded in 1992 focusing entirely on fragrance-free sunscreens.

Which is more affordable, Elemis or Anessa?

Reviews on Lovi state that Elemis has a high price point. The provided page facts do not mention the price of Anessa.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Elemis or Anessa?

Anessa is unlikely to cause breakouts for acne-prone skin, holding a High Lovi fit level for acne-prone skin and oily acne-prone skin across the products on this page. Elemis ranges from Average to Low for those skin types, with strong fragrance sometimes noted.

Which brand has been around longer and where were they founded, Elemis or Anessa?

Elemis has been around longer, having been founded in 1989 in the United Kingdom, whereas Anessa was founded in 1992 in Japan.

How many products from Elemis and Anessa are fragrance-free?

Elemis has 4 fragrance-free products out of the 22 products on this page, while every Anessa product on this page lists no fragrance.

Which brand offers more products for dry skin and mature skin based on the page?

Elemis offers significantly more products for dry skin and mature skin on this page than Anessa, which primarily features two sunscreens with average or high fits for these skin types. Elemis features numerous moisturizers, cleansers, and serums tailored specifically for mature and dry skin, such as the Pro-Collagen Marine Cream.

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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