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Lancôme vs Shu Uemura

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

Lancôme and Shu Uemura are established beauty brands owned by L'Oréal S.A., offering distinct approaches to daily self-care. The French house is celebrated for sophisticated moisturizers, eye products, serums, and toners featuring glycerin, hyaluronic acid, and adenosine, which suit dry, mature, acne-prone, and uneven skin best. Meanwhile, the Japanese house is deeply loved for transformative makeup removers and meticulously crafted formulas that suit all skin types owing to their gentle, effective nature. While the former focuses on targeted hydration and restorative properties for specific concerns, both brands carefully balance their offerings to maintain skin comfort.

Lancôme is a French skincare brand founded in 1935 and owned by L'Oréal S.A. since 1964.

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Shu Uemura is a Japanese skincare brand founded in 1967 and owned by L'Oréal S.A. since 2003.

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This page compares some of the most popular Lancôme and Shu Uemura products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.

Popular Lancôme vs Shu Uemura products

Questions and answers

Lancôme or Shu Uemura: which is better?

Lancôme has a High fit for sensitive skin on its Tonique Confort toner and several serums, whereas the products on this page from Shu Uemura have only an Average fit for sensitive skin. Glycerin helps provide hydration in both brands.

Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology, 2017

What is the difference between Lancôme and Shu Uemura?

Lancôme offers a wide range of skincare products that help deliver deep hydration with key ingredients like Hyaluronic acid and Glycerin, whereas Shu Uemura features a single cleansing oil on this page. Lovi rates Lancôme with a High fit for sensitive skin on several items, while Shu Uemura shows an Average fit for sensitive skin.

Dermatologic Therapy, 2022

Which is more affordable, Lancôme or Shu Uemura?

The products on this page for Lancome have reviewers noting a high price point, while affordability details are not mentioned for Shu Uemura.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Lancôme or Shu Uemura?

Shu Uemura has a low fit level for acne-prone skin, while Lancôme features several products on this page with an average or high fit level for acne-prone skin. Hyaluronic acid helps improve skin quality.

Dermatologic Therapy, 2022

Which brand offers fragrance-free products, Lancôme or Shu Uemura?

Shu Uemura offers fragrance-free products since every product on its page lists no fragrance, whereas Lancôme features fragrance in 11 of the 14 products on this page.

What are the key ingredients used across Lancôme products?

The products on this page for Lancôme feature key ingredients like glycerin, hyaluronic acid, and adenosine. Topical hyaluronic acid helps improve skin quality and signs of skin aging, while glycerin helps with skin hydration.

Dermatologic Therapy, 2022

When were Lancôme and Shu Uemura founded and acquired by L'Oréal?

Lancôme was founded in France in 1935 and acquired by L'Oréal S.A. in 1964, while Shu Uemura was founded in Japan in 1967 and acquired by L'Oréal S.A. in 2003.

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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