Shu Uemura vs Blume
Shu Uemura and Blume are established skincare brands offering meticulously crafted and thoughtful formulas. The Japanese heritage brand features transformative makeup removers that suit all skin types, while the Canadian brand offers nourishing moisturizers ideal for sensitive, acne-prone, and dry skin. Standout products include the former's cleansing oil for acne-prone skin and the latter's Meltdown Gel Cream. Both brands differ in their founding origins and specific product types, yet each maintains skin comfort and a healthy complexion.
Shu Uemura is a Japanese skincare brand founded in 1967 and owned by L'Or茅al S.A. since 2003.
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Blume is a Canadian skincare brand founded in 2018.
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This page compares some of the most popular Shu Uemura and Blume products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.
Questions and answers
Shu Uemura or Blume: which is better?
Blume is better because its products on this page have a High fit for a wide range of skin types, whereas Shu Uemura ranges from Average to Caution. Both brands offer formulas that list no fragrance.
What is the difference between Shu Uemura and Blume?
Blume has a High Lovi fit for acne-prone skin with its Meltdown Gel Cream, whereas Shu Uemura's cleansing oil has a Low fit for acne-prone skin. Both brands feature no fragrance in the products on this page.
Which is more affordable, Shu Uemura or Blume?
The page facts do not mention the prices of Shu Uemura or Blume products, so it is not possible to say which brand is more affordable.
Which causes fewer breakouts, Shu Uemura or Blume?
Blume has a High fit for acne-prone skin with its Meltdown Gel Cream, whereas Shu Uemura's cleansing oil has a Low fit for acne-prone skin.
Which brand is older, Shu Uemura or Blume?
Shu Uemura is older, having been founded in 1967 in Japan, whereas Blume was founded in 2018 in Canada.
Where were Shu Uemura and Blume founded?
Shu Uemura was founded in Japan, while Blume was founded in Canada.
Do products from Shu Uemura and Blume contain fragrance?
Every product on this page from both Shu Uemura and Blume lists no fragrance in its ingredients.
Research behind their key ingredients
The effect of niacinamide on reducing cutaneous pigmentation and suppression of melanosome transfer
Effect of Camellia japonica oil on human type I procollagen production and skin barrier function
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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Dr. Sof铆a Perea P茅rez, MD, MSc
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Elina Nazarenko, MD
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