SK-II and Endocare are renowned skincare brands offering luxurious moisturizers, potent serums, clarifying toners, and restorative masks. The Japanese brand is anchored by its signature ingredient, pitera, while the Spanish brand relies on advanced scientific formulations to support the skin. SK-II suits dry skin and acne-prone skin best, whereas Endocare suits mature skin and dry skin best. While both nurture the complexion, they differ in their foundational ingredients and specific target concerns.
SK-II is a Japanese skincare brand founded in 1980 and owned by The Procter & Gamble Company since 1991.
This page compares some of the most popular SK-II and Endocare products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.
SK-II stands out as the better choice overall, as the products on this page achieve High to Superior fit levels across several skin types. Lovi rates SK-II as a High fit for dry and acne-prone skin, whereas Endocare offers only Average fits for those same concerns.
What is the difference between SK-II and Endocare?
SK-II stands out for its wide selection of products on this page that achieve High to Superior Lovi fit levels for skin types like dry and acne-prone skin, whereas Endocare features just one product with Average to Low fits. Pitera helps provide the core benefits across the SK-II range.
SK-II offers better moisturizers than Endocare, as products on this page like Facial Treatment Essence and Skinpower Advanced Cream achieve High fit levels across most skin types, whereas Endocare Tensage Cream mostly reaches only Average or lower fits.
This page does not compare prices, but SK-II has a wide range of products with High and Superior Lovi fit levels, whereas Endocare only features one product on the page with lower fit levels.
Which causes fewer breakouts, SK-II or Endocare?
SK-II causes fewer breakouts than Endocare, as Lovi rates the products on this page for acne-prone skin as Average to Superior, while Endocare's Tensage Cream is rated Low. Galactomyces ferment filtrate helps maintain skin condition.
Which brand has been on the market longer, SK-II or Endocare?
SK-II has been on the market longer, having been founded in Japan in 1980, whereas Endocare was founded in Spain in 1996.
Where were SK-II and Endocare founded and who owns them?
SK-II was founded in 1980 in Japan and is owned by The Procter & Gamble Company, while Endocare was founded in 1996 in Spain and is owned by Cantabria Labs.
Do any products from SK-II or Endocare contain fragrance?
Every product on this page from both SK-II and Endocare lists no fragrance in its ingredients.
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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.
