Brand Comparison

Babaria vs Anua

A head-to-head comparison of two popular K-beauty brands. Which one is right for your skin?

Our Pick

Anua

Higher editor rating (8.5 vs 8.3)

Babaria Anua

Rating8.3/108.5/10

Price RangeBudget ($)Budget ($)

Founded19232020

OriginSpainSeoul, South Korea

Products219

Best Forbudget, sun protection, summer travel, everyday basicsSensitive, Combo, Oily, Acne-Prone

PhilosophySpanish drugstore sun and bodycare since the Roaring Twenties.Clean, minimal formulations built around heartleaf (Houttuynia cordata) as a core soothing and anti-inflammatory ingredient.

Babaria

Babaria is the Spanish farmacia answer to "I need a good cheap SPF and an aloe gel that works." The sunscreen range is the brand's undisputed hero — wide-spectrum, fragranced just enough to feel Mediterranean, and priced like a beach essential should be. Aloe gels, body lotions, and a small face-care line round out the catalog. Distribution across Spanish supermarkets makes it the affordable summer-skin staple of an entire country.

Pros

✓ Genuinely affordable sun protection
✓ Wide Spanish drugstore distribution
✓ Iconic green-and-white branding
✓ Mediterranean fragrance profile

Cons

✗ Heavy fragrance in some lines
✗ Skincare range outside sun is generic
✗ Limited active-ingredient innovation

Anua

Anua exploded onto the K-beauty scene with the Heartleaf 77% Soothing Toner, and the hype is largely warranted. The brand does one thing exceptionally well: gentle, soothing products for reactive skin at budget prices. The heartleaf focus gives the range a clear identity, and the formulations are genuinely clean without the usual 'clean beauty' price markup. Still a young brand, so the range is narrow, but what exists is strong.

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