ISDIN vs Catrice
ISDIN and Catrice are two European beauty brands offering thoughtful formulations for daily use. The Spanish skincare house, founded in 1975, is known for moisturizers, sunscreens, serums, and eye products featuring sophisticated formulas that suit acne-prone and combination skin best. Meanwhile, the German brand, founded in 2004, is beloved for its refined eye products and advanced formulas tailored for combination, oily, and normal skin. While both companies deliver reliable daily performance, they differ in their heritage, founding dates, parent companies, and specific target skin types.
ISDIN is a Spanish skincare brand founded in 1975 and owned by Puig.
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Catrice is a German skincare brand founded in 2004 and owned by cosnova.
This page compares some of the most popular ISDIN and Catrice products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.
Popular ISDIN vs Catrice products
Questions and answers
ISDIN or Catrice: which is better?
ISDIN is the better choice for a full routine because the products on this page cover multiple steps like sunscreens, serums, and moisturizers with a High or Superior Lovi fit for sensitive and acne-prone skin, whereas Catrice only features an eye brightener on this page.
What is the difference between ISDIN and Catrice?
ISDIN offers a broad selection of products on this page across categories like sunscreens, serums, and moisturizers, whereas Catrice features just a single eye product. Lovi rates ISDIN with superior fits for certain sunscreens on sensitive and mature skin, while Catrice includes no fragrance in any of its items on this page.
Which is more affordable, ISDIN or Catrice?
Catrice is more affordable, whereas reviewers often mention that ISDIN has a high price point. Catrice offers products on this page like the Under Eye Brightener, while ISDIN features a wider range of specialty sunscreens, serums, and moisturizers.
Which causes fewer breakouts, ISDIN or Catrice?
Both brands offer products on this page that are generally well-tolerated, with ISDIN featuring options like Fusion Water that Lovi rates as High for acne-prone skin, while Catrice includes fragrance-free choices that help avoid irritation.
Which brand was founded earlier and in what country?
ISDIN was founded earlier, in 1975 in Spain, while Catrice was founded in 2004 in Germany.
How do the sunscreen fragrance profiles compare between ISDIN and Catrice?
ISDIN has fragrance in some of its sunscreen products on this page, like Fusion Water, whereas Catrice does not list any sunscreens on this page.
Which ISDIN products achieve a Superior Lovi fit level for mature skin?
For mature skin, the ISDIN products on this page that achieve a Superior Lovi fit level are Eryfotona Actinica.
Research behind their key ingredients
Comparison of methods for assessing photoprotection against ultraviolet A in vivo
Nanocomplex of quaternized cyclodextrin grafted chitosan and hyaluronic acid for a skin delivery
The clinical efficacy of a new emulsion for acne and conspicuous facial pore amelioration
Retrospective Review of Dermal Safety Studies of Organic Sunscreens
Targeting Circadian Rhythm for the Regulation of Skin Collagen Metabolism
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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Co-founder, Medical Director
Cosmetic chemist, cosmetologist, aesthetic products developer
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Co-founder, CEO and CTO
PhD in computer science, 3x US patent holder, ex-Google, ex-Yandex
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Dr. Sofía Perea Pérez, MD, MSc
Medical Board
Aesthetic medicine practitioner, MSc in Longevity and Anti-Aging Medicine
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Medical Board
Specialist dermatologist, MBBS, MD, IFAAD
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Cosmetic chemist, SCS, IFSCC member
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Medical Board, Medical Advisor
Dermatology MD
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Elina Nazarenko, MD
Medical Board
Dermatology and diagnostic consultant
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Victoria Derkova, MS
Medical Board
Cosmetic chemist, cosmetic development technologist
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