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Paula's Choice vs Charlotte Tilbury

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Paula's Choice and Charlotte Tilbury are distinct skincare brands that offer targeted options for different complexions. The American brand, founded in 1995, features serums, cleansers, moisturizers, and toners built around hyaluronic acid, glycerin, and vitamin c to best suit oily and combination skin. Meanwhile, the British brand, established in 2013, focuses on moisturizers and eye products. While both brands address acne-prone, dark spot, and mature skin concerns through specialized formulations, they differ notably in their core ingredients and product ranges.

Paula's Choice is an American skincare brand founded in 1995 and owned by Unilever since 2021.

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Charlotte Tilbury is a British skincare brand founded in 2013 and owned by Puig since 2020.

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This page compares some of the most popular Paula's Choice and Charlotte Tilbury products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.

Popular Paula's Choice vs Charlotte Tilbury products

People Say

Paula's ChoiceCharlotte Tilbury
  • Glow, Brightness, and Anti-Aging Mostly MentionedMostly Mentioned
    • “visible glow — Paula's Choice C15 Super Booster”
    • “skin looks plumper — Paula's Choice Pro-Collagen Multi-Peptide Booster”
    • “radiant skin filter — Charlotte Tilbury Collagen Superfusion Facial Oil”
    • “lit-from-within glow — Charlotte Tilbury Charlotte's Magic Cream”
  • Deep Hydration Not notedMostly Mentioned
    • “extremely emollient and rich — Charlotte Tilbury Magic Eye Rescue”
    • “floods skin with moisture — Charlotte Tilbury Charlotte's Magic Cream”
    • “super hydrated — Charlotte Tilbury Collagen Superfusion Facial Oil”
  • Absorption and Lightweight Formulas Mostly MentionedSometimes Noted
    • “Provides an internal level of hydration without leaving any heavy finish. — Paula's Choice Skin Balancing Pore-Reducing Toner”
    • “Absorbs quickly and leaves no greasy residue behind. — Paula's Choice Clear Oil-Free Moisturizer”
    • “absorbs instantly — Paula's Choice C15 Super Booster”
    • “sinks in well — Charlotte Tilbury Collagen Superfusion Facial Oil”
  • Makeup Base and Performance Not notedMostly Mentioned
    • “perfect canvas for base — Charlotte Tilbury Charlotte's Magic Cream”
    • “foundation looks flawless — Charlotte Tilbury Collagen Superfusion Facial Oil”
    • “instantly smoothed out lines — Charlotte Tilbury Magic Eye Rescue”
  • Elegant Texture and Scent Rarely NotedMostly Mentioned
    • “smells like spa — Charlotte Tilbury Collagen Superfusion Facial Oil”
    • “rich and nourishing — Charlotte Tilbury Charlotte's Magic Cream”
    • “thick glossy cream — Charlotte Tilbury Magic Eye Rescue”
    • “Absorbs like a dream — Paula's Choice 25% Vitamin C + Glutathione Clinical Serum”
  • Pores and Texture Mostly MentionedNot noted
    • “cleared my bumps — Paula's Choice Skin Perfecting 2% BHA Liquid Exfoliant”
    • “skin becomes very smooth — Paula's Choice 1% Retinol Treatment”
    • “pores look smaller — Paula's Choice 10% Niacinamide Booster”
  • High Price and Small Size Mostly MentionedMostly Mentioned
    • “surprisingly small bottle — Paula's Choice Skin-Smoothing Retinol Body Treatment”
    • “tiny tube — Paula's Choice 10% Azelaic Acid Booster”
    • “extremely overpriced — Charlotte Tilbury Charlotte's Magic Cream”
    • “not worth the splurge — Charlotte Tilbury Magic Eye Rescue”
  • Purging and Breakouts Sometimes NotedOften Mentioned
    • “skin purged — Paula's Choice Skin Perfecting 2% BHA Liquid Exfoliant”
    • “caused cystic acne — Paula's Choice 10% Niacinamide Booster”
    • “gave me acne — Charlotte Tilbury Collagen Superfusion Facial Oil”
    • “caused breakouts — Charlotte Tilbury Charlotte's Magic Cream”
  • Residue, Pilling, and Texture Issues Sometimes NotedOften Mentioned
    • “turned orange in weeks — Paula's Choice C15 Super Booster”
    • “sticky, oily film — Paula's Choice Skin Perfecting 2% BHA Liquid Exfoliant”
    • “pills under makeup — Paula's Choice 10% Azelaic Acid Booster”
    • “too greasy for oily skin — Charlotte Tilbury Charlotte's Magic Cream”
  • Other Product Inefficiencies Rarely NotedOften Mentioned
    • “Did not notice any difference in my pores. — Paula's Choice Skin Balancing Pore-Reducing Toner”
    • “did nothing — Paula's Choice 10% Niacinamide Booster”
    • “caused milia (little bumps) — Charlotte Tilbury Magic Eye Rescue”

Questions and answers

Paula's Choice or Charlotte Tilbury: which is better?

Paula's Choice and Charlotte Tilbury both offer fragrance-free formulations, but Paula's Choice is better suited for oily, combination, and acne-prone skin types with its extensive range of targeted exfoliants and serums. Charlotte Tilbury delivers deep hydration and radiant moisturizers for dry and mature skin.

What is the difference between Paula's Choice and Charlotte Tilbury?

Paula's Choice offers a wide selection of targeted serums and exfoliants that excel at addressing pores and texture, whereas Charlotte Tilbury focuses heavily on hydrating moisturizers like Charlotte's Magic Cream for deep hydration and elegant textures. Paula's Choice products on this page best fit oily, combination, and acne-prone skin types.

Paula's Choice or Charlotte Tilbury: which moisturizer is better?

Paula's Choice offers a wide range of moisturizers with Lovi fit levels spanning from High to Average across most skin types, featuring key ingredients like hyaluronic acid and glycerin. Charlotte Tilbury also provides well-regarded options such as Charlotte's Magic Cream, which has a Superior fit for mature skin and a High fit for dry skin, skin with dark spots, and dry sensitive skin.

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Which is more affordable, Paula's Choice or Charlotte Tilbury?

Both brands are noted by reviewers for having a high price, so neither is clearly more affordable than the other.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Paula's Choice or Charlotte Tilbury?

Paula's Choice offers a wider range of products targeting oily and acne-prone skin with Superior fit levels, whereas Charlotte Tilbury focuses more on hydrating moisturizers for dry and mature skin.

Where and when were Paula's Choice and Charlotte Tilbury founded?

Paula's Choice was founded in 1995 in the United States, and Charlotte Tilbury was founded in 2013 in the United Kingdom.

Which brand performs better for deep hydration according to review themes?

Charlotte Tilbury performs better for deep hydration according to review themes.

Do any of the products from Paula's Choice or Charlotte Tilbury contain fragrance?

Every product on this page from both Paula's Choice and Charlotte Tilbury lists no fragrance in its ingredients.

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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