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Paula's Choice vs MAËLYS

Paula's Choice and MAËLYS are prominent American skincare brands founded in 1995. The former features serums, cleansers, moisturizers, toners, and more built around hyaluronic acid, glycerin, and vitamin c, suiting oily skin and combination skin best, whereas the latter is loved for targeted serums and advanced formulas that suit all skin types best. While the first brand relies on key ingredients like glycerin to significantly increase skin hydration and restore barrier function, both deliver thoughtful care through specialized solutions.

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

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

Questions and answers

Paula's Choice or MAËLYS: which is better?

Paula's Choice offers a much wider range of fragrance-free products with Superior and High fit levels across multiple skin types, whereas MAËLYS products on this page generally have Low or Average fit levels. Paula's Choice features key ingredients like niacinamide and retinol, which help reduce pigmentation and improve signs of aging.

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What is the difference between Paula's Choice and MAËLYS?

Paula's Choice offers a wide selection of fragrance-free skincare products with Superior to High Lovi fit levels across multiple skin types, whereas MAËLYS features very few products on this page that mostly achieve Low or Average Lovi fit levels.

Which is more affordable, Paula's Choice or MAËLYS?

Reviewers note that Paula's Choice products come with a high price, while pricing details for MAËLYS are not highlighted on this page.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Paula's Choice or MAËLYS?

Paula's Choice helps prevent breakouts better because the products on this page achieve High to Superior Lovi fit levels for acne-prone skin, whereas MAËLYS products are rated Low for that skin type.

Between Paula's Choice and MAËLYS, which brand was founded earlier and in which country?

Paula's Choice was founded earlier, in 1995 in the United States, whereas MAËLYS was founded in 2017.

How many products from Paula's Choice and MAËLYS contain fragrance according to the page?

Paula's Choice lists no fragrance across the products on this page, while MAËLYS includes fragrance in 1 of its 2 products.

Which key ingredients are shared across the products of these skincare brands?

Paula's Choice features key ingredients such as hyaluronic acid, glycerin, vitamin c, licorice root, niacinamide, salicylic acid, green tea, and vitamin e across its products on this page. Specific shared ingredients with MAËLYS are not detailed on this page because MAËLYS lists only two products without a shared ingredient overview.

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.

How does it fit your skin?

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