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Paula's Choice vs Skintific

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Paula's Choice and Skintific are popular skincare brands that offer reliable daily care for various complexion needs. The American brand, founded in 1995 and owned by Unilever since 2021, features serums, cleansers, moisturizers, and toners built around hyaluronic acid, glycerin, and vitamin c, while the latter is loved for its moisturizers, serums, and sunscreens with effective formulas. Both lines differ primarily in their target complexions, as the first brand fits oily and combination skin best, whereas the second suits dry and dry sensitive skin because of its soothing and hydrating properties.

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 Skintific products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.

Popular Paula's Choice vs Skintific products

People Say

Paula's ChoiceSkintific
  • Texture and Absorption Mostly MentionedMostly Mentioned
    • “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 — Skintific 5X Ceramide Barrier Moisture Gel”
    • “super light and leaves a radiant glow — Skintific All Day Light Sunscreen Mist”
  • Pore Care and Skin Smoothing Mostly MentionedSometimes 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”
    • “Kulit terasa lebih halus — Skintific AHA BHA PHA LHA Peeling Solution”
  • Redness Reduction and Soothing Often MentionedOften Mentioned
    • “Finally a vitamin C product I can use — Paula's Choice 25% Vitamin C + Glutathione Clinical Serum”
    • “calmed redness immediately — Paula's Choice 10% Azelaic Acid Booster”
    • “redness berkurang — Skintific 5X Ceramide Barrier Moisture Gel”
    • “healed my skin barrier — Skintific 5X Ceramide Barrier Moisture Gel”
  • Sun Protection and Practicality Rarely NotedMostly Mentioned
    • “mess-free application — Skintific MUGWORT”
    • “invisible, no white cast — Skintific All Day Light Sunscreen Mist”
    • “maintain your makeup without any mess — Skintific All Day Light Sunscreen Mist”
    • “air-tight pump bottle — Paula's Choice 1% Retinol Treatment”
  • Acne and Blemish Control Often MentionedSometimes Noted
    • “Helped clear my cystic acne — Paula's Choice CLEAR Pore Normalizing Cleanser”
    • “heals blemishes faster — Paula's Choice Skin Perfecting 2% BHA Liquid Exfoliant”
    • “Removes all my makeup easily — Paula's Choice CLEAR Pore Normalizing Cleanser”
    • “calm my acne instantly — Skintific MUGWORT”
  • Skin Brightening and Even Tone Often MentionedSometimes Noted
    • “visible glow — Paula's Choice C15 Super Booster”
    • “acne scars faded — Paula's Choice 10% Azelaic Acid Booster”
    • “Discoloration almost gone — Paula's Choice 25% Vitamin C + Glutathione Clinical Serum”
    • “Tampak lebih cerah — Skintific AHA BHA PHA LHA Peeling Solution”
  • Packaging, Size and Price Mostly MentionedSometimes Noted
    • “isinya sedikit — Skintific 5X Ceramide Barrier Moisture Gel”
    • “runs out very quickly — Skintific All Day Light Sunscreen Mist”
    • “surprisingly small bottle — Paula's Choice Skin-Smoothing Retinol Body Treatment”
  • Dryness, Peeling and Irritation Sometimes NotedOften Mentioned
    • “peeling and flaking — Paula's Choice 1% Retinol Treatment”
    • “Not hydrating enough for winter. — Paula's Choice Clear Oil-Free Moisturizer”
    • “dryness and scaliness — Paula's Choice Skin Perfecting 2% BHA Liquid Exfoliant”
    • “Panas banget di kulit — Skintific AHA BHA PHA LHA Peeling Solution”
  • Unpleasant Smell, Scent and Taste Often MentionedOften Mentioned
    • “smells like grain — Paula's Choice 10% Azelaic Acid Booster”
    • “smells like hot dog water — Paula's Choice C15 Super Booster”
    • “scent is actually quite strong — Skintific All Day Light Sunscreen Mist”
    • “Bau jamu/rempah — Skintific AHA BHA PHA LHA Peeling Solution”

Paula's Choice vs Skintific routines for dry skin

Buy Skintific routine · AED 529.61 · 94% fitBuy Paula's Choice routine · AED 1,244.08 · 85% fitSee multi-brand routine · 96% fit

Paula's Choice vs Skintific routines for oily skin

Buy Skintific routine · AED 1,025.94 · 94% fitBuy Paula's Choice routine · AED 1,660.65 · 89% fitSee multi-brand routine · 97% fit

Paula's Choice vs Skintific routines for combination skin

Buy Skintific routine · AED 914.88 · 93% fitBuy Paula's Choice routine · AED 1,512.70 · 89% fitSee multi-brand routine · 96% fit

Questions and answers

Paula's Choice or Skintific: which is better?

Paula's Choice and Skintific both offer fragrance-free products on this page, but Paula's Choice is better suited for acne and blemish control while Skintific scores a superior routine fit across multiple skin types.

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

Paula's Choice fits best for oily, combination, and acne-prone skin, while Skintific fits best for dry and dry sensitive skin. Paula's Choice excels in pore care and skin smoothing, acne control, and skin brightening, whereas Skintific is rated superior for routine fit across almost all skin types on this page.

Paula's Choice or Skintific for dry skin?

Both brands offer solid routines for dry skin, with Skintific achieving a Superior routine fit and Paula's Choice reaching High. Skintific features ceramide-dominant barrier repair lipids that may help alleviate dryness and improve skin barrier function, while Paula's Choice relies on key ingredients like hyaluronic acid to help maintain moisture levels and skin quality.

Dermatologic Therapy, 2022

Paula's Choice or Skintific: which moisturizer is better?

Paula's Choice offers a wide selection of moisturizers with specialized formulas, such as the Clear Oil-Free Moisturizer and Clinical Ceramide-Enriched Firming Moisturizer, whereas Skintific features popular gel options like the 5X Ceramide Barrier Moisture Gel. Skintific is well-known for barrier repair, while Paula's Choice provides targeted treatments for various skin concerns.

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

Skintific is more affordable, while reviewers mostly mention high prices as a drawback for Paula's Choice.

Which brand performs better for pore care and skin smoothing?

Paula's Choice performs better than Skintific for pore care and skin smoothing. Review themes show that Paula's Choice takes the lead in this category.

How do the founding years and corporate ownership of Paula's Choice and Skintific compare?

Paula's Choice was founded in the United States in 1995 and has been owned by Unilever since 2021, whereas Skintific was founded in 2021 and is owned by Guangzhou Feimei Network Technology Co., Ltd.

Which brand does better in terms of sun protection and practicality?

Skintific does better for sun protection and practicality, with reviewers highlighting its advantages in this area. Both brands include no fragrance across the products on this page.

Paula's Choice or Skintific for oily skin?

For oily skin, both brands offer good choices, but Skintific achieves a Superior routine fit compared to the High fit from Paula's Choice. Paula's Choice excels particularly in pore care and blemish control across the products on this page.

Paula's Choice or Skintific: which sunscreen is better?

Skintific does better for sun protection and practicality than Paula's Choice. The All Day Light Sunscreen Mist helps provide a High fit for skin with dark spots, sensitive skin, mature skin, dry skin, acne-prone skin, combination skin, oily skin, dry sensitive skin, and oily acne-prone skin.

Paula's Choice or Skintific for sensitive skin?

Both Paula's Choice and Skintific are great options, as Lovi rates the routine fit for sensitive skin as High for Paula's Choice and Superior for Skintific. Reviewers note that both brands perform equally well for redness reduction and soothing. Additionally, every product on this page for both brands lists no fragrance in its ingredients, which helps minimize irritation for sensitive skin types.

Paula's Choice or Skintific for acne-prone skin?

Paula's Choice fits acne-prone skin better for pore care, skin smoothing, acne and blemish control, and skin brightening and even tone, while Skintific provides a superior routine fit. Niacinamide helps control skin aging and pigmentation, and epigallocatechin gallate helps improve acne.

The British Journal of Dermatology, 2002Antioxidants, 2021

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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