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Shiseido vs Catrice

Rated by Lovi · Unbiased, science-based skincare AI trained on real user outcomes · How the Fit score works

Shiseido and Catrice are a Japanese skincare brand founded in 1872 and a German skincare brand founded in 2004, respectively. Shiseido is beloved for its sophisticated moisturizers, gentle cleansers, protective sunscreens, and nourishing serums formulated with glycerin, while Catrice is known for its refined eye products and advanced formulas. The former suits sensitive skin and oily skin best, whereas the latter suits combination, oily, and normal skin best. Both offer standout solutions, such as the former brand's Treatment Softener, Benefiance Wrinkle Smoothing Day Cream, and Essential Energy Hydrating Cream, and the latter brand's Under Eye Brightener.

Shiseido is a Japanese skincare brand founded in 1872 and owned by Shiseido Company, Limited.

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Catrice is a German skincare brand founded in 2004 and owned by cosnova.

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

Popular Shiseido vs Catrice products

Questions and answers

Shiseido or Catrice: which is better?

Shiseido is a better choice for variety, offering numerous products on this page with High or Superior Lovi fit levels for mature, sensitive, and oily skin, whereas Catrice features only a single eye product. Hyaluronic acid helps provide anti-aging and moisturizing benefits for the skin.

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What is the difference between Shiseido and Catrice?

Shiseido is a Japanese brand founded in 1872 that offers a wide range of skincare products on this page with varying Lovi fit levels for sensitive, oily, and mature skin. In contrast, Catrice is a German brand founded in 2004 that features only one product on the page, the Under Eye Brightener, which has a High Lovi fit for dry and sensitive skin.

Which is more affordable, Shiseido or Catrice?

Reviewers note that Shiseido has a high price point, whereas Catrice is not described as such on this page. Hyaluronic acid helps provide hydration in the products on this page.

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Which causes fewer breakouts, Shiseido or Catrice?

The products on this page for Catrice have not been rated for acne-prone skin by Lovi, while Shiseido has several options like the Benefiance Wrinkle Smoothing Day Cream that achieves a High fit level for acne-prone skin.

How does the country of origin and founding year compare between Shiseido and Catrice?

Shiseido was founded in Japan in 1872, whereas Catrice was founded in Germany in 2004.

Which brand offers more fragrance-free options among their skincare products?

Catrice offers more fragrance-free options among the products on this page, as every single one of its listed items is fragrance-free. In contrast, only 5 of Shiseido's 20 products on this page list no fragrance.

How do the skin type fit levels differ between Shiseido's and Catrice's eye products?

Shiseido's Benefiance Wrinkle Smoothing Eye Cream achieves a High Lovi fit level for mature and dry sensitive skin, and an Average fit for dry, sensitive, dark spot, acne-prone, combination, and oily skin, while its oily acne-prone and oily skin fits are Low. In comparison, Catrice's Under Eye Brightener achieves a High Lovi fit level for dry and sensitive skin, and an Average fit for mature, dark spot, dry sensitive, acne-prone, combination, oily acne-prone, and oily skin.

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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