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Estée Lauder vs La Prairie

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Estée Lauder and La Prairie are legacy skincare brands offering thoughtful arrays of moisturizers, serums, eye products, and more. The American brand is beloved for formulas featuring hydrating elements like hyaluronic acid and glycerin, suiting mature and sensitive skin best, while the Swiss brand is celebrated for its sophisticated, caviar-infused creations. They differ primarily in their heritage and precise active ingredients, with the former providing targeted essence and primer options and the latter delivering a serene, restorative ritual for dry sensitive and mature complexions.

Estée Lauder is an American skincare brand founded in 1946 and owned by The Estée Lauder Companies Inc..

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La Prairie is a Swiss skincare brand founded in 1978 and owned by maxingvest GmbH & Co. KGaA since 2003.

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

Popular Estée Lauder vs La Prairie products

People Say

Estée LauderLa Prairie
  • Deep hydration and moisturization Mostly MentionedMostly Mentioned
    • “skin drinks it up immediately — Estée Lauder Advanced Night Repair”
    • “The formula is incredibly hydrating and leaves my skin feeling smooth. — Estée Lauder Re-Nutriv”
    • “gentle yet effective moisturizing — La Prairie Cellular Softening and Balancing Lotion”
    • “erased my dry patches — La Prairie Skin Caviar Luxe Cream”
  • Improved skin texture and smoothness Often MentionedMostly Mentioned
    • “feels like liquid silk — La Prairie Skin Caviar Luxe Cream”
    • “absorbs instantly — La Prairie Skin Caviar Liquid Lift”
    • “absorbs instantly — La Prairie Skin Caviar Eye Lift”
    • “skin feels like a baby's bottom — Estée Lauder Advanced Night Repair”
  • Skin firming and lifting Sometimes NotedMostly Mentioned
    • “felt skin tighten immediately — La Prairie Skin Caviar Liquid Lift”
    • “opened my eyes — La Prairie Skin Caviar Eye Lift”
    • “jawline genuinely looks lifted — La Prairie Skin Caviar Luxe Cream”
    • “Helps with skin firmness and reduces the appearance of lines. — Estée Lauder Re-Nutriv”
  • Radiance and glow Sometimes NotedOften Mentioned
    • “gave my face a soft glow — La Prairie Skin Caviar Luxe Cream”
    • “skin looks radiant — La Prairie Skin Caviar Liquid Lift”
    • “gives me that glass skin look — Estée Lauder Advanced Night Repair”
  • Product longevity and value Sometimes NotedOften Mentioned
    • “lasts forever — La Prairie Cellular Softening and Balancing Lotion”
    • “fancy design — La Prairie Skin Caviar Eye Lift”
    • “A little goes a long way — Estée Lauder Soft Clean Moisture Rich Foaming Cleanser”
  • Gentle and non-drying formula Often MentionedNot noted
    • “doesn't strip the skin — Estée Lauder Advanced Night Cleansing Gelée”
    • “Doesn't strip my skin — Estée Lauder Soft Clean Moisture Rich Foaming Cleanser”
    • “Leaves skin feeling soft and smooth — Estée Lauder Take It Away Makeup Remover Lotion”
  • High price and expensive cost Mostly MentionedMostly Mentioned
    • “way too expensive for the size — Estée Lauder Advanced Night Repair”
    • “too pricey — Estée Lauder Micro Essence Treatment Lotion”
    • “Very expensive for the amount — Estée Lauder Revitalizing Supreme+”
    • “eye-wateringly expensive — La Prairie Skin Caviar Luxe Cream”
  • Scent and fragrance complaints Often MentionedMostly Mentioned
    • “Scent is too overpowering — Estée Lauder Revitalizing Supreme+”
    • “strong scent — Estée Lauder Advanced Night Cleansing Gelée”
    • “overpowering scent, like a musty room — Estée Lauder DayWear Moisturizer”
    • “smells like a rich grandma — La Prairie Skin Caviar Luxe Cream”
  • Lack of results Sometimes NotedOften Mentioned
    • “didn't notice any difference — Estée Lauder Advanced Night Repair”
    • “just expensive water — Estée Lauder Micro Essence Treatment Lotion”
    • “just a good moisturizer — La Prairie Skin Caviar Luxe Cream”
    • “didn't see a huge difference — La Prairie Skin Caviar Liquid Lift”
  • Bulky or poor packaging design Sometimes NotedSometimes Noted
    • “lid is hard to open — Estée Lauder Advanced Night Cleansing Gelée”
    • “Please make a jar or refill that is not as big and heavy. — Estée Lauder Re-Nutriv”
    • “one side stopped — La Prairie Skin Caviar Eye Lift”
    • “leak everywhere in the box — La Prairie Cellular Softening and Balancing Lotion”

Estée Lauder vs La Prairie routines for dry skin

Buy La Prairie routine · CA$106.17 · 87% fitBuy Estée Lauder routine · CA$386.99 · 76% fitSee multi-brand routine · 99% fit

Estée Lauder vs La Prairie routines for oily skin

Buy La Prairie routine · CA$234.30 · 82% fitBuy Estée Lauder routine · CA$510.40 · 75% fitSee multi-brand routine · 96% fit

Estée Lauder vs La Prairie routines for combination skin

Buy La Prairie routine · CA$201.39 · 84% fitBuy Estée Lauder routine · CA$424.49 · 75% fitSee multi-brand routine · 96% fit

Questions and answers

Estée Lauder or La Prairie: which is better?

La Prairie is often considered better for mature skin and dry sensitive skin, where Lovi rates its routines as Superior, whereas Estée Lauder fits best for mature, sensitive, and acne-prone skin. Both brands offer high routine fit levels across most skin types on this page.

What is the difference between Estée Lauder and La Prairie?

Estée Lauder offers products on this page that have a High Lovi routine fit for mature skin, while La Prairie has a Superior Lovi routine fit for mature skin.

Estée Lauder or La Prairie for dry skin?

Both Estée Lauder and La Prairie provide a High routine fit for dry skin based on the products on this page. Reviewers note that Estée Lauder offers deep hydration while La Prairie provides luxurious, lightweight textures.

Estée Lauder or La Prairie: which moisturizer is better?

La Prairie offers superior fit levels for mature skin and dry sensitive skin with products like Skin Caviar Luxe Cream, whereas Estée Lauder provides options like Revitalizing Supreme+ with an Average fit for those skin types. Reviewers mention that La Prairie delivers lifting and firming effects and deep hydration, though both brands share high routine fit levels across major skin types on this page.

Journal of Ginseng Research, 2017

Which is more affordable, Estée Lauder or La Prairie?

Estée Lauder is more affordable than La Prairie, although reviewers note a high price point for both brands.

Between Estée Lauder and La Prairie, which brand does better for skin firming and lifting?

La Prairie does better for skin firming and lifting than Estee Lauder based on the review themes on this page. Reviewers often note lifting and firming effects from La Prairie.

How many products from Estée Lauder contain fragrance compared to La Prairie?

On the products on this page, 12 of 14 Estée Lauder products list no fragrance compared to 1 of 5 La Prairie products.

Which brand is better suited for mature skin according to their routines?

La Prairie is better suited for mature skin, achieving a Superior routine fit compared to Estée Lauder's High fit on this page.

Estée Lauder or La Prairie for oily skin?

For oily skin, both Estée Lauder and La Prairie achieve a High routine fit on the products on this page. Estée Lauder features key ingredients like hyaluronic acid and glycerin across its formulations, while La Prairie highlights ginseng.

Journal of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2015Dermatologic Therapy, 2022

Estée Lauder or La Prairie for sensitive skin?

Both Estée Lauder and La Prairie provide a High Lovi routine fit for sensitive skin, while Estée Lauder achieves Superior Lovi fit levels for sensitive skin across its DayWear Moisturizer.

Estée Lauder or La Prairie for acne-prone skin?

Both Estée Lauder and La Prairie provide a High routine fit for acne-prone skin on the products on this page. Estée Lauder fits acne-prone skin best by its brand-focused routines, while La Prairie features ginseng as a key ingredient across its products.

Journal of Ginseng Research, 2017

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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