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NIVEA vs Catrice

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

NIVEA and Catrice are established German skincare brands offering thoughtful daily formulations. The former, founded in 1911, is known for nourishing moisturizers, targeted serums, and reliable sunscreens featuring glycerin to suit dry and sensitive skin, whereas the latter, founded in 2004, is recognized for refined eye products and advanced formulas tailored for combination, oily, and normal skin. While both brands deliver reliable performance, they differ primarily in their ingredient focus and ideal skin types, with the first brand emphasizing deep barrier comfort and the second providing targeted enhancement.

NIVEA is a German skincare brand founded in 1911 and owned by maxingvest GmbH & Co. KGaA since 2004.

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

Popular NIVEA vs Catrice products

Questions and answers

NIVEA or Catrice: which is better?

NIVEA offers many more options on this page, with products like Protect & Moisture Sun Lotion SPF50+ achieving a High Lovi fit for dry skin, whereas Catrice only features an Under Eye Brightener.

What is the difference between NIVEA and Catrice?

NIVEA offers a wide range of moisturizers, sunscreens, and blemish-clearing serums with fit levels up to High, whereas Catrice only features an Under Eye Brightener on this page, which has a High fit for dry and sensitive skin. Glycerin helps provide hydration across NIVEA products.

Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology, 2017

Which is more affordable, NIVEA or Catrice?

The products on this page do not list pricing information, so a comparison of affordability cannot be made between NIVEA and Catrice.

Which causes fewer breakouts, NIVEA or Catrice?

Catrice has no reported breakout issues on this page, whereas some NIVEA products on this page are noted by reviewers to cause breakouts and acne.

How does the founding year and parent company of NIVEA compare to Catrice?

NIVEA was founded in 1911 in Germany and is owned by maxingvest GmbH & Co. KGaA, while Catrice was founded in 2004 in Germany and is owned by cosnova.

Which brand offers products with no fragrance listed in their ingredients, NIVEA or Catrice?

Catrice offers products on this page that all list no fragrance in their ingredients, whereas NIVEA has fragrance in six of its nine products.

What are the best-fit skin types for NIVEA compared to Catrice based on their brand-focused routines?

Based on their brand-focused routines, NIVEA fits dry skin, sensitive skin, and mature skin best, whereas Catrice has no specific skin types listed for its routines on this page.

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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