Simple and Catrice are established European beauty lines offering distinct formulations for daily routines. Simple is a British skincare brand founded in 1960 and owned by Unilever PLC since 2011, known for gentle moisturizers, soothing makeup removers, dependable cleansers, and refreshing toners formulated with niacinamide and glycerin. Catrice is a German skincare brand founded in 2004 and owned by cosnova, beloved for its refined eye products and advanced formulas. While both deliver reliable daily performance, the British range suits oily skin and mature skin best through barrier-strengthening ingredients, whereas the German brand suits combination, oily, and normal skin best.
Simple is a British skincare brand founded in 1960 and owned by Unilever PLC since 2011.
This page compares some of the most popular Simple and Catrice products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.
Simple offers a much wider range of products on this page, including high-fitting makeup removers and toners, whereas Catrice only features a single under eye brightener. Glycerin helps provide moisture across the simple products on this page.
What is the difference between Simple and Catrice?
Simple offers a broad range of everyday skincare products like cleansers, moisturizers, and makeup removers that feature ingredients like glycerin and niacinamide, whereas Catrice focuses on niche items such as its Under Eye Brightener. Every product across the page for both brands lists no fragrance in its ingredients.
Neither Simple nor Catrice is explicitly highlighted for price on this page, but reviewers mention that Simple offers value-friendly moisturizers.
Which causes fewer breakouts, Simple or Catrice?
Catrice causes fewer breakouts on this page because its only listed product is an under eye brightener, whereas reviewers note that Simple products sometimes cause breakouts or irritations.
Where and when were Simple and Catrice founded, and who owns them?
Simple was founded in 1960 in the United Kingdom and is owned by Unilever PLC, while Catrice was founded in 2004 in Germany and is owned by cosnova.
Do any products from Simple or Catrice contain fragrance in their ingredients?
Every product on this page from both Simple and Catrice lists no fragrance in its ingredients.
How does the Lovi fit level of Simple's Micellar Cleansing Water compare across different skin types?
Simple's Micellar Cleansing Water earns a High Lovi fit level for sensitive, oily, and dry skin, and an Average fit level for acne-prone, mature, combination, and skin with dark spots. Glycerin, a key ingredient in the product, helps improve skin hydration.
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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.
