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The INKEY List vs Catrice

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

The INKEY List and Catrice are accessible beauty brands offering targeted daily care through thoughtful formulations. The British skincare brand is known for moisturizers, serums, toners, and eye products built around glycerin, which significantly increases skin hydration and restores barrier function, suiting combination and sensitive skin best. Meanwhile, the German skincare brand is beloved for refined eye products, suiting combination, oily, and normal skin. While both deliver reliable daily performance, they differ in their specific product lineups and key ingredient focuses.

The INKEY List is a British skincare brand founded in 2018 and owned by Brand Evangelists for Beauty 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 The INKEY List and Catrice products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.

Popular The INKEY List vs Catrice products

Questions and answers

The INKEY List or Catrice: which is better?

The INKEY List offers a much wider selection of skincare products on this page than Catrice, which features only a single eye item. Shoppers often mention that The INKEY List provides hydrating and affordable moisturizers and serums.

What is the difference between The INKEY List and Catrice?

The INKEY List offers a wide range of targeted serums, cleansers, and moisturizers that Lovi rates as high for several skin types, whereas Catrice features just a single under eye brightener on this page. Reviewers appreciate The INKEY List for its affordable, fast-absorbing hydrating formulas.

Which is more affordable, The INKEY List or Catrice?

The INKEY List offers affordable serums and moisturizers across the products on this page, whereas Catrice does not have enough pricing details listed here to compare.

Which causes fewer breakouts, The INKEY List or Catrice?

The INKEY List offers a much wider range of products, including cleansers and toners suited for acne-prone skin, whereas Catrice only features an eye brightener on this page. Reviewers of The INKEY List sometimes note purging and breakouts.

When was The INKEY List founded compared to Catrice?

The INKEY List was founded in 2018 in the United Kingdom, whereas Catrice was founded earlier in 2004 in Germany.

Which brand has more products listed on the comparison page, The INKEY List or Catrice?

The INKEY List has more products listed on the comparison page than Catrice, with sixteen products compared to Catrice's single product.

Do products from both The INKEY List and Catrice contain fragrance in their ingredients?

No, every product on the Catrice page and the products on this page for The INKEY List list no fragrance in their ingredients.

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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