🇺🇸United States

Paula's Choice vs Blue Lizard

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

Paula's Choice and Blue Lizard are distinct skincare options, with the American brand founded in 1995 offering serums, cleansers, moisturizers, toners, and more built around hyaluronic acid, glycerin, and vitamin c, while the latter is widely loved for its thoughtful mineral sunscreens and reliable formulas. The former suits oily skin and combination skin best, featuring key ingredients like glycerin which significantly increased skin hydration and restored barrier function. Conversely, both suit sensitive skin best because of their gentle mineral formulation, yet differ as the latter protects the skin effectively while maintaining a soothing feel.

Paula's Choice is an American skincare brand founded in 1995 and owned by Unilever since 2021.

unilever.comtracxn.com

This page compares some of the most popular Paula's Choice and Blue Lizard products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.

Popular Paula's Choice vs Blue Lizard products

Questions and answers

Paula's Choice or Blue Lizard: which is better?

Paula's Choice offers a much wider variety of products on this page across multiple categories, with Lovi fit levels reaching Superior for skin types like oily and combination skin. Blue Lizard focuses solely on sunscreen, where its Sensitive Mineral Sunscreen SPF 50+ achieves a Superior Lovi fit for sensitive and dry sensitive skin.

What is the difference between Paula's Choice and Blue Lizard?

Paula's Choice offers a wide range of serums, exfoliants, and cleansers best suited for oily, combination, and acne-prone skin, while Blue Lizard provides a specialized Sensitive Mineral Sunscreen SPF 50+ with a Superior fit for sensitive and dry sensitive skin.

Paula's Choice or Blue Lizard: which sunscreen is better?

For sunscreen, Paula's Choice Youth-Extending Daily Hydrating Fluid SPF 50 has a High Lovi fit level for dry and combination skin, while Blue Lizard Sensitive Mineral Sunscreen SPF 50+ achieves a Superior fit for sensitive and dry sensitive skin.

Which is more affordable, Paula's Choice or Blue Lizard?

Reviewers note that Paula's Choice has a high price, while pricing details for Blue Lizard are not available on this page.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Paula's Choice or Blue Lizard?

Paula's Choice offers a broad range of acne-fighting products like the CLEAR Pore Normalizing Cleanser, which has a Superior fit level for acne-prone skin, whereas Blue Lizard features sun protection on this page. Ingredients like salicylic acid help reduce breakouts, and green tea helps calm inflammation.

The Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 2013

When were Paula's Choice and Blue Lizard founded?

Paula's Choice was founded in 1995 in the United States. Blue Lizard was also founded in 1995.

Which company currently owns Paula's Choice?

Paula's Choice is currently owned by Unilever.

Do products from Paula's Choice and Blue Lizard contain fragrance?

Every product from Paula's Choice and Blue Lizard on this page lists no fragrance in its 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

How does it fit your skin?

Scan your face, then any product: Lovi shows how well it fits you and what fits even better.

QR code: get the Lovi app
Download on theApp Store Get it onGoogle Play