Principia vs Catrice
Principia and Catrice are distinguished beauty names known for their targeted formulas and reliable daily performance. The former is widely loved for thoughtful cleansers, including the Gel de Limpeza GL-01, while the German skincare brand founded in 2004 and owned by cosnova is beloved for refined eye products like the Under Eye Brightener. Both offerings help maintain a healthy, balanced complexion, suiting combination, oily, and normal skin best. While the former suits balanced to oily skin best, the latter delivers reliable daily performance through thoughtful formulations, creating a clear distinction for discerning shoppers.
Catrice is a German skincare brand founded in 2004 and owned by cosnova.
This page compares some of the most popular Principia and Catrice products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.
Questions and answers
Principia or Catrice: which is better?
Catrice works better than Principia for dry and sensitive skin types, where it achieves High Lovi fit levels compared to Principia's lower ratings. Both brands offer products on this page that list no fragrance.
What is the difference between Principia and Catrice?
Catrice offers an Under Eye Brightener with High fit for dry and sensitive skin, while Principia provides a Gel de Limpeza GL-01 cleanser with Average fit across most skin types and Caution for dry skin.
Which is more affordable, Principia or Catrice?
Neither brand is more affordable based on the products on this page, as pricing information is not provided for either Principia or Catrice.
Which causes fewer breakouts, Principia or Catrice?
Catrice works better for acne-prone skin, achieving an Average Lovi fit, whereas the Principia cleanser rates Low for acne-prone skin and Caution for dry skin.
When were Principia and Catrice founded and where is Catrice based?
Principia was founded in 2020, while Catrice was founded in 2004 in Germany.
Which company owns Principia and who owns Catrice?
Principia is owned by Viziera Participações Ltda., while Catrice is owned by cosnova.
Do products from Principia and Catrice contain fragrance?
Every product on this page from both Principia and Catrice 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.
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Co-founder, Medical Director
Cosmetic chemist, cosmetologist, aesthetic products developer
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Co-founder, CEO and CTO
PhD in computer science, 3x US patent holder, ex-Google, ex-Yandex
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Dr. Sofía Perea Pérez, MD, MSc
Medical Board
Aesthetic medicine practitioner, MSc in Longevity and Anti-Aging Medicine
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Specialist dermatologist, MBBS, MD, IFAAD
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Cosmetic chemist, SCS, IFSCC member
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Medical Board, Medical Advisor
Dermatology MD
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Elina Nazarenko, MD
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Dermatology and diagnostic consultant
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Victoria Derkova, MS
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Cosmetic chemist, cosmetic development technologist
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