Simple and Catrice are distinct beauty lines originating from different European traditions, with the British brand established in 1960 and the German brand following in 2004. Simple is lovingly chosen for its gentle moisturizers, makeup removers, cleansers, and toners enriched with niacinamide and glycerin, suiting acne-prone skin and oily skin best. Conversely, Catrice is beloved for its refined eye products and advanced formulas that suit combination, oily, and normal skin best. While both deliver reliable daily performance through thoughtful formulations, they differ in their specific ingredient focus and targeted skin types.
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 is the better choice for daily skincare and makeup removal, offering a wide range of fragrance-free products with a High Lovi fit for sensitive skin and key ingredients like glycerin that helps hydrate the skin. Catrice only features a single eye product on this page, making Simple much more suitable for full routines.
What is the difference between Simple and Catrice?
Simple offers a broad range of fragrance-free cleansers, moisturizers, and makeup removers that feature glycerin and niacinamide, whereas Catrice features only a single under-eye brightener on this page. Lovi rates Simple's Kind to Skin Soothing Facial Toner at a Superior fit for mature skin and a High fit for sensitive skin, while Catrice's Under Eye Brightener achieves a High fit for dry and sensitive skin.
Simple features lightweight, value-friendly moisturizers among the products on this page, while Catrice only lists an under eye brightener and lacks pricing information.
Which causes fewer breakouts, Simple or Catrice?
Simple products on this page are sometimes noted by reviewers for causing breakouts, whereas Catrice has no such mentions. Glycerin in Simple helps hydrate the skin while avoiding fragrance.
Which brand offers a wider variety of skincare products on this page, Simple or Catrice?
Simple offers a wider variety of skincare products on this page, featuring multiple cleansers, moisturizers, makeup removers, and a toner, whereas Catrice lists only an eye product. Glycerin helps provide hydration across Simple products.
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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.
