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Shiseido vs Catrice

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Shiseido and Catrice are a Japanese skincare brand founded in 1872 and a German skincare brand founded in 2004, respectively. The Japanese brand is beloved for its thoughtful array of moisturizers, cleansers, sunscreens, serums, and more, all formulated with key ingredients like glycerin, while the German brand is beloved for its refined eye products and advanced formulas. Both deliver reliable daily performance through thoughtful formulations, with the former suiting sensitive skin and mature skin best and the latter suiting combination, oily, and normal skin best. They differ because the former offers standout choices such as the Treatment Softener, the Benefiance Wrinkle Smoothing Day Cream, and the Essential Energy Hydrating Cream, whereas the latter provides the Under Eye Brightener for acne-prone skin.

Shiseido is a Japanese skincare brand founded in 1872 and owned by Shiseido Company, 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 Shiseido and Catrice products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.

Popular Shiseido vs Catrice products

Questions and answers

Shiseido or Catrice: which is better?

Shiseido is the better choice for a wide variety of skincare needs, as the products on this page offer extensive options for sensitive skin, mature skin, and skin with dark spots, whereas Catrice currently lists only a single eye product. Hyaluronic acid helps provide moisturizing and anti-aging benefits for skin quality.

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What is the difference between Shiseido and Catrice?

Shiseido offers a wide selection of skincare products on this page that frequently feature fragrance and fit sensitive and mature skin well, whereas Catrice is a German brand with only a single fragrance-free eye product listed. Topical hyaluronic acid helps provide anti-aging and skin quality benefits for products containing key ingredients like sodium hyaluronate.

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Which is more affordable, Shiseido or Catrice?

Shiseido products on this page often come with a high price point, whereas Catrice is an affordable budget brand. Therefore, Catrice is more affordable.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Shiseido or Catrice?

Catrice is unlikely to cause breakouts because all the products on this page list no fragrance and feature gentle formulations. Shiseido includes several options with strong fragrance that may cause skin irritation or breakouts for some users.

How does the founding year and country of origin compare between Shiseido and Catrice?

Shiseido was founded in 1872 in Japan, whereas Catrice was founded much later in 2004 in Germany. Both brands are established internationally but originate from different centuries and regions.

Which brand has more products that are fragrance-free, Shiseido or Catrice?

Catrice has more products that are fragrance-free on this page, as every product from Catrice lists no fragrance, whereas Shiseido only has 5 of 20 products without fragrance.

How many skincare products are listed for Shiseido compared to Catrice on this page?

Shiseido has twenty skincare products listed on this page, whereas Catrice features only one product.

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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