Biore vs Catrice
Biore and Catrice are well-regarded beauty brands offering thoughtful daily care. Biore is a Japanese skincare line founded in 1980 by Kao Corporation, celebrated for its gentle sunscreens, cleansers, masks, and makeup removers, while Catrice is a German line founded in 2004 by cosnova, known for its refined eye products and advanced formulas. Both deliver reliable daily performance, yet they cater to different needs, as the former suits sensitive and combination skin through effective ingredients like UV Aqua Rich, Makeup Remover Perfect Oil, and Deep Pore Charcoal Cleanser, whereas the latter suits combination, oily, and normal skin through standout items like the Under Eye Brightener. Navigating these options simply comes down to matching your specific complexion and concerns with each brand.
Biore is a Japanese skincare brand founded in 1980 and owned by Kao Corporation.
Catrice is a German skincare brand founded in 2004 and owned by cosnova.
This page compares some of the most popular Biore and Catrice products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.
Popular Biore vs Catrice products
Questions and answers
Biore or Catrice: which is better?
Biore and Catrice both offer fragrance-free options, but Biore features a wider variety of products on this page that fit sensitive and combination skin best.
What is the difference between Biore and Catrice?
Biore offers a range of cleansers, sunscreens, and masks founded in Japan in 1980, with Lovi fit levels varying from High for sensitive skin with its makeup remover to Caution for dry skin. Catrice is a German brand founded in 2004 that features an Under Eye Brightener on this page, achieving a High Lovi fit level for dry and sensitive skin types.
Which is more affordable, Biore or Catrice?
The products on this page do not list pricing information, so it is not possible to determine which brand is more affordable.
Which causes fewer breakouts, Biore or Catrice?
Catrice Under Eye Brightener has an average fit for acne-prone skin, while Biore products on this page show average to low fits for acne-prone and oily acne-prone skin.
Which brand has products that are fragrance-free, Biore or Catrice?
Both Biore and Catrice have products on this page that list no fragrance in their ingredients.
How do the founding years and countries of origin compare between Biore and Catrice?
Biore was founded in 1980 in Japan, whereas Catrice was founded in 2004 in Germany.
Which brand offers a larger variety of skincare products on the page, Biore or Catrice?
Biore offers a larger variety of skincare products on the page, featuring four different items compared to Catrice which lists only one.
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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Cosmetic chemist, cosmetologist, aesthetic products developer
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PhD in computer science, 3x US patent holder, ex-Google, ex-Yandex
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Dr. Sofía Perea Pérez, MD, MSc
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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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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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