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Paula's Choice vs Trilogy

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Paula's Choice and Trilogy are established skincare brands known for offering effective serums, cleansers, moisturizers, and toners. The American brand, founded in 1995, builds its formulas around hyaluronic acid, glycerin, and vitamin c, while the other is deeply loved for its thoughtful moisturizers and gentle cleansers. Both brands suit different complexions, with the former fitting combination and oily skin best, and the latter suiting dry, balanced, and sensitive skin types. They differ primarily in their ingredient focus and targeted skincare solutions, with glycerin significantly increasing skin hydration and restoring barrier function in the Unilever-owned brand's products.

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

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

Popular Paula's Choice vs Trilogy products

People Say

Paula's ChoiceTrilogy
  • Hydrating formula Not notedMostly Mentioned
    • “Keeps skin moisturized — Trilogy Vitamin C Ceramide Night Cream”
    • “Leaves skin thoroughly moisturised — Trilogy Line Smoothing Day Cream”
    • “Feels moisturizing — Trilogy Rosehip Cream Cleanser”
  • Non-irritating and gentle Often MentionedMostly Mentioned
    • “Doesn't irritate my sensitive skin — Trilogy Rosehip Cream Cleanser”
    • “Nothing irritated my skin — Trilogy Line Smoothing Day Cream”
    • “Finally a vitamin C product I can use — Paula's Choice 25% Vitamin C + Glutathione Clinical Serum”
  • Glow, radiance, and even skin tone Mostly MentionedOften Mentioned
    • “visible glow — Paula's Choice C15 Super Booster”
    • “acne scars faded — Paula's Choice 10% Azelaic Acid Booster”
    • “Discoloration almost gone — Paula's Choice 25% Vitamin C + Glutathione Clinical Serum”
    • “Wake to a glowing complexion — Trilogy Vitamin C Ceramide Night Cream”
  • Pleasant gel or cream texture Rarely NotedMostly Mentioned
    • “Silky cream consistency — Trilogy Rosehip Cream Cleanser”
    • “Luxuriously rich — Trilogy Vitamin C Ceramide Night Cream”
    • “Silky gel feel — Paula's Choice CLEAR Pore Normalizing Cleanser”
  • Texture smoothing and softening Mostly MentionedNot noted
    • “skin becomes very smooth — Paula's Choice 1% Retinol Treatment”
    • “bumps be gone — Paula's Choice Weightless Body Treatment 2% BHA”
    • “skin is insanely soft — Paula's Choice Weightless Body Treatment 2% BHA”
  • Lightweight and fast absorption Mostly MentionedNot noted
    • “Absorbs quickly and leaves no greasy residue behind. — Paula's Choice Clear Oil-Free Moisturizer”
    • “absorbs instantly — Paula's Choice C15 Super Booster”
    • “watery consistency — Paula's Choice 10% Niacinamide Booster”
  • High price and value concerns Mostly MentionedRarely Noted
    • “Price to be high relative to performance — Trilogy Rosehip Cream Cleanser”
    • “tiny tube — Paula's Choice 10% Azelaic Acid Booster”
  • Unpleasant smell and scent issues Often MentionedSometimes Noted
    • “If you are sensitive to fragrances, you might find it irritating — Trilogy Rosehip Cream Cleanser”
    • “Scent is awful — Trilogy Line Smoothing Day Cream”
    • “smells like grain — Paula's Choice 10% Azelaic Acid Booster”
  • Heavy for oily skin Rarely NotedOften Mentioned
    • “Extremely greasy — Paula's Choice 25% Vitamin C + Glutathione Clinical Serum”
    • “A little bit too thick — Trilogy Vitamin C Ceramide Night Cream”

Questions and answers

Paula's Choice or Trilogy: which is better?

Paula's Choice is better for a wide variety of targeted concerns because the products on this page list no fragrance and feature key ingredients like hyaluronic acid and retinol that help improve signs of skin aging.

The Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 2000Drug Delivery, 2017

What is the difference between Paula's Choice and Trilogy?

Paula's Choice offers a wide selection of fragrance-free products that help with texture smoothing and are well-suited for combination and oily skin, whereas Trilogy features hydrating and gentle formulas that are better for dry or sensitive skin.

Paula's Choice or Trilogy: which cleanser is better?

Paula's Choice is better for oily and acne-prone skin, where Lovi rates its cleansers as superior, whereas Trilogy's cleanser is better for sensitive and dry skin with a high fit.

Which is more affordable, Paula's Choice or Trilogy?

Reviews mostly mention high price and value concerns for Trilogy, and high price for Paula's Choice.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Paula's Choice or Trilogy?

Paula's Choice fits acne-prone skin best by its routines and offers several products that achieve a Superior fit for acne-prone skin, while Trilogy does not list acne-prone skin among its best-fit types on this page.

Between Paula's Choice and Trilogy, which brand has better fragrance-free product options?

Paula's Choice offers better fragrance-free product options because every product on this page lists no fragrance in its ingredients, whereas two out of three Trilogy products contain fragrance.

Which brand performs better for texture smoothing and softening according to review themes?

Paula's Choice performs better for texture smoothing and softening among the products on this page.

How do the founding years and ownership history of Paula's Choice and Trilogy compare?

Paula's Choice was founded in the United States in 1995 and has been owned by Unilever since 2021, whereas Trilogy was founded in 2002 and is owned by CITIC Capital Holdings Limited.

Paula's Choice or Trilogy: which moisturizer is better?

Paula's Choice offers a wide selection of moisturizers with High Lovi fit levels for various skin types and features fragrance-free formulas, whereas Trilogy provides hydrating moisturizers that may carry fragrance.

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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