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The INKEY List vs Catrice

Rated by Lovi · Unbiased, science-based skincare AI trained on real user outcomes · How the Fit score works

The INKEY List and Catrice are accessible beauty brands offering targeted daily care through distinct formulations. The British skincare brand centers its moisturizers, serums, toners, and eye products around glycerin, suiting sensitive and combination skin best while addressing concerns like acne, dark spots, and aging. Meanwhile, the German skincare brand is beloved for refined eye products and advanced formulas that suit combination, oily, and normal skin. While both deliver reliable performance, they differ in their foundational ingredients and specific skin type strengths.

The INKEY List is a British skincare brand founded in 2018 and owned by Brand Evangelists for Beauty 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 The INKEY List and Catrice products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.

Popular The INKEY List vs Catrice products

Questions and answers

The INKEY List or Catrice: which is better?

The INKEY List offers a much wider variety of skin care products on this page than Catrice, with high or superior Lovi fit levels for sensitive, combination, and oily acne-prone skin. Reviewers also frequently mention that its products are affordable and work well under makeup.

What is the difference between The INKEY List and Catrice?

The INKEY List offers a wide range of serums, toners, and moisturizers that fit sensitive, combination, and oily acne-prone skin best, whereas Catrice features just one eye product on this page. Reviewers mention that The INKEY List products provide hydrating and affordable options, though some packaging issues may occur.

Which is more affordable, The INKEY List or Catrice?

The INKEY List offers affordable options across its range of products on this page, including both moisturizers and serums. Catrice features only one product on this page, making a comparison of overall brand affordability not possible.

Which causes fewer breakouts, The INKEY List or Catrice?

The products on this page from The INKEY List sometimes note purging and breakouts as a downside, while Catrice has no reported breakouts on this page.

When and where were The INKEY List and Catrice founded?

The INKEY List was founded in 2018 in the United Kingdom, while Catrice was founded in 2004 in Germany.

Which company owns The INKEY List, and which company owns Catrice?

The INKEY List is owned by Brand Evangelists for Beauty Limited, and Catrice is owned by cosnova.

Do any products from either The INKEY List or Catrice contain fragrance in their ingredients?

Every product on the Lovi pages for both The INKEY List 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.

  • 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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