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Paula's Choice vs Ere Perez

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Paula's Choice and Ere Perez are distinct skincare lines created for different complexions. The American brand, founded in 1995 and owned by Unilever since 2021, offers serums, cleansers, moisturizers, toners, and more, built around hyaluronic acid, glycerin, and vitamin c, suiting oily skin and acne-prone skin best. Conversely, the Australian-rooted line is widely loved for its thoughtful moisturizers and clean formulas, suiting sensitive, dry, and combination skin best. They differ primarily in their core ingredients and ideal skin types, as both brands support daily balance without overwhelming the complexion.

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 Ere Perez products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.

Popular Paula's Choice vs Ere Perez products

Questions and answers

Paula's Choice or Ere Perez: which is better?

Paula's Choice offers a much wider range of fragrance-free products that achieve High or Superior Lovi fit levels for oily and acne-prone skin, whereas Ere Perez features only a single moisturizing cream which contains fragrance.

What is the difference between Paula's Choice and Ere Perez?

Paula's Choice offers a wide range of fragrance-free products that fit oily, acne-prone, and oily acne-prone skin best, while Ere Perez has a more limited selection that includes fragrance. Paula's Choice products on this page often achieve a Superior fit level across multiple skin types, whereas Ere Perez features fewer options.

Paula's Choice or Ere Perez: which moisturizer is better?

Paula's Choice offers a wide selection of moisturizers with High fits for various skin types and no fragrance across its products. Ere Perez features only the Moringa All-Beauty Crème, which has a High fit for dry, sensitive, and mature skin but includes fragrance in its ingredients.

Which is more affordable, Paula's Choice or Ere Perez?

The products on this page for Paula's Choice have reviewers noting high price as a drawback.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Paula's Choice or Ere Perez?

Paula's Choice fits acne-prone skin best across its products on this page, while Ere Perez includes fragrance that may trigger breakouts. Paula's Choice helps oily and acne-prone skin with ingredients like salicylic acid and green tea.

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Which brand has been around longer, Paula's Choice or Ere Perez?

Paula's Choice has been around longer, having been founded in 1995 in the United States, whereas Ere Perez was founded in 2002.

Do products from Paula's Choice contain fragrance, and how does that compare to Ere Perez?

Every product on the Paula's Choice page lists no fragrance in its ingredients, whereas the Moringa All-Beauty Crème from Ere Perez includes fragrance. This means Paula's Choice products on this page avoid added scents completely, unlike the Ere Perez product.

Which brand offers more products for dry skin according to the page?

Paula's Choice offers significantly more products for dry skin than Ere Perez, featuring multiple items with a High or Superior Lovi fit for dry skin, whereas Ere Perez only lists one product on this page with a High fit.

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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