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Some By Mi vs Catrice

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

Some By Mi and Catrice are two distinctive beauty labels originating from South Korea and Germany, respectively. The Korean brand is recognized for its serums, cleansers, toners, and moisturizers featuring niacinamide, centella asiatica, and salicylic acid, while the German brand is beloved for its refined eye products and advanced formulas. Both offer targeted care, with the former suiting dry sensitive and dry skin best, and the latter matching combination, oily, and normal skin types. They differ primarily in their active ingredients and core formulations, delivering specialized solutions for distinct complexions.

Some By Mi is a Korean skincare brand founded in 2016 and owned by JKL Partners since 2021.

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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 Some By Mi and Catrice products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.

Popular Some By Mi vs Catrice products

Questions and answers

Some By Mi or Catrice: which is better?

Some By Mi is much more extensive than Catrice on this page, offering many options that Lovi rates as Superior or High for dry and sensitive skin. Catrice features only a single eye product with High or Average fits across skin types.

What is the difference between Some By Mi and Catrice?

Some By Mi offers a wide variety of skincare products on this page tailored to multiple skin types with High and Superior Lovi fit levels, whereas Catrice features a single eye product with High and Average fit levels. Niacinamide helps reduce pigmentation in some of these formulas.

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Which is more affordable, Some By Mi or Catrice?

The page does not provide pricing information for either Some By Mi or Catrice, so affordability cannot be compared.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Some By Mi or Catrice?

Some By Mi includes multiple products with High or Superior Lovi fit levels for acne-prone skin, whereas Catrice only features an Under Eye Brightener on this page. Ingredients like niacinamide and salicylic acid in Some By Mi formulations help clear blemishes and reduce breakouts.

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Which brand is older, Some By Mi or Catrice, and in which countries were they founded?

Catrice is older than Some By Mi, having been founded in Germany in 2004, while Some By Mi was founded in South Korea in 2016.

Do products from Some By Mi and Catrice contain fragrance in their ingredients?

Every product from both Some By Mi and Catrice lists no fragrance in its ingredients.

How does the Lovi fit level for dry skin compare between Some By Mi's Snail Truecica Miracle Repair Toner and Catrice's Under Eye Brightener?

Lovi rates Some By Mi's Snail Truecica Miracle Repair Toner as a Superior fit for dry skin, whereas Catrice's Under Eye Brightener is rated as a High fit for dry skin.

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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