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The Ordinary vs Catrice

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

The Ordinary and Catrice are two distinct beauty brands offering specialized daily care. The Canadian skincare brand, founded in 2016 and owned by The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. since 2021, features serums, moisturizers, cleansers, toners, and more built around hyaluronic acid, glycerin, and squalane, suiting dry skin and dry sensitive skin best. Meanwhile, the German skincare brand, founded in 2004 and owned by cosnova, is beloved for its refined eye products and advanced formulas, suiting combination, oily, and normal skin best. While the former relies on targeted ingredients like niacinamide and mandelic acid for specific concerns, the latter delivers reliable daily performance through thoughtful formulations like its Under Eye Brightener.

The Ordinary is a Canadian skincare brand founded in 2016 and owned by The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. 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 The Ordinary and Catrice products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.

Popular The Ordinary vs Catrice products

Questions and answers

The Ordinary or Catrice: which is better?

The Ordinary offers a much larger and more versatile selection of skincare products on this page compared to Catrice, which only features a single item. The Ordinary is well-suited for a variety of skin types, including dry and acne-prone skin, providing targeted treatments like acne-clearing and dark spot fading serums.

What is the difference between The Ordinary and Catrice?

The Ordinary offers a large range of skincare products across many categories, whereas Catrice has only a single eye product on this page. Lovi rates The Ordinary as a High or Superior fit for dry skin, dry sensitive skin, and skin with dark spots, while Catrice's Under Eye Brightener has a High fit for dry and sensitive skin.

Which is more affordable, The Ordinary or Catrice?

The Ordinary offers affordable and great value serums among the products on this page, whereas Catrice features only an eye brightener and lacks budget-focused brand routines.

Which causes fewer breakouts, The Ordinary or Catrice?

The products on this page by The Ordinary help with breakouts, featuring targeted acne-clearing serums with High to Superior Lovi fit levels for acne-prone skin, while Catrice lists only an under-eye brightener.

When was The Ordinary founded compared to Catrice, and which companies own them?

The Ordinary was founded in Canada in 2016 and is owned by The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. Catrice was founded earlier in Germany in 2004 and is owned by cosnova.

How does the Lovi fit level for dry skin compare between The Ordinary's Natural Moisturizing Factors + HA and Catrice's Under Eye Brightener?

For dry skin, Lovi rates The Ordinary's Natural Moisturizing Factors + HA as a Superior fit, whereas Catrice's Under Eye Brightener is a High fit.

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

Every product on this page from both The Ordinary 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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