Augustinus Bader and Principia are skincare brands known for their thoughtful cleansers, moisturizers, serums, and eye products, which are built around precise formulas. The German brand, founded in 2018, suits dry and mature skin best with its preparations like The Rich Cream, while the other brand suits balanced to oily skin best with offerings like the Gel de Limpeza GL-01 for acne-prone skin. For acne-prone skin, Augustinus Bader features The Serum, and for skin with dark spots, it features The Eye Cream. Both brands rely on key ingredients and standout products to support the skin through these properties and help maintain a healthy, balanced complexion.
Augustinus Bader is a German skincare brand founded in 2018.
This page compares some of the most popular Augustinus Bader and Principia products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.
Augustinus Bader fits dry, mature, and dry sensitive skin best among the products on this page, whereas Principia offers only a single cleanser with lower fit ratings. Reviewers note that Augustinus Bader provides deep hydration and radiance, although it comes with an extreme price.
What is the difference between Augustinus Bader and Principia?
Augustinus Bader offers a wider range of products on this page with superior and high Lovi fits for dry and mature skin types, whereas Principia features a single cleanser with average to caution fits. Both brands list no fragrance in the ingredients of their products on this page.
Which is more affordable, Augustinus Bader or Principia?
Principia is more affordable, whereas Augustinus Bader is frequently noted by reviewers for its extreme price. Reviewers often mention Augustinus Bader's high cost alongside its luxury moisturizers.
Which causes fewer breakouts, Augustinus Bader or Principia?
Augustinus Bader is unlikely to cause breakouts for most users, although some reviewers note breakouts as an issue for the products on this page. Principia does not have enough user feedback on this page to determine its breakout likelihood.
How do the founding years and corporate ownership of Augustinus Bader and Principia compare?
Augustinus Bader was founded in Germany in 2018 and is independently owned, whereas Principia was founded later in 2020 and is owned by Viziera Participacoes Ltda.
Do either Augustinus Bader or Principia include fragrance in their product ingredients?
Every product on this page for both Augustinus Bader and Principia lists no fragrance in its ingredients.
Which brand offers more products for dry skin according to their Lovi fit levels?
Augustinus Bader offers several products for dry skin with Superior or High Lovi fit levels, such as The Rich Cream and The Serum. In contrast, Principia lists only a cleanser on this page, which is rated as Caution for dry skin.
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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.
