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CeraVe vs Principia

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CeraVe and Principia are skincare brands known for delivering thoughtful formulas and proven results. The American brand offers dependable moisturizers, gentle cleansers, targeted serums, protective sunscreens, and other daily formulas enriched with hyaluronic acid and glycerin, while the latter is widely loved for its thoughtful cleansers and precise formulas. CeraVe suits mature skin and dry skin best, whereas Principia suits balanced to oily skin best. They differ primarily in their core ingredient profiles and ideal skin types, with the former featuring hyaluronic acid and glycerin to support barrier health and the latter helping maintain a healthy, balanced complexion through options like the Gel de Limpeza GL-01.

CeraVe is an American skincare brand founded in 2005 and owned by L'Oréal since 2017.

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This page compares some of the most popular CeraVe and Principia products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.

Popular CeraVe vs Principia products

CeraVe vs Principia cleansers

Questions and answers

CeraVe or Principia: which is better?

CeraVe offers a much wider range of fragrance-free products on this page across multiple skin types compared to Principia.

What is the difference between CeraVe and Principia?

CeraVe offers a wide selection of products on this page tailored to dry, mature, and acne-prone skin, whereas Principia features only a single cleanser. CeraVe includes key ingredients like ceramides and hyaluronic acid to help maintain the skin barrier and deliver deep hydration.

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CeraVe or Principia: which cleanser is better?

CeraVe offers a much wider variety of cleansers with high Lovi fit levels across multiple skin types, whereas the products on this page for Principia only feature one cleanser option with average to low fit levels. CeraVe cleansers are frequently noted by reviewers for being gentle and effective.

Which is more affordable, CeraVe or Principia?

The products on this page do not provide pricing information to determine whether CeraVe or Principia is more affordable.

Which causes fewer breakouts, CeraVe or Principia?

CeraVe includes products with acne-focused Lovi fit ratings on this page, whereas Principia lists only a single cleanser. Reviewers sometimes note that CeraVe moisturizers cause breakouts.

When was CeraVe founded and who owns it compared to Principia?

CeraVe was founded in 2005 in the United States and has been owned by L'Oréal since 2017, whereas Principia was founded in 2020 and is owned by Viziera Participações Ltda.

Do either CeraVe or Principia products contain fragrance?

CeraVe and Principia products on this page list no fragrance in their ingredients.

What skin types do CeraVe's brand-focused routines fit best?

The products on this page show that CeraVe's brand-focused routines fit mature skin, dry skin, and acne-prone skin best.

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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