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Paula's Choice vs Trilogy

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Paula's Choice and Trilogy are established skincare names that offer thoughtful moisturizers, gentle cleansers, serums, toners, and more. The American brand is known for formulas built around hyaluronic acid, glycerin, and vitamin c, while the other brand relies on high-performing blends featuring rosehip and ceramide. Both suit different complexions, with the former fitting oily and combination skin best and the latter suiting dry, balanced, and sensitive skin types. They differ primarily in their core ingredient philosophies and their ideal skin matches.

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

Popular Paula's Choice vs Trilogy products

People Say

Paula's ChoiceTrilogy
  • Hydrating formula Not notedMostly Mentioned
    • “Keeps skin moisturized — Trilogy Vitamin C Ceramide Night Cream”
    • “Leaves skin thoroughly moisturised — Trilogy Line Smoothing Day Cream”
    • “Feels moisturizing — Trilogy Rosehip Cream Cleanser”
  • Non-irritating and gentle Often MentionedMostly Mentioned
    • “Doesn't irritate my sensitive skin — Trilogy Rosehip Cream Cleanser”
    • “Nothing irritated my skin — Trilogy Line Smoothing Day Cream”
    • “Finally a vitamin C product I can use — Paula's Choice 25% Vitamin C + Glutathione Clinical Serum”
  • Glow, radiance, and even skin tone Mostly MentionedOften Mentioned
    • “visible glow — Paula's Choice C15 Super Booster”
    • “acne scars faded — Paula's Choice 10% Azelaic Acid Booster”
    • “Discoloration almost gone — Paula's Choice 25% Vitamin C + Glutathione Clinical Serum”
    • “Wake to a glowing complexion — Trilogy Vitamin C Ceramide Night Cream”
  • Pleasant gel or cream texture Rarely NotedMostly Mentioned
    • “Silky cream consistency — Trilogy Rosehip Cream Cleanser”
    • “Luxuriously rich — Trilogy Vitamin C Ceramide Night Cream”
    • “Silky gel feel — Paula's Choice CLEAR Pore Normalizing Cleanser”
  • Texture smoothing and softening Mostly MentionedNot noted
    • “skin becomes very smooth — Paula's Choice 1% Retinol Treatment”
    • “bumps be gone — Paula's Choice Weightless Body Treatment 2% BHA”
    • “skin is insanely soft — Paula's Choice Weightless Body Treatment 2% BHA”
  • Lightweight and fast absorption Mostly MentionedNot noted
    • “Absorbs quickly and leaves no greasy residue behind. — Paula's Choice Clear Oil-Free Moisturizer”
    • “absorbs instantly — Paula's Choice C15 Super Booster”
    • “watery consistency — Paula's Choice 10% Niacinamide Booster”
  • High price and value concerns Mostly MentionedRarely Noted
    • “Price to be high relative to performance — Trilogy Rosehip Cream Cleanser”
    • “tiny tube — Paula's Choice 10% Azelaic Acid Booster”
  • Unpleasant smell and scent issues Often MentionedSometimes Noted
    • “If you are sensitive to fragrances, you might find it irritating — Trilogy Rosehip Cream Cleanser”
    • “Scent is awful — Trilogy Line Smoothing Day Cream”
    • “smells like grain — Paula's Choice 10% Azelaic Acid Booster”
  • Heavy for oily skin Rarely NotedOften Mentioned
    • “Extremely greasy — Paula's Choice 25% Vitamin C + Glutathione Clinical Serum”
    • “A little bit too thick — Trilogy Vitamin C Ceramide Night Cream”

Questions and answers

Paula's Choice or Trilogy: which is better?

Paula's Choice tends to be better for oily, combination, and acne-prone skin with its fragrance-free formulas, while Trilogy focuses on hydrating and brightening moisturizers that reviewers note for pleasant textures.

What is the difference between Paula's Choice and Trilogy?

Paula's Choice offers a wide selection of fragrance-free products on this page tailored best for oily, combination, and acne-prone skin, whereas Trilogy features a smaller range of moisturizers and cleansers. Reviewers note that Paula's Choice helps deliver better texture smoothing and glow, while Trilogy is praised for being hydrating and gentle.

Paula's Choice or Trilogy: which cleanser is better?

Paula's Choice offers a much wider range of cleansers with varying Lovi fit levels, such as the CLEAR Pore Normalizing Cleanser which is rated Superior for oily and acne-prone skin on this page. Trilogy features fewer options, like the Rosehip Cream Cleanser, which has a High Lovi fit for sensitive and dry skin.

Which is more affordable, Paula's Choice or Trilogy?

Trilogy has a review theme of high price and value concerns, while Paula's Choice reviewers mostly mention high price and packaging issues.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Paula's Choice or Trilogy?

Paula's Choice fits acne-prone skin best as one of its top brand-focused skin types, whereas Trilogy does not list acne-prone skin among its best-fit categories. The products on this page from Paula's Choice frequently include ingredients like salicylic acid that help target breakouts.

Paula's Choice or Trilogy: which brand has been around longer?

Paula's Choice has been around longer, having been founded in the United States in 1995, compared to Trilogy which was founded in 2002.

Which brand uses fragrance in its products, Paula's Choice or Trilogy?

Trilogy uses fragrance in some of its products, whereas every product on the Paula's Choice page lists no fragrance in its ingredients.

Paula's Choice or Trilogy: which brand is better for oily and acne-prone skin?

Paula's Choice is better for oily and acne-prone skin because the products on this page best fit oily skin, combination skin, and acne-prone skin. Trilogy includes products that tend to be heavy for oily skin.

Paula's Choice or Trilogy: which moisturizer is better?

Paula's Choice offers a wider range of moisturizers with specialized formulas for different skin types, whereas Trilogy focuses on hydrating and brightening options that may contain fragrance. Paula's Choice products on this page list no fragrance in their ingredients, helping sensitive skin avoid potential irritation.

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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