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Estée Lauder vs Trilogy

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Estée Lauder and Trilogy are skincare brands offering thoughtful moisturizers, gentle cleansers, and advanced serums built on high-performing formulas. The American skincare brand founded in 1946 and owned by The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. is beloved for comprehensive ranges featuring hyaluronic acid and glycerin, while the other is deeply loved for gentle formulations. Both suit various complexions, as the first brand suits mature skin and oily acne-prone skin best, and the second suits dry, balanced, and sensitive skin types best. They differ primarily in their standout solutions and targeted offerings, with the first brand utilizing key ingredients to address aging concerns and excess sebum.

Estée Lauder is an American skincare brand founded in 1946 and owned by The Estée Lauder Companies Inc..

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

Popular Estée Lauder vs Trilogy products

People Say

Estée LauderTrilogy
  • Deep hydration and moisturizing Mostly MentionedMostly Mentioned
    • “skin drinks it up immediately — Estée Lauder Advanced Night Repair”
    • “The formula is incredibly hydrating and leaves my skin feeling smooth. — Estée Lauder Re-Nutriv”
    • “Keeps skin moisturized — Trilogy Vitamin C Ceramide Night Cream”
    • “Leaves skin thoroughly moisturised — Trilogy Line Smoothing Day Cream”
  • Luxurious texture Sometimes NotedMostly Mentioned
    • “Silky cream consistency — Trilogy Rosehip Cream Cleanser”
    • “Luxuriously rich — Trilogy Vitamin C Ceramide Night Cream”
    • “Has a luxurious feel and texture. — Estée Lauder Re-Nutriv”
  • Gentle and non-drying cleanser Often MentionedOften Mentioned
    • “doesn't strip the skin — Estée Lauder Advanced Night Cleansing Gelée”
    • “Lathers well — Estée Lauder Soft Clean Moisture Rich Foaming Cleanser”
    • “Doesn't irritate my sensitive skin — Trilogy Rosehip Cream Cleanser”
  • Smooth texture and firming Often MentionedOften Mentioned
    • “skin feels like a baby's bottom — Estée Lauder Advanced Night Repair”
    • “silky smooth — Estée Lauder Micro Essence Treatment Lotion”
    • “Helps with skin firmness and reduces the appearance of lines. — Estée Lauder Re-Nutriv”
    • “Noticeable difference — Trilogy Line Smoothing Day Cream”
  • Radiant glow and skin appearance Often MentionedOften Mentioned
    • “gives me that glass skin look — Estée Lauder Advanced Night Repair”
    • “skin drinks it up — Estée Lauder Micro Essence Treatment Lotion”
    • “Wake to a glowing complexion — Trilogy Vitamin C Ceramide Night Cream”
  • Lightweight and fast absorbing feel Sometimes NotedOften Mentioned
    • “Absorbs quickly into the skin — Estée Lauder Revitalizing Supreme+”
    • “watery — Estée Lauder Micro Essence Treatment Lotion”
    • “Not greasy — Trilogy Line Smoothing Day Cream”
  • High price and cost complaints Mostly MentionedRarely Noted
    • “Price to be high relative to performance — Trilogy Rosehip Cream Cleanser”
    • “way too expensive for the size — Estée Lauder Advanced Night Repair”
  • Too thick, heavy, or oily Not notedOften Mentioned
    • “A little bit too thick — Trilogy Vitamin C Ceramide Night Cream”
  • Bulky or poor packaging design Sometimes NotedRarely Noted
    • “Big to pop in my handbag — Trilogy Line Smoothing Day Cream”
    • “lid is hard to open — Estée Lauder Advanced Night Cleansing Gelée”

Questions and answers

Estée Lauder or Trilogy: which is better?

Estée Lauder and Trilogy both perform well for deep hydration, but Estée Lauder is rated higher for smooth texture and firming among the products on this page. Reviewers note that Estée Lauder offers deep hydration and gentle cleansers, though it comes with a high price point.

What is the difference between Estée Lauder and Trilogy?

Estée Lauder offers a much wider selection of products on this page across categories like cleansers, serums, and sunscreens, with Lovi fit levels ranging from Superior to Warning, whereas Trilogy features a smaller range of just three creams. Shoppers note that Estée Lauder excels in smooth texture and firming while facing complaints about being too heavy, whereas Trilogy provides a luxurious texture but draws complaints about performance and formulation.

Estée Lauder or Trilogy: which cleanser is better?

When comparing cleansers, the products on this page show that both Estée Lauder and Trilogy offer options with High fit levels for dry sensitive skin. Estée Lauder also features cleansers with High fit levels for acne-prone, oily acne-prone, and mature skin.

Which is more affordable, Estée Lauder or Trilogy?

Trilogy is more affordable, whereas Estée Lauder faces mostly mentioned complaints about its high price point.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Estée Lauder or Trilogy?

Neither Estée Lauder nor Trilogy has a specific breakout metric reported on this page, but Estée Lauder features individual products on the page with High and Average fit levels for acne-prone skin while Trilogy products show Average fit levels for acne-prone skin.

How do the founding years and corporate ownership of Estée Lauder and Trilogy compare?

Estée Lauder was founded in 1946 in the United States and is owned by The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. Trilogy was founded in 2002 and has been owned by CITIC Capital Holdings Limited since 2018.

Which brand has more products that contain fragrance, Estée Lauder or Trilogy?

Estée Lauder has more products on this page that list no fragrance, with 12 out of 14 fragrance-free, compared to Trilogy where only 1 out of 3 products is fragrance-free. This means Estée Lauder has more products that contain fragrance, totaling 2 products.

What specific skin types do Estée Lauder's brand-focused routines fit best?

The brand-focused routines for Estée Lauder fit mature skin, oily acne-prone skin, and dry skin best.

Estée Lauder or Trilogy: which moisturizer is better?

When comparing moisturizers, Estée Lauder provides options that Lovi rates as Average for mature and dry skin, while Trilogy offers products like its Vitamin C Ceramide Night Cream that Lovi rates as High for mature skin and dry sensitive skin. Reviewers often mention that Trilogy's moisturizers are hydrating and brightening, whereas Estée Lauder products on this page frequently receive praise for deep hydration alongside complaints about a high price point.

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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