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Paula's Choice vs MAËLYS

Paula's Choice and MAËLYS are distinct American skincare options offering specialized solutions for various needs. The former features serums, cleansers, moisturizers, toners, and more, built around hyaluronic acid, glycerin, and vitamin c, suiting dry skin and oily acne-prone skin best through ingredients like glycerin that significantly increase skin hydration and restore barrier function. Meanwhile, the latter is loved for targeted serums and advanced formulas that suit all skin types best, delivering thoughtful care through specialized solutions. Both brands differ in their core product types, key ingredients, and the specific skin types they suit best.

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

Questions and answers

Paula's Choice or MAËLYS: which is better?

Paula's Choice is generally better for your skincare routine, as Lovi rates its products as having a High to Superior fit for dry skin, oily acne-prone skin, and mature skin. In comparison, MAËLYS products on this page generally receive Low or Average fit levels across most skin types.

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

Paula's Choice offers a wide selection of fragrance-free skincare products with Superior to High Lovi fit levels across multiple skin types, whereas MAËLYS features very few products on this page that mostly show Low or Caution fit levels. Paula's Choice helps address skin aging and pigmentation using ingredients like retinol and niacinamide, which studies show may support collagen accumulation and reduce cutaneous pigmentation.

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

Reviewers note that Paula's Choice products have a high price, while pricing details for MAËLYS are not provided on this page.

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

Paula's Choice offers a wide range of products with Superior and High fit levels for acne-prone skin, whereas the products on this page from MAËLYS show Low or Caution fit levels for acne-prone skin. The products on this page from Paula's Choice include ingredients like green tea, which helps improve acne by modulating intracellular targets.

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Which brand has been on the market longer, Paula's Choice or MAËLYS?

Paula's Choice has been on the market longer, having been founded in 1995, whereas MAËLYS was founded in 2017.

Do any products from MAËLYS contain fragrance, unlike Paula's Choice where every product lists no fragrance?

Yes, 1 of 2 MAËLYS products on this page lists fragrance in its ingredients, specifically the RE-LURE Tight & Tone Body Serum. In comparison, every product on the Paula's Choice page lists no fragrance.

Which skin types does Paula's Choice fit best according to its brand-focused routines?

According to its brand-focused routines, Paula's Choice fits dry skin, oily acne-prone skin, and mature 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.

How does it fit your skin?

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