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Paula's Choice vs Trilogy

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Paula's Choice and Trilogy are distinct skincare lines created for varied complexions. The American brand, founded in 1995 and owned by Unilever since 2021, offers serums, cleansers, moisturizers, toners, and more built around hyaluronic acid, glycerin, and vitamin c, while the other is deeply loved for its thoughtful moisturizers and gentle cleansers built on high-performing formulas. Both brands suit dry skin best, though the former also fits oily acne-prone skin, and Trilogy suits balanced and sensitive skin types as well. They differ in their core formulations and specific product ratings, such as glycerin significantly increasing skin hydration and restoring barrier function in the American line.

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 is better for a wide selection of targeted, fragrance-free treatments, while Trilogy helps more with hydrating and gentle formulas. Lovi rates Paula's Choice as a Superior fit for dry skin, oily acne-prone skin, and mature skin across the products on this page.

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 for dry skin, oily acne-prone skin, and mature skin, while Trilogy provides a smaller range with some fragranced items. Reviewers note that Paula's Choice excels in texture smoothing and lightweight absorption, whereas Trilogy tends to offer more hydrating and gentle formulas.

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

Paula's Choice offers a much wider selection of cleansers with high Lovi fit levels across skin types compared to Trilogy. The products on this page show that Paula's Choice cleansers have no fragrance listed, whereas Trilogy's Rosehip Cream Cleanser contains fragrance.

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

Reviews note that Trilogy faces complaints about high price and value concerns.

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

Both brands offer products for acne-prone skin, but Lovi rates multiple Paula's Choice products as a Superior fit for oily acne-prone skin while Trilogy does not feature specialized blemish treatments on this page. Paula's Choice also helps target acne with ingredients like salicylic acid across many of the products on this page.

How do the founding years and corporate ownerships of Paula's Choice and Trilogy compare?

Paula's Choice was founded in 1995 in the United States and has been owned by Unilever since 2021. Trilogy was founded in 2002 and is owned by CITIC Capital Holdings Limited.

Which brand performs better for texture smoothing and softening according to review themes?

Paula's Choice performs better for texture smoothing and softening according to the review themes on this page.

How does the presence of fragrance differ across the products listed for Paula's Choice and Trilogy?

For Paula's Choice, every product on this page lists no fragrance in its ingredients, whereas Trilogy has fragrance included in 2 of its 3 products.

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

Paula's Choice offers a wider range of moisturizers with specialized formulas, such as the Clinical Ceramide-Enriched Firming Moisturizer, which helps support the skin barrier. Meanwhile, Trilogy focuses on options like the Vitamin C Ceramide Night Cream, which helps provide hydrating and brightening benefits for mature and dry skin types.

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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