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The Ordinary vs Taro

The Ordinary is a Canadian skincare brand founded in 2016 and owned by The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. since 2021.

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

Questions and answers

The Ordinary or Taro: which is better?

The Ordinary provides a much wider selection of skincare products on this page across diverse categories, whereas Taro lists only a single tretinoin cream. The Ordinary fits best for sensitive skin, combination skin, and skin with dark spots, while Taro's single product has a high fit for combination and acne-prone skin.

What is the difference between The Ordinary and Taro?

The products on this page for The Ordinary offer a wide variety of skincare items that fit sensitive skin, combination skin, and skin with dark spots, whereas Taro features only Tretinoin Cream.

Which is more affordable, The Ordinary or Taro?

The products on this page from The Ordinary are often mentioned by reviewers as affordable and great value serums. Taro does not feature multiple products or pricing highlights on this page.

When were The Ordinary and Taro founded and who owns them?

The Ordinary was founded in Canada in 2016 and is owned by The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. Taro was founded in 1950 and is owned by Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Limited.

Which skin types do the products from The Ordinary fit best according to their routines?

According to their brand-focused routines, the products on this page from The Ordinary fit sensitive skin, combination skin, and skin with dark spots best.

What are some of the commonly mentioned benefits and complaints from reviewers about The Ordinary products?

Reviewers frequently praise the products on this page for being affordable and great value serums, as well as for smoothing texture, clearing acne, and fading dark spots. However, shoppers sometimes note complaints such as sticky or tacky finishes and pilling issues.

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.

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