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Kiehl's vs Taro

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Kiehl's and Taro are skincare brands that offer distinct daily care for modern routines. Kiehl's is beloved for its moisturizers, serums, toners, eye products, and more, which feature key ingredients like glycerin and squalane, while the other brand is warmly embraced for its targeted serums and carefully crafted formulas. The American skincare brand suits dry skin and sensitive skin best thanks to those nourishing formulations, whereas both suit sensitive, dry, and combination skin best. They differ because the founded-in-1851 selection offers standout products including the Calendula Herbal-Extract Toner for acne-prone skin, the Calendula Deep Cleansing Foaming Face Wash for skin with dark spots, and the Ultra Facial Toner for mature skin, while the L'Oréal S.A.-owned option provides reliable daily care and the Tretinoin Cream for acne-prone skin.

Kiehl's is an American skincare brand founded in 1851 and owned by L'Oréal S.A. since 2000.

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

Popular Kiehl's vs Taro products

Kiehl's vs Taro serums and treatments

Questions and answers

Kiehl's or Taro: which is better?

Kiehl's offers a wide range of skincare products that Lovi rates as High or Superior for dry, sensitive, and mature skin, whereas Taro features only a single topical cream on this page. Kiehl's formulations help provide deep hydration and improve skin texture, though some users may experience breakouts or skin irritation.

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What is the difference between Kiehl's and Taro?

Kiehl's offers a wide range of products including cleansers, moisturizers, and serums with a strong fit for dry, sensitive, and mature skin, whereas Taro features a single product on this page, Tretinoin Cream, which has a high fit for combination and acne-prone skin.

Which is more affordable, Kiehl's or Taro?

The products on this page for Kiehl's and Taro do not include pricing information, so affordability cannot be compared here.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Kiehl's or Taro?

Reviewers on the Kiehl's page note that the products on this page cause breakouts and skin irritation, whereas Taro has only one product on the page, Tretinoin Cream, which has a High fit for acne-prone skin.

Which brand offers more product options for dry and sensitive skin, Kiehl's or Taro?

Kiehl's offers significantly more product options for dry and sensitive skin compared to Taro, featuring multiple moisturizers and cleansers tailored for these skin types.

Do either Kiehl's or Taro products contain added fragrance?

Kiehl's includes added fragrance in only 2 of the 28 products on this page, while Taro includes no added fragrance in any of its products.

How do the founding years and corporate ownerships of Kiehl's and Taro compare?

Kiehl's was founded in 1851 in the United States and has been owned by L'Oréal S.A. since 2000, whereas Taro was founded in 1950 and has been owned by Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Limited since 2010.

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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