Biore and Carotone are distinct skincare lines created to support a balanced and radiant complexion. The Japanese brand, founded in 1980 and owned by Kao Corporation, is beloved for thoughtful sunscreens, cleansers, masks, and makeup removers that suit sensitive and oily skin best. Meanwhile, the second line is known for targeted serums with carefully crafted formulas that suit dry, normal, and combination skin best. While both offer effective options for specific concerns鈥攕uch as the former's UV Aqua Rich, Makeup Remover Perfect Oil, and Deep Pore Charcoal Cleanser alongside the latter's Brightening Cream鈥攖hey differ primarily in their core ingredient approaches and ideal skin types.
Biore is a Japanese skincare brand founded in 1980 and owned by Kao Corporation.
This page compares some of the most popular Biore and Carotone products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.
Biore and Carotone both fit various skin types well on this page, with Biore best suiting sensitive, oily, and combination skin through its brand-focused routines.
What is the difference between Biore and Carotone?
Biore offers a range of products including sunscreens, masks, cleansers, and makeup removers that Lovi rates best for sensitive, oily, and combination skin, whereas Carotone features a single Brightening Cream. Every product from both brands on this page lists no fragrance in its ingredients.
Which is more affordable, Biore or Carotone?
Neither Biore nor Carotone has pricing information listed on this page to determine which brand is more affordable.
Which causes fewer breakouts, Biore or Carotone?
Biore and Carotone both offer products on this page that have an average fit for acne-prone skin, such as Biore's Deep Pore Charcoal Cleanser and Carotone's Brightening Cream. Lovi rates Biore's acne-prone skin fit as Average across several items, while the products on this page list no fragrance in their ingredients.
When was each brand founded and which companies own them?
Biore was founded in 1980 in Japan and is owned by Kao Corporation. Carotone was founded in 2009 and is owned by Nouvelle Parfumerie Gandour.
Which brand offers a sunscreen product on this page?
Biore offers a sunscreen product on this page, named UV Aqua Rich. Lovi rates its fit as High for combination skin and Average for oily acne-prone skin, skin with dark spots, oily skin, acne-prone skin, and mature skin.
Do any of the products from either brand contain fragrance?
Every product on this page from both Biore and Carotone lists no fragrance in its ingredients.
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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.
