Biore vs NIOD
Biore and NIOD are two distinct skincare lines that cater to different routines through thoughtfully engineered formulas. The Japanese brand is known for gentle sunscreens, cleansers, masks, and makeup removers that suit sensitive and oily skin best, while the Canadian brand is celebrated for advanced serums and balancing toners that favor mature, sensitive, and dry skin types. Both lines offer targeted relief for concerns like acne and dark spots, differing primarily in their approach to everyday care versus scientifically rigorous treatment.
Biore is a Japanese skincare brand founded in 1980 and owned by Kao Corporation.
NIOD is a Canadian skincare brand founded in 2015 and owned by The Est茅e Lauder Companies Inc. since 2021.
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This page compares some of the most popular Biore and NIOD products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.
Questions and answers
Biore or NIOD: which is better?
NIOD achieves a High fit level for dry and dry sensitive skin with its serum, whereas the products on this page for Biore earn a Caution rating for those skin types.
What is the difference between Biore and NIOD?
Biore products on this page best fit sensitive, oily, and combination skin, whereas NIOD offers high fits for mature, sensitive, dry, combination, dry sensitive, and oily acne-prone skin. Glucosides found in NIOD help improve skin barrier function and hydration.
Which is more affordable, Biore or NIOD?
This page compares Biore and NIOD, but it does not provide pricing or affordability information for either brand.
Which causes fewer breakouts, Biore or NIOD?
When it comes to breakouts, NIOD has a high fit for oily acne-prone skin with Modulating Glucosides, whereas the products on this page from Biore mostly show average or low fits for acne-prone skin.
When were Biore and NIOD founded and where are their parent companies located?
Biore was founded in Japan in 1980 and is owned by a Japanese parent company, while NIOD was founded in Canada in 2015 and is owned by a parent company in the United States.
Which Biore products have a High Lovi fit level for sensitive skin?
Makeup Remover Perfect Oil and UV Aqua Rich are the Biore products on this page that have a High Lovi fit level for sensitive skin.
Do any products from Biore or NIOD contain fragrance in their ingredients?
Every product on this page from both Biore and NIOD lists no fragrance in its ingredients.
Research behind their key ingredients
Psychophysical study of the effects of topical application of menthol in healthy volunteers
Effects of glyceryl glucoside on AQP3 expression, barrier function and hydration of human skin
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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Elina Nazarenko, MD
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Victoria Derkova, MS
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