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Allies of Skin vs Taro

Rated by Lovi · Unbiased, science-based skincare AI trained on real user outcomes · How the Fit score works

Allies of Skin and Taro are skincare lines that offer targeted daily care. Allies of Skin is loved for its luxurious moisturizers, potent serums, and targeted eye products formulated with powerhouse ingredients like niacinamide, suiting dry and acne-prone skin best. Meanwhile, Taro is warmly embraced for its targeted serums and carefully crafted formulas, suiting sensitive, dry, and combination skin best. The main difference lies in their specific formulations, with both brands providing reliable daily care for modern routines.

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

Popular Allies of Skin vs Taro products

Questions and answers

Allies of Skin or Taro: which is better?

Allies of Skin is generally better for a wider variety of skin types and concerns on this page, whereas Taro offers a single prescription-strength Tretinoin Cream that is rated High only for combination and acne-prone skin. Allies of Skin products feature key ingredients like niacinamide, which helps reduce cutaneous pigmentation.

The British Journal of Dermatology, 2002

What is the difference between Allies of Skin and Taro?

Allies of Skin offers a wide range of fragrance-free serums, moisturizers, and eye products containing ingredients like niacinamide, with high to superior Lovi fit levels for dry, acne-prone, and oily acne-prone skin. In contrast, Taro provides a single Tretinoin Cream on this page, which helps restore collagen formation in photodamaged human skin.

The British Journal of Dermatology, 2002The New England Journal of Medicine, 1993

Which is more affordable, Allies of Skin or Taro?

Taro does not have price information listed on this page, while reviewers note that Allies of Skin has a high price point.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Allies of Skin or Taro?

Both brands offer products for acne-prone skin, with Allies of Skin featuring multiple items rated High or Superior for this skin type, while Taro includes Tretinoin Cream, which is rated High for acne-prone skin.

Which brand has been around longer, Allies of Skin or Taro?

Taro has been around much longer, having been founded in 1950, whereas Allies of Skin was founded in 2016.

Do products from either Allies of Skin or Taro contain fragrance?

Every product on this page from both Allies of Skin and Taro lists no fragrance in its ingredients.

How many products are listed for Allies of Skin compared to Taro?

Allies of Skin has six products listed on this page, whereas Taro features only one product. Both brands list no fragrance in the ingredients of the products on this page.

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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