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Some By Mi vs Taro

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

Some By Mi and Taro are skincare labels offering serums, cleansers, toners, and moisturizers for daily routines. The former brand is known for utilizing niacinamide, centella asiatica, and salicylic acid, while the latter is warmly embraced for targeted serums and carefully crafted formulas. Both suit sensitive skin, though the first brand also fits skin with dark spots best and the second brand suits dry and combination skin best. They differ primarily in their active ingredients and targeted formulations, such as the first brand featuring specialized toners and the second featuring a tretinoin cream for acne.

Some By Mi is a Korean skincare brand founded in 2016 and owned by JKL Partners since 2021.

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

Popular Some By Mi vs Taro products

Some By Mi vs Taro serums and treatments

Questions and answers

Some By Mi or Taro: which is better?

Some By Mi provides a much wider range of products that are mostly rated Superior or High for sensitive skin and dark spots, whereas Taro offers only a single Tretinoin Cream that rates Low for sensitive skin and dark spots.

What is the difference between Some By Mi and Taro?

Some By Mi offers a wide variety of skincare products on this page tailored to multiple skin types and goals, whereas Taro features just one product, Tretinoin Cream.

Which is more affordable, Some By Mi or Taro?

The provided page facts do not contain pricing information to determine whether Some By Mi or Taro is more affordable.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Some By Mi or Taro?

Some By Mi is more likely to help reduce breakouts for more skin types because its acne-clearing treatments and toners achieve Superior fit levels across acne-prone and oily skin.

How does the founding year and ownership history differ between Some By Mi and Taro?

Some By Mi was founded in South Korea in 2016 and has been owned by JKL Partners since 2021. In contrast, Taro was founded earlier in 1950 and has been owned by Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Limited since 2010.

Which brand offers a wider variety of product types, such as toners, serums, and sunscreens?

Some By Mi offers a wider variety of product types on this page, including multiple toners, serums, cleansers, moisturizers, and a sunscreen. In contrast, Taro only features a single tretinoin cream on this page.

How do the Lovi fit levels for acne-prone skin compare between Some By Mi's products and Taro's Tretinoin Cream?

Some By Mi has many products on this page with a Superior or High Lovi fit level for acne-prone skin, whereas Taro's Tretinoin Cream has a High fit level for it.

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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