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Kiehl's vs Taro

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Kiehl's and Taro are skincare brands that offer reliable daily care for modern routines. The American brand is loved for its nourishing moisturizers, targeted serums, soothing toners, and revitalizing eye products formulated with glycerin and squalane, while Taro is warmly embraced for its targeted serums and carefully crafted formulas. Both suit combination skin best, though the former additionally suits mature skin, and the latter additionally suits sensitive and dry skin. They differ in their specific formulations and targeted concerns, such as the former offering 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, whereas the latter features 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 products for various skin types and concerns, whereas Taro features only Tretinoin Cream, which has a High fit level for acne-prone and combination skin. Topical tretinoin helps restore collagen formation in photodamaged human skin.

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What is the difference between Kiehl's and Taro?

Kiehl's offers a wide range of twenty-eight skincare products featuring key ingredients like glycerin and vitamin C, while Taro features just one product on this page, which is Tretinoin Cream. Lovi rates Kiehl's as a High fit for mature skin, combination skin, and skin with dark spots, whereas Taro fits combination and acne-prone skin at a High level.

Which is more affordable, Kiehl's or Taro?

The products on this page do not list pricing information to determine whether Kiehl's or Taro is more affordable.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Kiehl's or Taro?

Reviewers often mention that Kiehl's causes breakouts and skin irritation. Taro features Tretinoin Cream, which rates a High fit level for acne-prone skin.

Which brand has been owned by its parent company for a longer period of time, Kiehl's or Taro?

Taro has been owned by its parent company for a shorter period, since 2010, whereas Kiehl's has been owned by L'Oréal S.A. since 2000.

How do the fragrance options compare between Kiehl's and Taro skincare products?

Kiehl's has 26 out of 28 products on this page with no fragrance, while Age Defender Moisturizer and Facial Fuel Energizing Moisture Treatment for Men contain fragrance. Taro has every product on this page listing no fragrance in its ingredients.

Which brand offers a cleanser specifically rated as superior for oily and oily acne-prone skin types?

Kiehl's offers cleansers specifically rated as superior for oily and oily acne-prone skin types, such as the Calendula Deep Cleansing Foaming Face Wash and the Rare Earth Deep Pore Daily Cleanser. These products on this page help cleanse while managing excess oil for these skin types.

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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