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The INKEY List vs Taro

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

The INKEY List and Taro are distinct skincare lines offering practical daily care for modern routines. The British brand features moisturizers, serums, toners, eye products, and more built around glycerin, while the latter is warmly embraced for its targeted serums and carefully crafted formulas. Both brands suit sensitive and combination skin best, with the latter also suiting dry skin and the former offering specific formulas for acne-prone skin, dark spots, and mature skin. They differ primarily in their product assortment, with the first utilizing key ingredients like glycerin to significantly increase skin hydration and restore barrier function, and the second providing reliable options such as Tretinoin Cream.

The INKEY List is a British skincare brand founded in 2018 and owned by Brand Evangelists for Beauty Limited.

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

Popular The INKEY List vs Taro products

The INKEY List vs Taro serums and treatments

Questions and answers

The INKEY List or Taro: which is better?

The INKEY List offers a much wider variety of products on this page and fits sensitive, combination, and oily acne-prone skin best, whereas Taro features only a single product, Tretinoin Cream, which helps restore collagen formation in photodamaged human skin.

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What is the difference between The INKEY List and Taro?

The INKEY List offers a wide variety of 16 different skincare products founded in 2018, whereas Taro features a single product, Tretinoin Cream, from a company founded in 1950. Tretinoin may help with collagen formation in photodamaged human skin.

The New England Journal of Medicine, 1993

Which is more affordable, The INKEY List or Taro?

The INKEY List offers more affordable options, with reviewers frequently noting that both its moisturizers and serums are budget-friendly. Taro features only one product on this page, Tretinoin Cream, and does not have the same range of affordable options.

Which causes fewer breakouts, The INKEY List or Taro?

The INKEY List offers multiple products on this page with high or superior Lovi fit levels for acne-prone skin, whereas Taro features Tretinoin Cream which has a high fit for acne-prone skin but may cause purging or breakouts.

When were The INKEY List and Taro founded, and who owns them?

The INKEY List was founded in 2018 in the United Kingdom and is owned by Brand Evangelists for Beauty Limited, while Taro was founded in 1950 and has been owned by Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Limited since 2010.

Which brand offers more products for dry skin, and how do their Lovi fit levels compare?

The INKEY List offers multiple products on this page for dry skin with fit levels ranging from Superior to Caution, whereas Taro offers only one product for dry skin with a Low fit level.

Do either The INKEY List or Taro products contain fragrance?

Every product on this page for both The INKEY List and Taro 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.

  • 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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