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Estée Lauder vs Taro

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

Estée Lauder and Taro are trusted skincare brands offering reliable daily care for modern routines. The American skincare brand founded in 1946 is beloved for its comprehensive range of moisturizers, serums, eye products, cleansers, and more, all expertly formulated with hydrating hyaluronic acid and glycerin, while the latter is warmly embraced for its targeted serums and carefully crafted formulas. The former suits acne-prone skin and mature skin best, while its counterpart suits sensitive, dry, and combination skin best. They differ primarily in their standout formulations, with the American brand featuring the Micro Essence Treatment Lotion, DayWear Moisturizer, and Futurist Peptide-Power Serum Primer, and the other offering the Tretinoin Cream for acne-prone skin.

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

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Questions and answers

Estée Lauder or Taro: which is better?

Estée Lauder may be better for a wider variety of skin needs since the products on this page offer deep hydration and fit multiple skin types well, whereas Taro is limited to a single acne and combination skin treatment. Both brands rely on key ingredients like glycerin and hyaluronic acid to help improve skin quality.

Journal of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2015Dermatologic Therapy, 2022

What is the difference between Estée Lauder and Taro?

Estée Lauder offers a wide variety of skincare products on this page with key ingredients like hyaluronic acid and glycerin, whereas Taro features just one product, Tretinoin Cream. Lovi rates the products on this page from Estée Lauder as having an average fit for acne-prone skin, while Taro's Tretinoin Cream has a high fit for acne-prone skin.

Journal of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2015The New England Journal of Medicine, 1993

Which is more affordable, Estée Lauder or Taro?

Reviews note a high price point for Estée Lauder, while Taro offers no information on affordability.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Estée Lauder or Taro?

Both Estée Lauder and Taro offer products on this page that are a High fit for acne-prone skin, such as Estée Lauder's Advanced Night Cleansing Gelée and Taro's Tretinoin Cream.

Which brand offers more fragrance-free skincare products, Estée Lauder or Taro?

Estée Lauder offers more fragrance-free skincare products than Taro, with twelve out of fourteen products on this page listing no fragrance. Taro lists only one product on the page, which also contains no fragrance.

How do the skin types that Estée Lauder and Taro fit best compare according to their routines?

Estée Lauder fits acne-prone skin, mature skin, and oily acne-prone skin best based on its brand-focused routines, whereas Taro lists no best-fit skin types on this page.

What specific products does Estée Lauder offer for mature skin compared to Taro?

For mature skin, the products on this page from Estée Lauder include Advanced Night Repair, Revitalizing Supreme+, Micro Essence Treatment Lotion, Re-Nutriv, Perfectionist Pro, Advanced Night Repair Eye Supercharged Gel-Creme, Advanced Night Cleansing Gelée, DayWear Moisturizer, Soft Clean Moisture Rich Foaming Cleanser, Nutritious Booster Drops, Revitalizing Supreme+ Youth Power Eye Balm, Take It Away Makeup Remover Lotion, Nutritious Melting Soft Creme/Mask, and Futurist Peptide-Power Serum Primer, with Lovi fit levels ranging from Average to Superior. In contrast, Taro offers Tretinoin Cream for mature skin with an Average Lovi fit level.

The New England Journal of Medicine, 1993Dermatologic Therapy, 2022

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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