Biore vs Taro
Biore and Taro are two distinctive skincare brands offering thoughtful daily solutions for modern routines. The Japanese brand founded in 1980 by Kao Corporation is beloved for its sunscreens, cleansers, masks, and makeup removers, while the latter is warmly embraced for its targeted serums. Both feature gentle and clarifying formulations, with the former suiting sensitive skin and oily skin best, and its counterpart suiting sensitive, dry, and combination skin best. They differ primarily in their product types and specific ingredient focuses, such as the former offering UV Aqua Rich, Makeup Remover Perfect Oil, and Deep Pore Charcoal Cleanser, and the latter providing Tretinoin Cream.
Biore is a Japanese skincare brand founded in 1980 and owned by Kao Corporation.
This page compares some of the most popular Biore and Taro products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.
Popular Biore vs Taro products
Questions and answers
Biore or Taro: which is better?
Biore and Taro serve different needs, as Biore's products on this page fit sensitive, oily, and combination skin well, whereas Taro's Tretinoin Cream fits combination and acne-prone skin with a High Lovi fit level.
The New England Journal of Medicine, 1993Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology, 2020
What is the difference between Biore and Taro?
Biore offers a range of daily cleansers, sunscreens, and masks that fit sensitive, oily, and combination skin, whereas Taro features Tretinoin Cream which has a High fit for combination and acne-prone skin.
The New England Journal of Medicine, 1993Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology, 2020
Which is more affordable, Biore or Taro?
Neither Biore nor Taro can be called more affordable because pricing details are not included in the page facts.
Which causes fewer breakouts, Biore or Taro?
Taro's Tretinoin Cream has a High Lovi fit for acne-prone skin, whereas Biore's products on this page generally have an Average fit for acne-prone skin, making Taro a better choice for reducing breakouts. Tretinoin helps restore collagen formation in photodamaged skin.
The New England Journal of Medicine, 1993Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology, 2020
Which brand has products that fit sensitive skin better, Biore or Taro?
Biore has products on this page that fit sensitive skin better than Taro. Lovi rates Biore's Makeup Remover Perfect Oil as a High fit for sensitive skin, while Taro's Tretinoin Cream is rated as a Low fit for sensitive skin.
How do the founding years and corporate ownership of Biore and Taro compare?
Biore was founded in Japan in 1980 and is owned by Kao Corporation, whereas Taro was founded in 1950 and has been owned by Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Limited since 2010.
Do any products from Biore or Taro contain fragrance in their ingredients?
Every product on this page from both Biore and Taro lists no fragrance in its ingredients.
Research behind their key ingredients
Restoration of collagen formation in photodamaged human skin by tretinoin (retinoic acid)
Psychophysical study of the effects of topical application of menthol in healthy volunteers
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.
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Co-founder, Medical Director
Cosmetic chemist, cosmetologist, aesthetic products developer
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PhD in computer science, 3x US patent holder, ex-Google, ex-Yandex
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Dr. Sof铆a Perea P茅rez, MD, MSc
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Aesthetic medicine practitioner, MSc in Longevity and Anti-Aging Medicine
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Specialist dermatologist, MBBS, MD, IFAAD
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Cosmetic chemist, SCS, IFSCC member
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Medical Board, Medical Advisor
Dermatology MD
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Elina Nazarenko, MD
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Dermatology and diagnostic consultant
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Victoria Derkova, MS
Medical Board
Cosmetic chemist, cosmetic development technologist
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