Simple and Taro are skincare lines that offer gentle, daily care for modern routines. Simple is a British brand founded in 1960 and owned by Unilever PLC since 2011, known for its gentle moisturizers, makeup removers, cleansers, and toners formulated with nourishing niacinamide and glycerin. The brand suits oily acne-prone skin and sensitive skin best, while the other brand suits sensitive, dry, and combination skin best with its targeted serums and carefully crafted formulas, including the Tretinoin Cream for acne-prone skin. Both brands differ in their specific offerings, as the former features standout items like the Kind to Skin Soothing Facial Toner for acne-prone skin, the Micellar Cleansing Water for dark spots, and the Micellar Water for mature skin, backed by studies showing its niacinamide reduces hyperpigmentation and improves aging signs while its glycerin significantly improves skin hydration and barrier function.
Simple is a British skincare brand founded in 1960 and owned by Unilever PLC since 2011.
This page compares some of the most popular Simple and Taro products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.
Simple has a High fit for sensitive skin and oily acne-prone skin, while Taro has a High fit for acne-prone skin and combination skin. Simple offers gentle, fragrance-free daily skincare like moisturizers and makeup removers, whereas Taro provides Tretinoin Cream to help with acne and aging signs.
Simple offers a broad variety of gentle skincare products on this page, whereas Taro features just one prescription-strength option, Tretinoin Cream. Glycerin helps Simple moisturize the skin, and Tretinoin helps Taro restore collagen formation in photodamaged skin.
Simple offers value-friendly moisturizers, while Taro features a specialized prescription treatment, making Simple the more affordable everyday option on this page.
Which causes fewer breakouts, Simple or Taro?
Simple features products on this page with High to Average Lovi fit levels for acne-prone skin, while Taro includes Tretinoin Cream with a High fit level for acne-prone skin. Reviewers note that Simple products may cause breakouts or irritations.
How do the founding years and parent companies of Simple and Taro compare?
Simple was founded in 1960 in the United Kingdom and has been owned by Unilever PLC since 2011. Taro was founded earlier in 1950 and has been owned by Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Limited since 2010.
Which brand offers a wider range of products, Simple or Taro?
Simple offers a wider range of products on this page, featuring multiple cleansers, moisturizers, makeup removers, and a toner, whereas Taro provides only a single tretinoin cream.
Do both Simple and Taro skincare products contain fragrance?
No, both Simple and Taro feature no fragrance in their ingredient lists across the products on this page.
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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.
