Taro vs SKIN&CO
Taro and SKIN&CO are carefully crafted skincare lines known for their specialized formulas and reliable daily care. Taro is warmly embraced for its targeted serums, suiting sensitive, dry, and combination skin best with standout options like the Tretinoin Cream for acne-prone skin. Meanwhile, SKIN&CO is loved for its deeply nourishing moisturizers, suiting dry, normal, and combination skin best with standout options like the Truffle Therapy Serum. Ultimately, the brands differ through their distinct product types, key ingredients, and precise focus on maintaining the natural equilibrium of the complexion.
This page compares some of the most popular Taro and SKIN&CO products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.
Questions and answers
Taro or SKIN&CO: which is better?
Taro gets a High fit on the products on this page for acne-prone skin, while SKIN&CO averages an Average fit across all skin types. Taro is also fragrance-free, whereas SKIN&CO includes fragrance in its serum. Tretinoin helps restore collagen formation in photodamaged skin.
The New England Journal of Medicine, 1993International Journal of Women's Dermatology, 2022
What is the difference between Taro and SKIN&CO?
Taro offers products on this page that have no fragrance, whereas SKIN&CO includes fragrance in its formulation. For fit levels, Lovi rates Taro as High for acne-prone skin, while SKIN&CO gets an Average fit across all skin types.
Which is more affordable, Taro or SKIN&CO?
This page does not provide pricing information to compare the affordability of Taro and SKIN&CO.
Which causes fewer breakouts, Taro or SKIN&CO?
Taro gets a High Lovi fit for acne-prone skin with its Tretinoin Cream, while SKIN&CO gets an Average fit with its Truffle Therapy Serum. Tretinoin helps treat acne.
Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology, 2020Archives of Dermatological Research, 2022
How do the founding years of Taro and SKIN&CO compare?
Taro was founded in 1950, while SKIN&CO was established much later in 2008.
Which brand offers products containing fragrance between Taro and SKIN&CO?
SKIN&CO offers products containing fragrance, whereas every product from Taro on this page lists no fragrance in its ingredients.
How does the Lovi fit level for combination skin differ between Taro's Tretinoin Cream and SKIN&CO's Truffle Therapy Serum?
For combination skin, Lovi rates Taro's Tretinoin Cream as High while SKIN&CO's Truffle Therapy Serum has an Average fit.
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.
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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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Elina Nazarenko, MD
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Dermatology and diagnostic consultant
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Victoria Derkova, MS
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Cosmetic chemist, cosmetic development technologist
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