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Kiehl's vs Taro

Kiehl's and Taro are skincare brands that offer thoughtful daily care for modern routines. The American brand is cherished for its moisturizers, serums, toners, eye products, and more, all anchored by nourishing ingredients like glycerin and squalane, while the latter is warmly embraced for its targeted serums and carefully crafted formulas. Kiehl's suits skin with dark spots and mature skin best, whereas Taro suits sensitive, dry, and combination skin best. They differ because the former brand's formulations feature ingredients where glycerin significantly increases hydration and restores epidermal barrier function, while squalane counteracts oxidative stress and stimulates fibroblast migration.

Kiehl's is an American skincare brand founded in 1851 and owned by L'Oréal S.A. since 2000.

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

Questions and answers

Kiehl's or Taro: which is better?

Kiehl's offers a much broader selection of products on this page across multiple skin types, while Taro features only Tretinoin Cream with a High fit for combination and acne-prone skin. Topical tretinoin helps restore collagen formation in photodamaged human skin.

The New England Journal of Medicine, 1993

What is the difference between Kiehl's and Taro?

Kiehl's offers a wide range of products that are mostly fragrance-free and best fit skin with dark spots, mature skin, and combination skin, whereas Taro features a single product on this page, Tretinoin Cream, which is fragrance-free and has a High fit for combination and acne-prone skin.

The New England Journal of Medicine, 1993

Which is more affordable, Kiehl's or Taro?

The products on this page for Kiehl's have a high price point according to reviewers, while Taro does not provide pricing information on this page.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Kiehl's or Taro?

Reviewers of Kiehl's often note that its products may cause breakouts and skin irritation, while Taro offers a Tretinoin Cream that has a High fit level for acne-prone skin on Lovi.

The New England Journal of Medicine, 1993

Which brand has been owned by its parent company for a longer period of time, Kiehl's or Taro?

Taro has been owned by its parent company for a shorter period, since 2010, whereas Kiehl's has been owned by L'Oréal S.A. since 2000.

How many products contain fragrance in Kiehl's compared to Taro?

Kiehl's has 2 products on this page with fragrance, while Taro has none.

What are the specific key ingredients shared across Kiehl's products?

The key ingredients shared across the products on this page for Kiehl's include glycerin, vitamin C, squalane, shea butter, and vitamin E.

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.

How does it fit your skin?

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