Beauty Editor Shared What Body Washes are Best for Dry Skin
14.01.2022
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What body wash is best for dry winter skin?
It has not always been easy. Body washes can be difficult to find. It can be difficult to find a body wash that leaves you feeling hydrated and not dry-out. It is important to look for formulas that are rich in moisturizing ingredients, such as shea butter, green tea and hyaluronic acids. Texture is also important. Creamy milks and rich oils will feel like a wrap on your skin. Avoid sulfates. They can dry out skin and strip it of its natural oils.
While hydrating body oils and body creams are important, moisturizing body washes can be your first line defense against the elements. These body cleansers will restore your skin’s moisture levels when the sun is dry, hot, or windy.
- Dove Cool Moisture Body Wash
$6, TARGET.COM
Dove’s favorite body wash has been a staple for more than a decade. It combines Dove’s moisturizing mix (a combination of lipids and skin-natural nourishers as well as plant-based moisturizers) along with soap (glycerin). You can find it in all of the hydrating scents but I prefer the green one, which contains cooling cucumber and green tea extract. It’s also pH-balanced, and sulfate free for those with skin conditions such as eczema.
Double the hydration! You can pair it with the brand’s Body Love collection, which includes a range of luxurious-feeling cream oils and body lotions that you can use after a shower.
- Useful Body Wash
$25, SEPHORA.COM
This body wash is designed to clean your body and improve your skin’s tone. It is fragrance-free, pH-optimized to not irritate and also contains niacinamide for smoothing the skin’s surface. The gel texture is made from mild plant-derived surfactants that gently clean the skin without stripping it.
- Olay Nourishing Bodywash with Vitamin B3 & Hyaluronic Acid
$8, TARGET.COM
Hyaluronic acids serums for the face are something you might already be familiar with. But have you ever tried hyaluronic Acid all over your body? PSA: This is a game-changer. It’s in Olay’s nourishing formula that also contains vitamin B3 which helps to treat dryness at its source.
- Odele Moisturizing Body Wash
$9, TARGET.COM
This pH-balanced formulation contains eight powerful B vitamins. Washing your skin with it is like taking a multivitamin. It smells amazing, but it is 100% natural and made from grapefruit peels.
- Body Cleanser: Drunk Elephant Camili cream
$20, SEPHORA.COM
Drunk Elephant’s body collection is as good as their facial line. It contains fatty acid rich marula oil and sweet almond oils as well as a multi-aminoic blend to provide maximum hydration. It has a pH value of 5.0, is non-toxic, and does not contain any dyes or drying alcohols.
- CeraVe Hydrating Hand Wash
$11, AMAZON.COM
If your skin feels tightened and dry, it could be due to a damaged skin barrier. It is important to include more ceramides in your skincare routine. These are naturally found in the skin and can help repair that barrier. This body wash contains three essential ceramides along with hyaluronic and glycerin. Together, they make a powerful trio for hydrating.
- La Roche-Posay Lipikar Wash AP+
$16, ULTA.COM
This formula has been approved by the National Eczema Association. It uses prebiotic thermal water from the brand as its base. This exclusive blend is rich in selenium, a natural antioxidant, and protects skin from the drying effects caused by hard water. You can make this formula A(P+)+ by adding niacinamide.
- Embryolisse Foaming Cream Milk
$15, AMAZON.COM
The creamy milky cream texture transforms into a soft foamy mixture that wraps around the skin. It also smells just like a French girl. The shower is just the beginning of the adventure. The hydrating formula is infused with prickly peel extract, fatty acids and lipids so your skin feels luxurious after you’ve finished showering.
- Kiehl’s Creme de Corps Smoothing Oil to-Foam Body Cleanser
$30, ULTA.COM
Kiehl’s bodywash has two oils that are underappreciated in the industry, and both of which are hydrating. The oil is made from grapeseed oil, which is rich in antioxidants and extracted from various grape varieties. It’s combined with castor oil to make an oil-based cleanser that transforms into a light foam upon application.
- Love Beauty and Planet Bountiful Moisture Body Wash
$9, WALGREENS.COM
This body wash is free of silicone and sulfate and made entirely from plant-based cleansers. It will leave your skin feeling healthier and the world a better place. Organic murumuru butter is the key to moisturizing. It’s a moisturizing ingredient similar to coconut oil, and it comes from the white fat found in the nuts of the Amazonian Murumuru palm tree. This feminine scent is also my favorite, as it comes from ethically sourced roses from Bulgaria.
