After reviewing multiple sources, here are some of the best body moisturizers, their product details, positive and negative aspects, and ingredients or materials:
- Nécessaire The Body Lotion
- Product details: A luxurious, vitamin-rich formula that moisturizes and nourishes with shea butter and niacinamide.
- Positive aspects: Luxurious formula, vitamin-rich, moisturizes and nourishes skin.
- Negative aspects: Expensive.
- Ingredients: Shea butter, niacinamide.
- Vaseline Intensive Care Cocoa Body Lotion
- Product details: A generous pump bottle containing a moisturizing blend of petroleum jelly and cocoa butter.
- Positive aspects: Affordable, moisturizing blend.
- Negative aspects: May not be as effective for very dry skin.
- Ingredients: Petroleum jelly, cocoa butter.
- CeraVe Moisturizing Lotion
- Product details: A light, slippery texture and ingredients that aren’t quite as good at reducing water loss as those in our pick.
- Positive aspects: Un-greasy, clean feeling, pleasant neutral scent.
- Negative aspects: May not be as effective for very dry skin.
- Ingredients: Emollients such as shea and cocoa butters, cetearyl alcohol, mineral oil, lanolin, and stearic, linoleic, linolenic, oleic, and lauric acids.
- La Roche-Posay Lipikar Balm AP+
- Product details: A rich, fragrance-free formula that is suitable for sensitive skin.
- Positive aspects: Rich, fragrance-free formula, suitable for sensitive skin.
- Negative aspects: Expensive.
- Ingredients: Shea butter, niacinamide, glycerin.
- Primally Pure Body Butter
- Product details: A great option for all skin types, comes in a few different scents, which are all naturally scented with essential oils.
- Positive aspects: Great for all skin types, comes in different scents, naturally scented with essential oils.
- Negative aspects: Expensive.
- Ingredients: Organic, cruelty-free, and natural ingredients.
When choosing a body moisturizer, it is important to look for hydrating ingredients like nourishing plant oils, earth-derived butters, and humectants such as hyaluronic acid and glycerin. Humectants are the best ones to seek out in a body lotion as they attract moisture to and seal it in the skin but are still lightweight and don’t feel heavy on the skin.
