Choosing a body wash that’s good for your skin and kinder to the planet might seem simple, but it’s not always easy.
Many products contain controversial ingredients such as phthalates, certain parabens and silicones, as well as preservatives like MIT and MCIT, or even petrolatum.
The good news? There are plenty of alternatives with carefully selected ingredients that are gentler on your skin and have a lower environmental impact.
To help you choose, we’ve put together Yuka’s Top 10 Body Washes 🧴
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Soap-Free Baby Wash & Shampoo - Dermaveen
Excellent - 93/100
This soap-free baby wash contains oat kernel flour, glycerin, and ceramide NP, ingredients valued for their moisturizing and skin-conditioning properties. |
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Natural 2-in-1 Bubbly Wash - MooGoo
Excellent - 93/100
Combining coconut-derived cleansers with rice bran and glyceryl oleate, an emollient that helps soften the skin, this soap-free body wash gently cleanses the skin. |
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Honey & Vanilla Body Wash - Freshwater Farm
Excellent - 93/100
This body wash features manuka honey, vanilla extract, shea butter, and plant oils, alongside moisturizing glycerin and vitamin E. |
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Top To Toe Wash - Bunjie
Excellent - 93/100
Formulated with gentle cleansing ingredients, oat kernel oil, aloe vera, glycerin, and moringa seed oil, this baby wash gently cleanses the skin. |
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Ultra Sensitive Body Wash - Ecostore
Excellent - 91/100
With glycerin, betaine, and glyceryl oleate, this body wash combines plant-derived cleansers with New Zealand harakeke extract. |
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Mint & Spring Flowers Body Wash - Thankyou
Excellent - 87/100
Combining moisturizing glycerin and aloe vera with botanical extracts of chamomile and calendula, this body wash helps leave the skin feeling soft and hydrated. |
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Coconut & Jojoba Oil Shower Cream - Nivea
Excellent - 86/100
This creamy body wash contains jojoba, sweet almond, and grape seed oils, alongside glycerin and antioxidant vitamin E. |
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Lipikar Cleansing Oil AP+ - La Roche-Posay
Excellent - 86/100
Glycerin, niacinamide (vitamin B3), shea butter derivatives, and Vitreoscilla ferment come together in this cleansing oil to gently cleanse and moisturize the skin. |
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Sensitive Body Wash - Dove
Excellent - 86/100
This body wash features moisturizing glycerin, sunflower seed oil, and hydrogenated soybean oil, alongside gentle cleansing ingredients. |
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Mango Pomegranate Body Wash - Beach Road Naturals
Excellent - 86/100
Featuring mango and pomegranate extracts alongside coconut, jojoba, olive, and macadamia oils, this body wash also contains vitamin E, known for its antioxidant properties. |
Like all our rankings, this one was conducted completely independently, and no brand has paid to be included.
Thanks
There’s some products I didn’t think were good.
Great research.
I am already using MooGoo for quite some years. Love it!
Much needed info. Thank you
Excellent…. thank you!
Really appreciate this information as I need to buy new body wash this week
I purchased AVENE Xeracalm Nutrition Gel Nettoyant which YUKA rates 100/100. A worthy addition to your list for both face and body use!
I love the Dermaveen, MooGoo and Freshwater Farm. Great for washing ponies with Qld itch. Pretty good in the bathroom as well.
I love this list. It’s so helpful. Maybe a mention of where you can get them. Some are supermarket brands, others chemist, maybe some can only be purchased online? Love to see a similar one for sunscreen and anti-aging face products.
Thank you so much for taking the time to conduct this ranking.
Warm regards
Frances
Thank you for this invaluable service
Thank you for all this hard work you have put in to educate the world. I love it and it is truly appreciated. My hope is that one day ALL products that are made benefit the earth and the people/animals that it is made for, and it’s not about careless greed x
Thank you so much Julie.
Thank you Julie I’m using the thank you one it’s really great
Thank you Julie this is really helpful.
Can you do one on skin cleansers? Is Cetaphil a good cleanser
Many thanks
Love the MooGoo. It’s a fabulous product.
Thank you yuka crew..love what u do..xxx
Thank you. Is Cetaphill Skin Cleanser classified as a body wash as the app has it as 100/100. I have been using it.
This is great info. Can you please do one on moisturisers next…..it would be good to know what we are putting on our faces – thanks
Thank you Julie for the body wash. Will try them.
Fabulous site. Have been using MOOTHpaste for last few months.
Have used Dermavean and MooGoo.
Great products- no iitchy skin after use
I am always checking out your site , thank you Julie this is so helpful 😊
Thank you Julie , this is very helpful, love your site 😊
Did Aveno body wash feature in your test ?
I would be interested to know as I have been using it for over 10 years.
Thank you for all those names and prices!
Another excellent one is Myaura lime $4:00
With jojoba oil and vitamin E. I can’t find it anymore at Reject Shop
Thank you
Thank you
Already using the Ecostore Body Wash
Thanks for the bodywash review. It would be good to show bottle size/volume in mls to make a proper comparison. Great work!
Hi Miriam!
Thank you so much for your kind words and for the suggestion! 😊 Including bottle sizes would definitely make comparisons easier. We’ll keep this in mind for future articles! 💚
Thanks for all that info, I see you have Nivea listed which I used to use ? but since I have heard that they still ? test on Animals I have stopped using there products. But love the work you do please keep it up, as it changed my life and my shopping