Healthy alternatives

Fragrance-free

Brand nameProduct description
Anarres Natural HealthLotions
AttitudeNatural Body Lotion
AuromèreAyurvedic Lotion
AvèneThermal Spring Water
Bubble and BeeOrganic Body Butter
Coastal Classic CreationsSandcastle Body Butter
Cococare100% Cocoa Butter
EarthsafeHand and Body Lotion
MarcelleMoisture Lotion
OnekaBody Lotion
Pure AnadaLotions/ Cocoa Body Butter
Real PurityHand and Body Lotion
Rocky Mountain Soap CompanyBody Butter
TerressentialsOrganic Silken Velvet Body Lotion
The Unscented CompanyLotion

With fragrances (essential oils)

Brand nameProduct description
Cosmic TreeSalamander’s Spring Body Lotion
DruideOrganic Pure Shea Butter
EveryoneNourishing Lotion
Finally PureUltra Shea
Fitglow BeautyCloud Comfort Cream
Green BeaverNatural Body Lotion
Jusu BodyBody Lotion
MiessenceBody Lotions

DIY

You can easily find a set of simple recipes to make your own body cream.

Here is a natural, fragrance-free home recipe:

  • 3/4 cup of vegetable butter (shea, cocoa…)
  • 1/4 cup of liquid coconut oil

In a bain-marie, melt the vegetable butter and coconut oil. Let cool in the refrigerator until hardened, then whisk the preparation. Done! You can keep it in a jar in the fridge or at room temperature.

To find this recipe, visit Little Green Dot.

You will also find other recipes on these pages: Wellness Mama, Going Zero Waste, DIY Natural, etc.

Ingredients to avoid

  • Ceteareth: possible carcinogen
  • DMDM hydantoin: possible carcinogen, skin irritant, skin sensitizer
  • Mineral oil: possible carcinogen depending on the degree of purification, allergen
  • Lanolin: skin sensitizer
  • Parabens: endocrine disruptors
  • Synthetic fragrances: allergens
  • PEG (polyéthyleneglycol): possible carcinogen (by release of 1,4-dioxane), irritant to skin, eyes and respiratory tract
  • Petrolatum: irritant for eyes and respiratory tract, sensitizer
  • Polysorbates 60 and 80: skin and eye irritants, skin sensitizers, possible human toxic effects
  • Propylene glycol: allergen, irritant 
  • Quaternium-15: possible carcinogen (by formaldehyde release)
  • TEA: skin, eye and respiratory irritant, respiratory and skin sensitizer