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The 26 Best Body Washes for Men: An Option for Every Skin Type

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A daily shower will give you power. Well, maybe not power, but it's the first step in making sure you smell good as you begin your day. When it comes to the discussion of soap, many wonder which is best—bar soap or a body wash. This may be a matter of personal opinion, but we've tried many bar soaps over the years, and we can honestly say that body washes have gotten the job done better for us. Many of you share those same sentiments, and for those that do, we're taking a look at the best body washes for men. As far as men's skincare goes—there's quite literally loads of men's body washes available on the market for purchase, but as well all know—all body washes aren't created equal, and what works for someone else may not automatically work for you (even if you share DNA).

Before we get into our list of body washes, however, there's a few things we've got to cover first.

RELATED: The 21 Best Face Washes and Cleansers for Men to Maintain Healthier Skin

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Why to Use Body Wash Instead of Soap:

As we mentioned earlier, the decision to use body washes instead bar soap is a matter of personal opinion. Some of benefits of using a body wash though is that it tends to be more moisturizing than bar soaps and hydrates the skin better. The storage methods are also considered to be better as body washes are stored in the container/packaging it comes in, whereas bar soaps are more exposed and stored in the shower area, which can cause bacteria to build on it as showers are a high moisture environment. That alone makes body washes more hygienic.

What Ingredients to Look for in a Body Wash:

The ranges of ingredients on all the different body washes are almost impossible to round up. That said, there are some automatic ingredients that you should be keeping in mind when body wash shopping.

Shea Butter: Shea Butter contains a large amount of fatty acids and vitamins that help soften the skin. It also has inflammatory properties.

Olive Oil: Olive Oil also has a bunch of fats, vitamin, and antioxidants that help keep the skin looking healthy.

Coconut Oil: Coconut Oil is another property that helps to hydrate and moisturize the skin while also containing anti-inflammatory properties.

Argan Oil: In addition to smelling great, Argan Oil helps with dry skin maintenance, inflammation, dermatitis, and more

These are just a few important ingredients to look for, but some of the most important out there.

How to Find the Best Body Wash for You:

Finding the best body wash for you involves doing some research on your skin type. If you struggle with dry skin, then you'll specifically want to look for products that hydrate the skin. If you suffer from oily skin, then you'll want a body wash that gets rid of excess bacteria. If acne/sensitive skin is an issue, then a gentle body wash aimed at addressing those problems is probably best in mind. You'll also want to factor any allergies you have as well to avoid an allergic reaction of any sort.

Body Wash as a Part of a Skincare Routine:

We've already covered this slightly, but let's really get into the nitty gritty.

  • Wash: You'll want a body wash that cleans in what we call a gentle powerful way. The wash needs to be strong enough to properly remove all dirt and bacteria from the skin, while not being too harsh. This is where body wash comes in.
  • Exfoliate: Exfoliation is important, especially for those that suffer from dry/flaky skin. You'll be able to see which body washes are specifically for exfoliation as it tends to say it on the front of the label. You only want to exfoliate a few times a week though.
  • Toner: Uneven skin tone can be an annoying thing to deal with, so you'll also want to incorporate a toner into your routine once you're fully clean and exfoliated.
  • Moisturize: Hydrate, hydrate, hydrate. We covered the moisturizing/hydrating quite a bit already in body wash, but after a shower is a great time to apply some moisturizer.
  • Deodorize/Fragrance: What does your body wash smell like? Ideally you'll want a wash that's takes care of any odor, sweat, and bacteria accumulated while sleeping, but will likely also apply a fragrance or deodorant afterwards.

The Best Body Wash for Men, at a Glance:

1. Fur All Body Wash

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Fur

The Best Scented Body Wash

  • Best For: Normal Skin
  • Key Ingredients: Sweet Almond Oil, Castor Seed Oil, Vitamin E, Fractionated Coconut Cleanser
  • Sizes: 8.0 fl oz
  • Price: $27.20

A good place to get started if you are looking for a new moisturizer (or want to make the switch), is definitely this All Body Wash by Fur. The body wash is a balanced restorative oil that hydrates from head to toe, and as you lather, the oil transforms into a velvety soft, milky wash. Cruelty-free as well, which is something we'll always take.

SHOP NOW AT FUR, $27.20

2. Vanicream Gentle Body Wash

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Target

The Best Unscented Body Wash

  • Best For: Sensitive Skin
  • Key Ingredients: Purified Water, Glycerin, Cocoglucoside, and Propanediol
  • Sizes: 12 fl oz
  • Price: $10.99

While the Vanicream Gentle Body Wash isn't limited to just those with sensitive skin, it's properties make it great for those who do struggle in that department as it mild and gentle-free, and is also Sulfate-free, betaine-free and gluten-free. The Gentle Body Wash comes with a great reviews and is super affordable.

SHOP NOW AT TARGET, $10.99

3. Dr. Bronner's 18-In-1 Hemp Pure-Castile Liquid Soap - Peppermint

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Target

The Best Hydrating Body Wash

  • Best For: Normal Skin
  • Key Ingredients: Water, Organic Coconut Oil, Organic Olive Oil, and Organic Jojoba Oil
  • Sizes: 32 fl oz
  • Price: $15.99

Dr. Bronner's 18-In-1 Hemp Pure-Castile Liquid Soap is a gentle effective cleanser that's made with over 90% organic ingredients and over 70% certified fair trade ingredients. What does that mean? It means that this soap is eco-friendly and made in ethical working condition.

SHOP NOW AT TARGET, $15.99

4. Public Goods Body Wash

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Public Goods

Most Affordable Body Wash

  • Best For: Normal Skin
  • Key Ingredients: Essential oils of orange, geranium, cinnamon, mandarin, nutmeg, petitgrain, rosewood, celery seed, grapefruit, and vetiver
  • Sizes: 12 fl oz
  • Price: $4.95

The Gentle Body Wash has a blend of essential oils that cleanses, refreshes, and nourishes your body without drying out your skin. There's also fresh grapefruit, juicy mandarin, and mediterranean herbs that smells good and leaves the skin refreshed.

SHOP NOW AT PUBLIC GOODS, $4.95

5. American Crew 24-Hour Deodorant Body Wash

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ULTA

Best Post-Workout Body Wash

  • Best For: Normal Skin
  • Key Ingredients: Aqua, sodium Laureth sulfate, cocamide, and parfum
  • Sizes: 15.2 fl oz
  • Price: $14.50

When it comes to post-workout showers, you need a little extra. The American 24-Hour Deodorant Body Wash has deodorant built in as it provides 24 hour protection. Anytime you can get 24 hour protection, you should take advantage of it. And for just $14.50 at that? Definitely a deal you should take advantage of.

SHOP NOW AT ULTA, $14.50

6. Proactiv Acne Body Wash

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Proactiv

Best Body Wash for Acne

  • Best For: Sensitive Skin/Acne
  • Key Ingredients: Salicylic Acid, acrylates copolymer, aloe barbadensis leaf extract, butylene glycol
  • Sizes: 9 fl oz
  • Price: $30.60

Proactiv's Acne Body Wash is a gentle, all-over cleanser that reduces oiliness, unclogs pores, and exfoliates skin clearing acne all while helping to prevent future breakouts, wherever they may occur. Sounds like a charmer in our book, and perfect for those that may have issues with acne.

SHOP NOW AT PROACTIV, $30.60

7. Bathing Culture Body Wash

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Best Body Wash for Dry Skin

  • Best For: Normal Skin
  • Key Ingredients: Aloe, shea, and oil
  • Sizes: 2.7 fl oz, 16 fl oz, 128 fl oz
  • Price: $11

If you suffer from dry skin, this body wash from Bathing Culture is excellent for hydrating the skin. The Mind and Body Wash is biodegradable, and has a hydrating formula made with ingredients like aloe, shea, and olive oil—all of which are great for hydrating and keeping the skin moisturized.

SHOP NOW AT AMAZON, $11

8. Blu Atlas Body Wash

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Blu Atlas

Best Deodorizing Body Wash

  • Best For: Normal Skin
  • Key Ingredients: Green tea, sugarcane, and aloe vera
  • Sizes: 8 fl oz
  • Price: $20

Another deodorizing body was to add to your suggestions, the Blu Atlas Body Wash has long been a tried, true, and tested favorite men's body wash for a long time. The Blu Atlas contains green tea, sugarcane, and aloe vera that helps with calming and moisturizing the skin. A great investment to make.

SHOP NOW AT BLU ATLAS, $20

9. L'Objet Rose Noire Hand & Body Liquid Soap

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Neiman Marcus

Most Relaxing Body Washes

  • Best For: Normal Skin
  • Key Ingredients: Pimento berry, white pepper.
  • Sizes: 17 fl oz
  • Price: $60

Sometimes you need to take a shower for simple purpose of relaxation, and L'Objet Rose Noire is the perfect body wash for calming your mental. It contains pimento berry, white pepper, rose, and plenty of other properties that will help you relax instantly. We suggest giving this a go before bedtime if you have trouble sleeping.

SHOP NOW AT NEIMAN MARCUS, $60

10. CeraVe Body Wash with Salicylic Acid

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Best Exfoliating Body Washes

  • Best For: Sensitive skin, oily skin
  • Key Ingredients: Salicylic acid, hyaluronic acid, and niacinamide 
  • Sizes: 10 fl oz
  • Price: $13.46

The CeraVe body wash contains salicylic acid helps to exfoliate the rough skin and bumps that can appear on the upper arms and legs, and it balances out with hyaluronic acid that helps moisturize while the salicylic acid is doing it's thing with the exfoliation. The Niacinamide does the calming, and together they all work together to giving you extra smooth and buttery skin.

SHOP NOW AT AMAZON, $13.46

11. Dove Body Wash Revitalizante

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  • Best For: Normal skin
  • Key Ingredients: Cherry and chia milk
  • Sizes: 20 fl oz
  • Price: $27.96

Dove keeps it simple with its Revitalizante Soap, which is meant simply to smooth the skin as it contains millions of MicroMoisture droplets and is infused with cherry and chia milk which revitalizes your skin and senses. Hence the name.

SHOP NOW AT AMAZON, $27.96

12. Le Labo Mandarin Shower

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Nordstrom
  • Best For: Normal skin
  • Key Ingredients: Rosemary leaf, sunflower oil
  • Sizes: 8.5 fl oz
  • Price: $36

Looking for a plant-based shower gel that nourishes, lathers, and gives you cleanses all while giving you a few moments of serenity in between? Here it is—the Le Labo Mandarin Shower Gel. If it sounds fancy, it's because it is when it comes to shower gels as it's almost $40. As we said, fancy.

SHOP NOW AT NORDSTROM, $36

13. Naturium Multi Vitamin Daily Nutrient Body Wash

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Naturium
  • Best For: Normal skin
  • Key Ingredients: Aqua, Sodium Cocoyl Methyl Isethionate, Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate, and Hydroxysultaine
  • Sizes: 16.9 fl oz
  • Price: $16

The Multi-Vitamin Daily Nutrients Body Wash has plant-based surfactants to remove dirt, oil and other impurities while also having other properties that support the skin's natural moisturizing factor. Throw in the amino acid composition and boom—instantly healthier looking skin.

SHOP NOW AT NATURIUM, $16

14. Dior Sauvage Shower Gel

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Dior
  • Best For: Normal skin
  • Key Ingredients: Aqua, Butylene Glycol, Parfum, Betaine
  • Sizes: 8.5 fl oz
  • Price: $50

Sauvage. Dior Sauvage. Sounds sexy doesn't it? Also goes well with the Sauvage cologne. Don't say we didn't tell you.

SHOP NOW AT DIOR, $50

15. Method Men Body Wash

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  • Best For: Normal skin/combination
  • Key Ingredients: Aqua, fragrance, cocamidopropyl betaine, ammonium chloride
  • Sizes: 18 fl oz
  • Price: $7.98

A sophisticated, nature inspired fragrance that is cruelty-free and made without parabens and phthalates. Very affordable as well.

SHOP NOW AT AMAZON, $7.98

16. Native Body Wash

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Native
  • Best For: Normal skin
  • Key Ingredients: Coconut Oil, Food Grade Cleansing Salt, Citric Acid for pH balance
  • Sizes: 18 fl oz
  • Price: $9

A simple body wash that leaves you feeling fresh and hydrated all day long.

SHOP NOW AT NATIVE, $9

17. Alaffia EveryDay Shea Body Wash

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  • Best For: Regular skin/dry skin
  • Key Ingredients: Shea Butter, Coconut Oil
  • Sizes: 32 fl oz
  • Price: $10.70

While the Alaffia Everyday Shea Body Wash can be used for all skin types, we recommend using if you have dry skin as shea butter is really good at helping to heal dry skin in particular. Cruelty free as well.

SHOP NOW AT AMAZON, $10.70

18. Tooletries Body Wash

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Tooletries
  • Best For: Normal skin/dry
  • Key Ingredients: Aqua, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Glycerin, Sodium Methyl Cocoyl Taurate, and Propanediol
  • Sizes: 13.5 fl oz
  • Price: $14

An all natural Australian made body wash that according to Tooletries "transports the mind as it delights the body while reminding you of pristine Tasmanian landscapes." Paraben free too? Consider us sold.

SHOP NOW AT TOOLETRIES, $14

19. Boticaro Malbec Black Shower Gel

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Boticaro
  • Best For: Normal skin/dry
  • Key Ingredients: Aqua, charcoal extract, fragrance
  • Sizes: 6.7 fl oz
  • Price: $8.05

A best-selling fragrance that we hear smells very good. Apparently this is a must-add to your grooming routine, so go on ahead and add it!

SHOP NOW AT BOTICARO, $8.05

20. Susanne Kaufmann Hair & Body Wash

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Susanne Kaufman
  • Best For: Normal skin/oily
  • Key Ingredients: Aloe vera, mallow, rosehip seed oil, silk protein, yarrow
  • Sizes: 250 ml
  • Price: $60

A two-for-the-price-one that will kill two birds with one stone. Work smarter, not harder.

SHOP NOW AT SUSANNE KAUFMANN, $60

21. Kiehl’s Body Fuel Wash

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Nordstrom
  • Best For: Normal skin/oily
  • Key Ingredients: Caffeine, vitamin C, zinc and menthol
  • Sizes: 33.8 fl oz
  • Price: $43.50

Want a body wash that's been in the business of making people smell good since 1851? Kiehl's Body Wash is an energizing cleanser that removes excess oil, sweat and impurities.

SHOP NOW AT NORDSTROM, $43.50

22. Flamingo Estate Rosemary & Clary Sage Body Wash

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Flamingo Estate
  • Best For: Normal skin
  • Key Ingredients: Water/Aqua/Eau, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil, and Olea Europaea (Olive) Fruit Oil
  • Sizes: 16.9 fl oz
  • Price: $44

A regal body wash that will have you smelling like a beautiful garden in the Hamptons. Made with Clary Sage, Australian Eucalyptus, Mediterranean Rosemary, and California Lavender, the aroma is oh so good.

SHOP NOW AT FLAMINGO ESTATE, $44

23. Every Man Jack Cedarwood Body Wash

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Every Man Jack
  • Best For: Normal skin
  • Key Ingredients: Sodium coco sulfate, glycerin
  • Sizes: 16.9 fl oz
  • Price: $9

You get to choose the main scent with this one. May we suggest cedarwood or crimson oak? Maybe sandalwood and sea salt? Aged Bourbon and juniper sage seem like intriguing scents as well (especially the former). Yeah we just listed all the scents available, but whatever.

SHOP NOW AT EVERY MAN JACK, $9

24. JASON Natural Body Wash & Shower Gel

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Amazon
  • Best For: Normal skin/combo
  • Key Ingredients: Nutrient-rich vitamin E and pro-vitamin B5
  • Sizes: 30 fl oz
  • Price: $15.28

An all-natural body wash that is infused with nutrient-rich vitamin E and pro-vitamin B5, and features aloe vera and sunflower seed oil to provide the extra oomph needed for your skin.

SHOP NOW AT AMAZON, $15.28

25. Bevel Supreme Oak Body Wash

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Amazon
  • Best For: Normal skin/dry
  • Key Ingredients: Shea Butter, vitamin B, coconut oil
  • Sizes: 16 fl oz
  • Price: $9.95

Award-winning and highly rated, Bevel's Moisturizing Body Wash is especially great for those looking to exfoliate. See how we kind of rhymed that a bit?

SHOP NOW AT AMAZON, $9.95

26. Starface Outer Space Foaming Body Cleanser

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Amazon
  • Best For: Normal skin/combo
  • Key Ingredients: Willow bark extract, centella, alpha-hydroxy, shea butter
  • Sizes: 8 fl oz
  • Price: $11.70

And a little something from Outer Space to remove bacteria and build up, reduce inflammation, and brighten your skin.

SHOP NOW AT AMAZON, $11.70
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