Body lotion that's not greasy

OUAI St. Barts Moisturizing Body Cream has the best record: 58 of 58 reviewers said it absorbs without leaving them greasy or sticky, at both Ulta (29 of 29) and Sephora (29 of 29). The most reviewers weighed in on OUAI St. Barts Moisturizing Body Cream, and Sol de Janeiro Bom Dia Bright Body Cream also has a clean sheet at 32 of 32. Sol de Janeiro Brazilian Bum Bum Cream has the weakest record here at 29 of 32, which is still a strong share.

  • 263 store reviews counted
  • Ulta and Sephora shoppers
  • Apr 2021 to Sep 2026

Updated . How we count

Is it greasy? What buyers said
  1. OUAI St. Barts Moisturizing Body Cream 58 said either way
  2. Sol de Janeiro Bom Dia Bright Body Cream 32 said either way
  3. Moroccanoil Body Lotion 30 said either way
  4. L'Occitane Almond Supple Skin Body Oil 29 said either way
  5. Sol de Janeiro Brazilian Bum Bum Cream 32 said either way
  6. Kiehl's Ultra Body Mega Moisture Squalane Cream 10 said either way
  7. L'Occitane Almond Milk Concentrate Body Moisturizer 8 said either way

Share of reviewers who stated an outcome for greasiness. Ranked by the lower bound of a 90% confidence interval, so a product needs both a good share and enough reports to rank high.

OUAI St. Barts Moisturizing Body Cream Best record OUAI St. Barts Moisturizing Body Cream 58 of 58 say it isn't greasy See price & reviews on Amazon
What stands out

Scent comes up almost as often as texture in the praise. 88% of OUAI reviews and 91% of Sol de Janeiro Bom Dia reviews mention it.

The ranking, product by product

Praise and complaints are the points reviewers repeat most, shown as a share of each product's counted store reviews.

1 OUAI St. Barts Moisturizing Body Cream

OUAI

St. Barts Moisturizing Body Cream

Best for a light feel and scent

58/58 say it isn't greasy

88% praise the scent and 60% say it hydrates, with a clean record at both stores. The main complaint is price, from 10%.

What buyers praise

  • Nice scent 88%
  • Hydrating 60%
  • Smooths rough skin 38%
  • Absorbs fast 34%
  • Hydration lasts 17%

What buyers complain about

  • Too expensive 10%
  • Not moisturizing enough 3%
Where buyers said it
  • Ulta 29 of 29
  • Sephora 29 of 29
  • Brand site 1 of 1 shown, not counted
By skin type (Sephora reviewers)
  • Combination11 of 11
  • Normal8 of 8
  • Dry4 of 4
By skin tone (Sephora reviewers)
  • Fair to light13 of 13
  • Light-medium to medium6 of 6
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Share of 58 store reviews that mention each point. A full bar is 50%.

2 Sol de Janeiro Bom Dia Bright Body Cream

Sol de Janeiro

Bom Dia Bright Body Cream

32/32 say it isn't greasy

91% praise the scent and 44% say it absorbs fast. On Sol de Janeiro's own site 25 of 26 said it isn't greasy, which we show but don't count.

What buyers praise

  • Nice scent 91%
  • Absorbs fast 44%
  • Hydrating 34%
  • Smooths rough skin 31%

What buyers complain about

No repeated complaints yet.

Where buyers said it
  • Ulta 2 of 2
  • Sephora 30 of 30
  • Brand site 25 of 26 shown, not counted
By skin type (Sephora reviewers)
  • Combination15 of 15
  • Dry7 of 7
  • Normal4 of 4
  • Oily4 of 4
By skin tone (Sephora reviewers)
  • Fair to light19 of 19
  • Light-medium to medium8 of 8
Acne-prone reviewers
  • Said it worked10 of 10
3 Moroccanoil Body Lotion

Moroccanoil

Body Lotion

29/30 say it isn't greasy

77% praise the scent and 47% say it smooths rough skin. 10% said it wasn't moisturizing enough, and 1 of 30 found it greasy.

What buyers praise

  • Nice scent 77%
  • Smooths rough skin 47%
  • Hydrating 43%
  • Absorbs fast 23%
  • Hydration lasts 7%

What buyers complain about

  • Not moisturizing enough 10%
Where buyers said it
  • Sephora 29 of 30
By skin type (Sephora reviewers)
  • Combination20 of 21
  • Normal4 of 4
By skin tone (Sephora reviewers)
  • Fair to light17 of 17
  • Light-medium to medium2 of 3
4 L'Occitane Almond Supple Skin Body Oil

L'Occitane

Almond Supple Skin Body Oil

Best for a non-greasy body oil

28/29 say it isn't greasy

A body oil that still keeps an almost clean record. 86% praise the scent and 45% say it smooths rough skin.

What buyers praise

  • Nice scent 86%
  • Smooths rough skin 45%
  • Hydrating 41%
  • Absorbs fast 28%
  • Hydration lasts 10%

What buyers complain about

No repeated complaints yet.

Where buyers said it
  • Sephora 28 of 29
5 Sol de Janeiro Brazilian Bum Bum Cream

Sol de Janeiro

Brazilian Bum Bum Cream

29/32 say it isn't greasy

Still strong, but this is where greasy reports show up: 9% of reviews call it greasy or sticky. 75% praise the scent and 53% say it hydrates.

What buyers praise

  • Nice scent 75%
  • Hydrating 53%
  • Smooths rough skin 34%
  • Absorbs fast 34%
  • Hydration lasts 9%

What buyers complain about

  • Not moisturizing enough 6%
  • Strong or bad scent 6%
  • Too expensive 6%
Where buyers said it
  • Ulta 2 of 2
  • Sephora 27 of 30
  • Brand site 28 of 28 shown, not counted
By skin type (Sephora reviewers)
  • Combination10 of 11
  • Dry6 of 6
  • Normal5 of 5
By skin tone (Sephora reviewers)
  • Fair to light12 of 13
  • Light-medium to medium3 of 3
  • Medium-tan to tan3 of 3
6 Kiehl's Ultra Body Mega Moisture Squalane Cream

Kiehl's

Ultra Body Mega Moisture Squalane Cream

10/10 say it isn't greasy

A clean record from a small group, 10 of 10 at Sephora. 50% say it smooths rough skin and 40% say it absorbs fast.

What buyers praise

  • Smooths rough skin 50%
  • Absorbs fast 40%
  • Hydrating 40%
  • Hydration lasts 30%

What buyers complain about

No repeated complaints yet.

Where buyers said it
  • Sephora 10 of 10
7 L'Occitane Almond Milk Concentrate Body Moisturizer

L'Occitane

Almond Milk Concentrate Body Moisturizer

8/8 say it isn't greasy

A small sample (8 reviewers) with no greasy reports. 78% praise the scent and 56% say it smooths rough skin.

What buyers praise

  • Nice scent 78%
  • Smooths rough skin 56%
  • Absorbs fast 56%
  • Hydrating 56%
  • Hydration lasts 22%

What buyers complain about

No repeated complaints yet.

Where buyers said it
  • Sephora 8 of 8

Where these numbers come from

The 7 products ranked here carry 52,075 reviews at Ulta and Sephora. We searched them for greasiness and read the newest matching reviews, up to 30 per product and store, posted between Apr 2021 and Sep 2026.

A review counts only when the reviewer used the product themselves. We drop reviews written in exchange for a free product or a sweepstakes entry (0 on this page), and products that are no longer sold.

Ulta also shows reviews first posted on brands' own websites. They run much more positive than store reviews of the same products (across 19 products with both, 76% of brand-site reviewers said the product solved the problem, against 55% of Ulta shoppers), so we show them on product cards but never count them.

Because we searched for the problem, people who had it are overrepresented. Compare products with each other rather than reading a share as your own odds.

Skin type, skin tone and age splits use what reviewers chose on Sephora's review form (and age on Ulta's when given). We only show a split when enough reviewers fall on each side.

Amazon buttons appear only on products that most reviewers here say fix the problem (at least 60%, with enough reviews to trust it). Everything else gets no buy link.

An AI model labels each review against a fixed list of points, and we spot-check the labels before publishing. We publish counts, never the reviews themselves.

Read the full method

Product pages we read

  1. OUAI St. Barts Moisturizing Body Cream Ulta and Sephora (58 reviews counted)
  2. Sol de Janeiro Bom Dia Bright Body Cream Ulta and Sephora (32 reviews counted)
  3. Moroccanoil Body Lotion Sephora (30 reviews counted)
  4. L'Occitane Almond Supple Skin Body Oil Sephora (29 reviews counted)
  5. Sol de Janeiro Brazilian Bum Bum Cream Ulta and Sephora (32 reviews counted)
  6. Kiehl's Ultra Body Mega Moisture Squalane Cream Sephora (10 reviews counted)
  7. L'Occitane Almond Milk Concentrate Body Moisturizer Sephora (9 reviews counted)

People asking about it on Reddit

  1. Best body moisturizer that’s not sticky and sinks in immediately? r/beauty, Feb 2024, 65 comments
  2. Lazy Girl Shower Body Moisturiser That Won’t Leave You Feeling Greasy? r/beauty, May 2025, 61 comments

Questions buyers ask

Which body lotion doesn't feel greasy?

OUAI St. Barts Moisturizing Body Cream has the best record, at 58 of 58, and Sol de Janeiro Bom Dia Bright Body Cream matches it at 32 of 32. Moroccanoil Body Lotion and L'Occitane Almond Supple Skin Body Oil follow at 29 of 30 and 28 of 29.

Is Sol de Janeiro Brazilian Bum Bum Cream greasy?

For some reviewers, yes. Sol de Janeiro Brazilian Bum Bum Cream has the weakest record on this page, at 29 of 32, and 9% of its reviews call it greasy or sticky. It still has a strong share overall.

Does a body oil leave you greasy?

Not this one, by the reviews. L'Occitane Almond Supple Skin Body Oil is a body oil, and 28 of 29 reviewers said it didn't leave them greasy or sticky.

Why are the scores so high?

Reviewers mention greasiness when it happens to them, and these products rarely do that. Even the last product on this page has a strong share, so small gaps are close to a tie.

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