Body oil for dry skin

Palmer's Coconut Oil Body Oil has the best record for dry skin: 33 of 34 shoppers said it left their skin soft or moisturized. Palmer's Cocoa Butter Formula Body Oil follows at 29 of 30, and Tree Hut Tropic Glow Body Oil (17 of 17) and Saltair Nourishing Body Oil (15 of 15) had no failures from smaller groups. The list includes one shimmering gel oil, Vaseline Glazed Glisten Shimmering Gel Body Oil, so check that you want shimmer before you buy it.

  • 213 store reviews counted
  • Target shoppers
  • Sep 2020 to Oct 2026

Updated . How we count

Did it leave dry skin soft? What shoppers said
  1. Palmer's Coconut Oil Body Oil 34 said either way
  2. Palmer's Cocoa Butter Formula Body Oil 30 said either way
  3. Tree Hut Tropic Glow Body Oil 17 said either way
  4. Saltair Nourishing Body Oil 15 said either way
  5. Vaseline Glazed Glisten Shimmering Gel Body Oil 14 said either way
  6. Byoma Nourishing Body Oil 20 said either way
  7. eos Shea Better Cashmere Body Oil 24 said either way

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

Palmer's Coconut Oil Body Oil Best record Palmer's Coconut Oil Body Oil 33 of 34 say it left dry skin soft or moisturized See price & reviews on Amazon
What stands out

Scent is a big part of these reviews and it cuts both ways. 55% of Palmer's Coconut reviews praise it, while 21% of Byoma reviews, 15% of Palmer's Cocoa Butter reviews and 16% of eos reviews call the smell bad.

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 Palmer's Coconut Oil Body Oil

Palmer's

Coconut Oil Body Oil

Best for scent and soft skin

33/34 say it left dry skin soft or moisturized

33 of 34 said it left dry skin soft or moisturized. 55% praise the scent, 28% mention soft skin and 20% say it isn't greasy. Complaints are small, with 5% not liking the smell. Palmer's own site agrees at 7 of 7, which we show but don't count.

What buyers praise

  • Nice scent 55%
  • Not greasy 20%
  • Nice glow 13%
  • Absorbs fast 10%
  • Good value 8%

What buyers complain about

  • Bad smell 5%
Where buyers said it
  • Target 33 of 34
  • Brand site 7 of 7 shown, not counted
2 Palmer's Cocoa Butter Formula Body Oil

Palmer's

Cocoa Butter Formula Body Oil

29/30 say it left dry skin soft or moisturized

29 of 30 said it left dry skin soft or moisturized, almost the same record as the coconut version. Scent splits opinion: 32% praise it and 15% say the smell was bad. 5% call it greasy or oily.

What buyers praise

  • Nice scent 33%
  • Not greasy 10%
  • Nice glow 5%
  • Good value 5%

What buyers complain about

  • Bad smell 15%
  • Greasy or oily 5%
Where buyers said it
  • Target 29 of 30
  • Brand site 8 of 9 shown, not counted
3

Tree Hut

Tropic Glow Body Oil

17/17 say it left dry skin soft or moisturized

17 of 17 said it left dry skin soft or moisturized, and none said it didn't. Scent is the draw at 78%, followed by soft skin at 61%. Fewer reviewers weighed in than on the Palmer's oils, so the record is thinner.

What buyers praise

  • Nice scent 78%
  • Absorbs fast 17%
  • Nice glow 11%
  • Good value 11%

What buyers complain about

No repeated complaints yet.

Where buyers said it
  • Target 17 of 17
  • Brand site 7 of 7 shown, not counted
4

Saltair

Nourishing Body Oil

15/15 say it left dry skin soft or moisturized

15 of 15 said it left dry skin soft or moisturized. 78% praise the scent, 28% say it absorbs fast and 28% like the glow, while 11% didn't like the smell. A small group weighed in, so the record is thinner.

What buyers praise

  • Nice scent 78%
  • Absorbs fast 28%
  • Nice glow 28%
  • Not greasy 17%

What buyers complain about

  • Bad smell 11%
Where buyers said it
  • Target 15 of 15
  • Brand site 8 of 8 shown, not counted
5 Vaseline Glazed Glisten Shimmering Gel Body Oil

Vaseline

Glazed Glisten Shimmering Gel Body Oil

Best for shimmer and glow

13/14 say it left dry skin soft or moisturized

This one is a shimmering gel oil, not a plain body oil, so expect shimmer on your skin. 13 of 14 said it left dry skin soft or moisturized, and 33% praise the glow. 40% like the scent, but 13% call it greasy or oily.

What buyers praise

  • Nice scent 40%
  • Nice glow 33%
  • Not greasy 7%

What buyers complain about

  • Greasy or oily 13%
Where buyers said it
  • Target 13 of 14
  • Brand site 7 of 7 shown, not counted
6 Byoma Nourishing Body Oil

Byoma

Nourishing Body Oil

16/20 say it left dry skin soft or moisturized

16 of 20 said it left dry skin soft or moisturized, a clear step below the leaders. The smell is the sore spot, with 21% calling it bad, and 7% say it feels sticky. Fans like how fast it absorbs (14%).

What buyers praise

  • Nice scent 17%
  • Absorbs fast 14%
  • Good value 10%
  • Not greasy 7%

What buyers complain about

  • Bad smell 21%
  • Sticky 7%
Where buyers said it
  • Target 16 of 20
7 eos Shea Better Cashmere Body Oil

eos

Shea Better Cashmere Body Oil

18/24 say it left dry skin soft or moisturized

Shoppers are more divided here: 18 of 24 said it left dry skin soft or moisturized, the weakest record on this page. Fans mention soft skin (26%) and that it isn't greasy (21%). 16% didn't like the smell and 11% call it too expensive.

What buyers praise

  • Nice scent 26%
  • Not greasy 21%
  • Nice glow 18%
  • Absorbs fast 13%

What buyers complain about

  • Bad smell 16%
  • Too expensive 11%
Where buyers said it
  • Target 18 of 24

Where these numbers come from

The 7 products ranked here carry 1,811 reviews at Target. We read the newest reviews of each product (up to a thousand per listing), kept the ones that talk about dryness, and counted up to 40 per product, posted between Sep 2020 and Oct 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 (11 on this page), and products that are no longer sold.

Target also shows reviews first posted on brands' own websites. We show them on product cards but never count them, because brand-site reviews run more positive than store reviews of the same products.

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. Palmer's Coconut Oil Body Oil Target (40 reviews counted)
  2. Palmer's Cocoa Butter Formula Body Oil Target (40 reviews counted)
  3. Tree Hut Tropic Glow Body Oil Target (18 reviews counted)
  4. Saltair Nourishing Body Oil Target (18 reviews counted)
  5. Vaseline Glazed Glisten Shimmering Gel Body Oil Target (30 reviews counted)
  6. Byoma Nourishing Body Oil Target (29 reviews counted)
  7. eos Shea Better Cashmere Body Oil Target (38 reviews counted)

Questions buyers ask

Which body oil is good for dry skin?

Palmer's Coconut Oil Body Oil has the best record (33 of 34), followed by Palmer's Cocoa Butter Formula Body Oil (29 of 30). Tree Hut Tropic Glow Body Oil and Saltair Nourishing Body Oil had no failures, but fewer shoppers weighed in on them.

Is the Vaseline Glazed Glisten a regular body oil?

No, it is a shimmering gel oil, so it leaves shimmer on the skin. 13 of 14 shoppers said it left dry skin soft or moisturized, and 13% call it greasy or oily.

Do body oils feel greasy?

Some do. 20% of Palmer's Coconut reviews say it isn't greasy, 13% of Vaseline reviews call it greasy or oily, and so do 5% of Palmer's Cocoa Butter reviews. Feel varies from oil to oil.

Does scent matter when choosing a body oil?

Shoppers bring it up a lot. 78% of Tree Hut reviews praise the scent, but 21% of Byoma reviews, 15% of Palmer's Cocoa Butter reviews and 16% of eos reviews call the smell bad. If you are picky about fragrance, that is worth weighing.

Related problems

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