Hand cream that's not greasy

Vaseline Dry Hands Rescue Hand Lotion has the best record for a non-greasy feel: 35 of 37 reviewers said it soaked in without leaving their hands slick or sticky. The two eos creams, eos Shea Better Vanilla Cashmere Hand Cream (32 of 34) and eos Shea Better Coconut Water Hand Cream (22 of 24), are close behind. Neutrogena Norwegian Formula Hand Cream has the weakest record here at 21 of 35.

  • 327 store reviews counted
  • Target shoppers
  • Dec 2015 to Oct 2026

Updated . How we count

Did it soak in without grease? What reviewers said
  1. Vaseline Dry Hands Rescue Hand Lotion 37 said either way
  2. eos Shea Better Vanilla Cashmere Hand Cream 34 said either way
  3. eos Shea Better Coconut Water Hand Cream 24 said either way
  4. CeraVe Therapeutic Hand Cream 33 said either way
  5. O'Keeffe's Working Hands Hand Cream 39 said either way
  6. Eucerin Advanced Repair Hand Cream 30 said either way
  7. Neutrogena Norwegian Formula Hand Cream 35 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.

Best record Vaseline Dry Hands Rescue Hand Lotion 35 of 37 say it soaked in without a greasy feel See price & reviews on Amazon
What stands out

For some creams the problem is stickiness more than grease. 28% of Neutrogena reviews call it sticky against 15% that call it greasy, and O'Keeffe's shows the same split (12% against 5%).

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

Vaseline

Dry Hands Rescue Hand Lotion

Best for soaking in fast

35/37 say it soaked in without a greasy feel

Grease almost never comes up as a complaint (5%), and 35% of reviews say it sinks in fast. 25% call it good value.

What buyers praise

  • Nice or no scent 38%
  • Absorbs fast 35%
  • Good value 25%
  • Softens cracked hands 20%
  • Lasts through washing 13%

What buyers complain about

No repeated complaints yet.

Where buyers said it
  • Target 35 of 37
  • Brand site 9 of 10 shown, not counted
2 eos Shea Better Vanilla Cashmere Hand Cream

eos

Shea Better Vanilla Cashmere Hand Cream

Best for vanilla scent fans

32/34 say it soaked in without a greasy feel

The vanilla scent gets even more praise than the feel: 75% like the scent and 58% say it isn't greasy. 11% find the scent too strong.

What buyers praise

  • Nice or no scent 75%
  • Absorbs fast 39%
  • Lasts through washing 17%

What buyers complain about

  • Scent too strong 11%
Where buyers said it
  • Target 32 of 34
  • Brand site 9 of 9 shown, not counted
3 eos Shea Better Coconut Water Hand Cream

eos

Shea Better Coconut Water Hand Cream

22/24 say it soaked in without a greasy feel

Coconut fans are happy here, with 92% of reviews praising the scent and 75% saying it leaves no greasy film. 33% say it absorbs fast.

What buyers praise

  • Nice or no scent 92%
  • Absorbs fast 33%
  • Good value 13%
  • Lasts through washing 8%

What buyers complain about

No repeated complaints yet.

Where buyers said it
  • Target 22 of 24
  • Brand site 5 of 5 shown, not counted
4 CeraVe Therapeutic Hand Cream

CeraVe

Therapeutic Hand Cream

28/33 say it soaked in without a greasy feel

59% of reviews say it isn't greasy and 27% say it absorbs fast. The trade-off is moisture, with 35% saying their hands stayed dry.

What buyers praise

  • Absorbs fast 27%
  • Nice or no scent 11%
  • Good value 8%
  • Softens cracked hands 8%
  • Lasts through washing 5%

What buyers complain about

  • Hands stay dry 35%
  • Scent too strong 5%
  • Sticky 5%
  • Too expensive 5%
Where buyers said it
  • Target 28 of 33
  • Brand site 9 of 9 shown, not counted
5

O'Keeffe's

Working Hands Hand Cream

32/39 say it soaked in without a greasy feel

More reviewers weighed in on this cream than on any other here (39), and 52% say it isn't greasy. 28% also say it softened their cracked hands.

What buyers praise

  • Softens cracked hands 28%
  • Absorbs fast 20%
  • Nice or no scent 10%

What buyers complain about

  • Sticky 13%
  • Hands stay dry 10%
Where buyers said it
  • Target 32 of 39
  • Brand site 1 of 2 shown, not counted
6 Eucerin Advanced Repair Hand Cream

Eucerin

Advanced Repair Hand Cream

23/30 say it soaked in without a greasy feel

Feel is where it splits reviewers: 47% say it isn't greasy and 38% say it absorbs fast, yet 7 of 30 found it greasy or sticky.

What buyers praise

  • Absorbs fast 38%
  • Nice or no scent 16%
  • Softens cracked hands 13%
  • Lasts through washing 6%
  • Good value 6%

What buyers complain about

  • Scent too strong 6%
  • Hands stay dry 6%
Where buyers said it
  • Target 23 of 30
  • Brand site 1 of 3 shown, not counted
7 Neutrogena Norwegian Formula Hand Cream

Neutrogena

Norwegian Formula Hand Cream

21/35 say it soaked in without a greasy feel

Sticky is the word that keeps coming up, and it leaves this cream with the weakest record on this page (21 of 35). Neutrogena's own site is a little kinder at 6 of 9, which we show but don't count.

What buyers praise

  • Absorbs fast 25%
  • Lasts through washing 13%
  • Nice or no scent 13%
  • Softens cracked hands 10%
  • Good value 5%

What buyers complain about

  • Sticky 28%
  • Scent too strong 8%
  • Hands stay dry 8%
Where buyers said it
  • Target 21 of 35
  • Brand site 6 of 9 shown, not counted

Where these numbers come from

The 7 products ranked here carry 4,445 reviews at Target. We read the newest reviews of each product (up to a thousand per listing), kept the ones that talk about greasiness, and counted up to 40 per product, posted between Dec 2015 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 (2 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. Vaseline Dry Hands Rescue Hand Lotion Target (40 reviews counted)
  2. eos Shea Better Vanilla Cashmere Hand Cream Target (36 reviews counted)
  3. eos Shea Better Coconut Water Hand Cream Target (24 reviews counted)
  4. CeraVe Therapeutic Hand Cream Target (37 reviews counted)
  5. O'Keeffe's Working Hands Hand Cream Target (40 reviews counted)
  6. Eucerin Advanced Repair Hand Cream Target (32 reviews counted)
  7. Neutrogena Norwegian Formula Hand Cream Target (40 reviews counted)

Questions buyers ask

Which hand cream isn't greasy?

Vaseline Dry Hands Rescue Hand Lotion has the best record (35 of 37), with eos Shea Better Vanilla Cashmere Hand Cream (32 of 34) and eos Shea Better Coconut Water Hand Cream (22 of 24) close behind.

Is there an unscented hand cream that isn't greasy?

Yes. Vaseline Dry Hands Rescue Hand Lotion is unscented and has the best record here (35 of 37). CeraVe Therapeutic Hand Cream (28 of 33) and O'Keeffe's Working Hands Hand Cream (32 of 39) are unscented too, while both eos creams are scented.

Does a non-greasy hand cream do enough for cracked hands?

Some do. 20% of Vaseline Dry Hands Rescue Hand Lotion reviews and 28% of O'Keeffe's Working Hands Hand Cream reviews say cracked hands softened. If cracks are your main problem, see our page on hand cream for dry, cracked hands.

When is dry skin on my hands worth a doctor visit?

Hand cream is for everyday dryness. If cracks bleed, hurt, look infected or aren't getting better, see a doctor. People with diabetes should also have any foot problems checked by a doctor or podiatrist.

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