15 Mom-approved Safe Skin Care Products for Little Ones’ Sensitive Skin

Your baby's skin plays a major role in protecting your little one from irritants and toxins in the environment. Because it is very sensitive, extra care must be given to ensure that your little one's skin remains healthy and soft. Choosing safe skin care products for your babies and toddlers is one way of showing him extra love and care.

Safe Skin Care Products for Little One's Sensitive Skin

With the help of a dermatologist and mom of two, Dr. Aileen Nicolas-Barreiro, we evaluated some of the baby skin care products out there. She stresses that finding safe skin care products for your babies and toddlers is indeed important. So, here are 15 favorites of moms and experts that you can try at bath time!

1. Johnson’s Cottontouch 

Best for baby’s sensitive skin  

You can ensure that your little one's sensitive skin will remain soft and protected through Johnson's Cottontouch. This is an all in one package as it has products for an overall great bathing experience of your baby, such as body liquid wash, baby oil, and baby lotion.

Baby's skin loses moisture faster than adults' skin, so it is essential to use Johnson's Cottontouch products as these are trusted by experts to protect your baby's sensitive skin. You can also use the body liquid wash for your baby's hair, actually from top to toe. After bathing, mommies can massage their baby through Johnson's Cottontouch Baby Oil and ensure the skin is protected through Johnson's Cottontouch Face and Body Lotion.

Johnson's Cottontouch has no added paraben, phthalates or dyes. The products are also hypoallergenic and pH balanced that are tried and tested by experts and pediatricians — all rooted to science. By using Johnson's Cottontouch, you can be confident that your baby is ready to fight any allergens and rashes. 

Highlights:

• No added paraben, phthalates or dyes. 
• Hypoallergenic and pH balanced. 
• #TiwalaAngExperts because it is triple tested by dermatologists, pediatricians, and ophthalmologists. 
• Only brand tested by the Mother and Child Nurses of the Philippines. 

2. Mustela Bebe 2-in-1 Hair and Body Wash

Best for its mild scent 

Apart from being gentle and safe, we love the mild scent it leaves on children’s skin. The safe skin care products in the Mustela Bebe line contain an exclusive active ingredient, Avocado perseose®, which helps reinforce the skin's protective barrier. 

Highlights:

• Soap-free cleansing gel Hair and Body Wash.
• Specially formulated for use right from birth on, includes babies newly-discharged from neonatal care. 
• Gently cleanse your baby's skin and hair thoroughly yet delicately. 
• Respects delicate skins and scalp with its soap-free formula.

3. Physiogel Cleanser

Best mild soap-free cleanser

Physiogel Cleanser is one of the favorite safe skin care products of moms. It is a hypoallergenic and soap-free cleanser that is good for babies. It provides gentle cleansing for sensitive skin at drugstore prices. Available at Mercury Drug, Watsons Personal Care, SM, Landmark, S&R, Rustan’s, and other leading drugstores and supermarkets nationwide. 

Highlights:

• Mild and gentle cleanser.
• pH balanced.
• Soap free.

4. Burt’s Bees Baby Bee Shampoo and Wash

Best for its free from harm ingredients

Burt’s Bees Baby Bee Shampoo and Wash is free from harmful ingredients like phthalates, parabens, petrolatum, and sodium lauryl sulfate or SLS, which have been linked to cancer and other illnesses. 

Highlights:

• AHAs and anti-oxidants.
• Oil-free and paraben-free.
• Peptides and sulphate-free. 
• Has vitamins.

5. Cetaphil Gentle Skin Cleanser

Best gently skin cleanser

We recommend Cetaphil Gentle Skin Cleanser as a body wash for babies. It is made using a pH-balanced, non-soap formula, which has been tested to be safe and gentle on even the most sensitive skin.Apart from being gentle enough for your little one's skin, Cetaphil is also affordable and easy to find.

Highlights:

• Soothing, non-irritating, ideal for face and body.
• Dermatologist-recommended cleanser.
• Fragrance-free and non-comedogenic.
• Soap-free cleanser.
• Cetaphil Gentle Skin Cleanser is gentle enough for children, teens and adults.

6. NOVAS Hypoallergenic Baby Bath Soap

Best for hypoallergenic baby soap

Dr. Barreiro also suggests using NOVAS glycerine-based bath soap that is only available in drug stores. Especially formulated to clean and protect baby’s delicate skin, it is mild, hypoallergenic, and naturally scented. NOVAS leave skin fresh and clean, never taut or dry and it does not alter normal pH balance of delicate skin.

Highlights:

• Hypoallergenic. 
• Unscented
• pH balanced.

7. Ceraklin Cleansing Bar

Best in combatting baby dry skin

Another mild soap that Dr. Barreiro recommends is Ceraklin Cleansing Bar, which is available in drug stores. This is a naturally-scented, ceramide-based soap that is hypoallergenic. It helps combat dry skin and helps prevent skin allergies such as psoriasis or dry, and flaky skin.

Highlights:

• Hypoallergenic and non-comedogenic. 
• Perfume-free and paraben-free. 
• Does not contain chemicals that might irritate sensitive skin. 

8. Dove White Beauty Bar

Best moisturizing soap

A pediatrician and mom of three, Dr. Abigail Pia L. Suntay, MD, DPPS, recommends using a mildly scented white soap, such as Dove White, for kids. Dove White Beauty Bar combines a gentle cleansing formula with their signature ¼ moisturizing cream to give your baby softer, smoother, and more glowing skin. It is a mild cleanser that helps your baby’s skin to retain its natural moisture rather than stripping it away.

Highlights:

• Mild cleanser. 
• With moisturising cream. 

9. Zenutrients Baby Love Soap

Best for its organic and natural ingredients 

As part of the Zenutrients premium line of safe skin care products, Baby Love Soap is made using only the best organic and natural ingredients, including calendula, milk, virgin coconut oil, sunflower oil, shea butter, and vanilla.

Highlights:

• Good to soothe skin asthma, eczema, and psoriasis. 
• Contains Vitamin E and fatty acids to nourish the skin.

10. Human Nature Natural Baby Wash

Best in soothing baby's skin

Mom of one, Jan-B Blay, uses Human Nature’s Natural Baby Wash for bath time with her son, Noah. It cleanses and soothes with natural ingredients like chamomile, lavender, and rosemary extracts. This hypoallergenic baby bath product is dermatologist-tested.

Highlights:

• Cleanse your baby’s skin and hair with this natural wash. 
• Dermatologist-tested non-irritating and safe for even newborns' sensitive skin.
• Genuinely natural ingredients.

11. Human Nature Kids Natural Shampoo and Body Wash

Best for hypoallergenic shampoo

This hypoallergenic shampoo and body wash comes in two formulations that are made for boys and for girls. Free from harmful chemicals, it is made using a unique protein care system, which can help keep your kid’s hair soft and healthy. Messy Bessy is strict about using only natural ingredients for the products that it manufactures.

Highlights:

• Paraben-free. 
• Synthetic fragrance-free.
• Free from irritating SLS/SLES. 

12. Messy Baby Head-to-Toe Wash

Best gentle and natural baby wash

Made using a blend of lavender and chamomile extracts, Messy Bessy’s Messy Baby Head-to-Toe Wash is hypoallergenic, gentle, and natural. This baby bath product is used and recommended by mompreneur Kia Romero-Ferreras for her little one.

Highlights:

• Gentle ingredients.
• Mild fragrance.
• Cleans efficiently without harming delicate skin.
• Brings hydration and retains moisture for softness.

13. Enfant Baby Shampoo

Best non-irritating shampoo

Mommy Janina Zuñiga Mendoza shares that Enfant Baby Shampoo is one of her go-to bath time products for her kids. It is gentle and non-irritating. Formulated with jojoba and avocado oil, this mild shampoo is suitable for daily use.

Highlights:

• Mild shampoo. 
• Perfect for everyday use. 

14. Grandma El’s Tear-Free Gentle Baby Wash

Best in enriched ingredients 

Grandma El’s Tear-Free Gentle Baby Wash is enriched with natural aloe vera, Japanese green tea, and cucumber extracts, giving it cooling, healing, and antioxidant properties that benefit baby’s skin.

Highlights:

• All natural, non-allergenic, non-irritating, and safe ingredients. 
• Enriched with natural Aloe Vera, Japanese Green Tea, and Cucumber Extracts. 

15. Grandma El’s Tear-Free Gentle Baby Shampoo

Best preservative-free baby shampoo

Go natural with Grandma El’s hypoallergenic and preservative-free baby products. Their Tear-Free Gentle Baby Shampoo is parabens-free and enriched with chamomile and aloe-vera.

Highlights:

• Parabens-free.
• Hypoallergenic.