Clean alternatives to Caudalie products (matched by type, no watchlist ingredients)
Updated · Based on 4158 screened products
Some Caudalie face creams, its eye cream, bronzer and tinted lip balm list titanium dioxide. Which products from other brands are the same type and list none of our watchlist ingredients? These are the clean options in our database: 65 eye creams and eye serums, 215 face creams and moisturizers, 7 blush, bronzer and highlighter and 51 lip balms, butters and oils. Each table shows up to 6, ordered by our data score. Matching uses only product category, product name and listed ingredients. They are not presented as equivalents: we have not tested any of them and make no claim that they look, feel, smell, contain the same amounts of an ingredient or perform like Caudalie products. In our data, 6 of 51 Caudalie products (US formulas) are flagged: titanium dioxide (6) (a product can have more than one flag). All 6 flags are titanium dioxide. Most are on face creams and an eye cream; one is the Talc-Free Bronzer Powder, which does not list talc but does list titanium dioxide, and one is the Vinotherapist Tinted Lip Balm. Titanium dioxide is on our watchlist because IARC classifies it as possibly carcinogenic to humans (Group 2B) based on inhaling the powder; that is a hazard classification, not a finding that a cosmetic containing it is harmful (see titanium dioxide). Every product below lists none of our watchlist ingredients, so none lists titanium dioxide. For how Caudalie's own products score, see Is Caudalie clean?
Top clean pick per product type (buttons are affiliate links, disclosure)
- Hourglass Equilibrium Intensive Hydrating Eye Balm Buy at Hourglass
- Hourglass Equilibrium Restorative Hydrating Cream Buy at Hourglass
- MAKEUP BY MARIO Soft Glow Highlighter Buy at MAKEUP BY MARIO
- Tatcha The Kissu Lip Treatment Buy at Amazon (brand store)
One product per type below, from brands other than Caudalie. Not presented as equivalents.
How we matched
- Eye creams and eye serums (Caudalie: 1 of 3 flagged: titanium dioxide 1, e.g. Premier Cru The Eye Cream): clean face creams and serums with "eye" in the name (SPF products, makeup removers and lash or brow serums excluded).
- Face creams and moisturizers (Caudalie: 3 of 11 flagged: titanium dioxide 3, e.g. Resveratrol-Lift Firming Cashmere Cream, Vinoperfect Dark Spot Niacinamide Moisturizer, Premier Cru The Rich Cream): clean face creams, moisturizers and lotions (eye creams are listed separately; SPF, hand, body, foot, neck and lip products excluded).
- Blush, bronzer and highlighter (Caudalie: 1 of 1 flagged: titanium dioxide 1, e.g. Talc-Free Bronzer Powder): clean face makeup with "blush", "bronze", "highlighter", "illuminator", "cheek" or "contour" in the name.
- Lip balms, butters and oils (Caudalie: 1 of 1 flagged: titanium dioxide 1, e.g. Vinotherapist Tinted Lip Balm): clean lip care with "balm", "butter", "oil", "mask" or "treatment" in the name (scrubs, plumpers and SPF lip products excluded).
A product appears in one group only (the first it matches). The "Match" column shows the rule each product met. Every product listed is clean by the same rules we apply to Caudalie. Caudalie products are not included, and neither are the EU, Brazil, Canada and Thailand formulas in our database. Only US formulas are included: products whose ingredient list comes from Open Beauty Facts (mostly versions sold outside the US) are left out.
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All clean matches by product type
Eye creams and eye serums
| # | Product | Brand | Match | Fragrance-free | Score | Where to buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Equilibrium Intensive Hydrating Eye Balm | Hourglass | Eye product: cream | ✓ | 9/9 | Hourglass |
| 2 | awaken peptide depuffing eye gel | Dermalogica | Eye product: cream | ✓ | 9/9 | Dermalogica |
| 3 | All About Eyes Eye Cream with Vitamin C | Clinique | Eye product: cream | ✓ | 9/9 | Amazon (brand store) |
| 4 | Moisture Surge Eye 96-Hour Hydro-Filler Concentrate | Clinique | Eye product: cream | ✓ | 9/9 | Amazon (brand store) |
| 5 | RevitaLift Hyaluronic Acid + Caffeine Eye Serum | L'Oréal Paris | Eye product: cream | ✓ | 9/9 | Amazon (brand store) |
| 6 | Hyalu B5 Eye Serum with Hyaluronic Acid + 10% Complex | La Roche-Posay | Eye product: serum | ✓ | 9/9 | Amazon (brand store) |
HourglassEquilibrium Intensive Hydrating Eye BalmFace Creams✓ No watchlist ingredients foundSee ingredients →Full ingredient check: Equilibrium Intensive Hydrating Eye Balm →
Dermalogicaawaken peptide depuffing eye gelFace Creams✓ No watchlist ingredients foundSee ingredients →
CliniqueAll About Eyes Eye Cream with Vitamin CFace Creams✓ No watchlist ingredients foundSee ingredients →Buy at Amazon (brand store) Buy at Clinique Sephora (search) Ulta
Full ingredient check: All About Eyes Eye Cream with Vitamin C →
CliniqueMoisture Surge Eye 96-Hour Hydro-Filler ConcentrateFace Creams✓ No watchlist ingredients foundSee ingredients →Buy at Amazon (brand store) Buy at Clinique Sephora (search) Ulta
Full ingredient check: Moisture Surge Eye 96-Hour Hydro-Filler Concentrate →
Face creams and moisturizers
| # | Product | Brand | Match | Fragrance-free | Score | Where to buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Equilibrium Restorative Hydrating Cream | Hourglass | Name: cream | ✓ | 9/9 | Hourglass |
| 2 | For Men Moisturizing Lotion | Clinique | Name: lotion | ✓ | 9/9 | Amazon (brand store) |
| 3 | Honey Cloud Lightweight Barrier Repair Moisturizer | Farmacy | Name: moisturizer | ✓ | 9/9 | Farmacy |
| 4 | Dramatically Different Moisturizing Cream | Clinique | Name: moisturizing cream | ✓ | 9/9 | Amazon (brand store) |
| 5 | Barrier Build Skin Protectant Cream | ILIA | Name: cream | ✓ | 9/9 | ILIA |
| 6 | Daily Greens Oil-Free Gel Moisturizer | Farmacy | Name: moisturizer | ✓ | 9/9 | Farmacy |
HourglassEquilibrium Restorative Hydrating CreamFace Creams✓ No watchlist ingredients foundSee ingredients →Full ingredient check: Equilibrium Restorative Hydrating Cream →
CliniqueFor Men Moisturizing LotionFace Creams✓ No watchlist ingredients foundSee ingredients →Buy at Amazon (brand store) Buy at Clinique Sephora (search) Ulta
FarmacyHoney Cloud Lightweight Barrier Repair MoisturizerFace Creams✓ No watchlist ingredients foundSee ingredients →Full ingredient check: Honey Cloud Lightweight Barrier Repair Moisturizer →
CliniqueDramatically Different Moisturizing CreamFace Creams✓ No watchlist ingredients foundSee ingredients →Buy at Amazon (brand store) Buy at Clinique Sephora (search) Ulta
Full ingredient check: Dramatically Different Moisturizing Cream →
Blush, bronzer and highlighter
| # | Product | Brand | Match | Fragrance-free | Score | Where to buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soft Glow Highlighter | MAKEUP BY MARIO | Name: highlighter | ✓ | 9/9 | MAKEUP BY MARIO |
| 2 | Highlighter | ATTITUDE | Name: highlighter | ✓ | 9/9 | Amazon (brand store) |
| 3 | D-Bronzi Bronzing Drops with Peptides | Drunk Elephant | Name: bronzing drops | ✓ | 9/9 | Amazon (brand store) |
| 4 | Blush | ATTITUDE | Name: blush | ✓ | 9/9 | Amazon (brand store) |
| 5 | Pocket Bronze (shades without titanium dioxide) | Rhode | Name: bronze | ✓ | 9/9 | Rhode |
| 6 | SoftSculpt Blurring Bronzer | MAKEUP BY MARIO | Name: bronzer | ✓ | 9/9 | MAKEUP BY MARIO |
MAKEUP BY MARIOSoft Glow HighlighterFace Makeup✓ No watchlist ingredients foundSee ingredients →
ATTITUDEHighlighterFace Makeup✓ No watchlist ingredients foundSee ingredients →
Drunk ElephantD-Bronzi Bronzing Drops with PeptidesFace Makeup✓ No watchlist ingredients foundSee ingredients →Buy at Amazon (brand store) Buy at Drunk Elephant Ulta
Full ingredient check: D-Bronzi Bronzing Drops with Peptides →
ATTITUDEBlushFace Makeup✓ No watchlist ingredients foundSee ingredients →
Lip balms, butters and oils
| # | Product | Brand | Match | Fragrance-free | Score | Where to buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Kissu Lip Treatment | Tatcha | Name: lip treatment | ✓ | 9/9 | Amazon (brand store) |
| 2 | Cicaplast Lips Hydration Restore Lip Balm | La Roche-Posay | Name: lip balm | ✓ | 9/9 | Amazon (brand store) |
| 3 | Lip & Body Treatment Balm | Paula's Choice | Name: treatment | ✓ | 9/9 | Amazon (brand store) |
| 4 | Healing Lip Balm | CeraVe | Name: lip balm | ✓ | 9/9 | Amazon (brand store) |
| 5 | HA + Asiaticoside Lip Treatment | The Ordinary | Name: lip treatment | ✓ | 9/9 | Amazon (brand store) |
| 6 | Squalane + Amino Acids Lip Balm | The Ordinary | Name: lip balm | ✓ | 9/9 | Amazon (brand store) |
TatchaThe Kissu Lip TreatmentLip Care✓ No watchlist ingredients foundSee ingredients →
La Roche-PosayCicaplast Lips Hydration Restore Lip BalmLip Care✓ No watchlist ingredients foundSee ingredients →Buy at Amazon (brand store) Buy at La Roche-Posay Ulta
Full ingredient check: Cicaplast Lips Hydration Restore Lip Balm →
Paula's ChoiceLip & Body Treatment BalmLip Care✓ No watchlist ingredients foundSee ingredients →
CeraVeHealing Lip BalmLip Care✓ No watchlist ingredients foundSee ingredients →
How we ranked
Every pick is a clean product in our directory: its listed ingredients contain none of our 10 watchlist groups, which are based on IARC Monographs – List of Classifications classifications and EU Cosmetics Regulation (EC) 1223/2009 prohibitions/restrictions (see methodology). Clean products are ordered by a data score (max 9):
- Full ingredient list on file (5+ INCI entries): +2
- Ingredient list from the brand's own product page (not a crowd-sourced database): +2
- Verified direct buy link (brand product page or Sephora page verified in Sephora's sitemap): +2
- Fragrance-free by our INCI check (no parfum/fragrance/aroma, no essential oils, no labelled fragrance allergens): +1
- Official product photo: +1
- Any product photo: +1
Products with the same score are ordered by, in turn: (a) the number of buy links we can offer, where a verified brand or Sephora product page counts double an Amazon brand-store link or a retailer search link; (b) whether we have an official product photo; (c) the length of the ingredient list, shorter first. Item (c) is only a neutral ordering signal to keep the order stable; it says nothing about safety or quality. Only if all of these are equal do we fall back to alphabetical order by brand and product name.
To keep the list varied, the top 3 are always three different brands and no brand appears more than twice in a table, so a lower-scoring product from another brand can appear above a higher-scoring one from a brand that is already listed.
The score only measures how complete and verifiable our data is. It is not a rating of performance, and we did not test products, collect reviews or compare prices. Affiliate commissions never affect inclusion or order.
FAQ
Are these the same as Caudalie products?
No. They are clean products from other brands in the same product type, matched only by product category, product name and listed ingredients. They are not presented as equivalents: we have not tested any of them and make no claim that they look, feel, smell or perform like Caudalie products.
What does "clean" mean on this page?
Every product listed contains none of our 10 watchlist groups in its listed ingredients, the same rules we apply to Caudalie. For how Caudalie's own products score, see Is Caudalie clean?
Which product types are covered?
eye creams and eye serums (65), face creams and moisturizers (215), blush, bronzer and highlighter (7), lip balms, butters and oils (51). A type is shown only when at least 2 clean products from other brands match.
How did you choose and order the picks?
Only products whose listed ingredients contain none of our 10 watchlist groups qualify, and the order follows the rules in the "How we matched" section of this page. We did not test the products, collect reviews or compare prices, and affiliate commissions never change which products qualify or their order. The full criteria are in our methodology.
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Hazard is not risk. An IARC classification says whether a substance can cause cancer under some conditions (e.g. titanium dioxide is classified for inhaled powder), not that a cosmetic containing it is harmful at normal use. EU restrictions set use limits. This page is informational, not medical advice; talk to a dermatologist about your own skin.