Clean alternatives to Drunk Elephant products (matched by product type)
Updated · Based on 4158 screened products
Short answer: if you want a product of the same type as a key Drunk Elephant product, from a different brand, these are the clean options in our database: 47 peptide moisturizers, 14 rich and whipped moisturizers, 22 vitamin C serums, 26 hyaluronic acid serums, 7 glycolic acid serums and 29 face oils. Matching only uses 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, contain the same amounts of an ingredient or perform like Drunk Elephant products. For how Drunk Elephant's own products score, see Is Drunk Elephant clean?
How we matched
- Peptide moisturizers (like Protini Polypeptide Firming Refillable Moisturizer): clean face creams with "cream" or "moisturizer" in the name whose listed ingredients include at least one peptide (an INCI name containing "peptide").
- Rich and whipped moisturizers (like Lala Retro Nourishing Whipped Refillable Moisturizer): clean face creams, butters or balms with "whipped", "rich" or "nourishing" in the name. Peptide moisturizers already listed above are not repeated.
- Vitamin C serums (like C-Luma Hydrabright Gentle Hydrating Vitamin C Serum, C-Firma Fresh Vitamin-C Day Serum): clean serums with "vitamin C" or "ascorbic" in the name that list a vitamin C ingredient (ascorbic acid, 3-O-ethyl ascorbic acid, sodium or magnesium ascorbyl phosphate, ascorbyl glucoside, tetrahexyldecyl ascorbate or ascorbyl tetraisopalmitate).
- Hyaluronic acid serums (like B-Hydra Intensive Hydration Serum with Hyaluronic Acid): clean serums with "hyaluronic", "hydra" or "hydrating" in the name that list sodium hyaluronate or hyaluronic acid. Vitamin C serums are not repeated.
- Glycolic acid serums (like T.L.C. Framboos Glycolic Resurfacing Night Serum): clean serums that list glycolic acid and have "glycolic", "AHA", "resurfacing", "exfoliating" or "peel" in the name.
- Face oils (like Virgin Marula Luxury Face Oil): clean products in our serum category with "oil" in the name. Cleansing oils, hair, body, lip, cuticle, shaving and beard oils, and oils named for retinol, retinoids, retinal or bakuchiol are not included. The "Match" column says when a face oil lists marula oil (Sclerocarya birrea seed oil).
Eye, neck, hand, body, lip, SPF and tinted products are excluded from every group. The "Match" column shows the rule each product met. Every product listed is clean by the same rules we apply to Drunk Elephant. Drunk Elephant products are not included, and neither are the EU and Brazil formulas in our database that are not sold in the US.
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Top picks at a glance
Peptide moisturizers
| # | Product | Brand | Match | Fragrance-free | Score | Where to buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | For Men Anti-Age Moisturizer | Clinique | Peptide: Hexapeptide-8 | ✓ | 9/9 | Amazon (brand store) |
| 2 | Collagen Bank Night Moisturizer, Normal to Combination Skin | Neutrogena | Peptide: Dipeptide-31 | ✓ | 9/9 | Amazon (brand store) |
| 3 | Toleriane Dermallergo Moisturizing Cream | La Roche-Posay | Peptide: DIPEPTIDE-1 | ✓ | 9/9 | Amazon (brand store) |
| 4 | Smart Clinical Repair Wrinkle Correcting Cream | Clinique | Peptide: Hexapeptide-8 | ✓ | 9/9 | Amazon (brand store) |
| 5 | Pro-Collagen Peptide Plumping Moisturizer | Paula's Choice | Peptide: sh-Hexapeptide-5 | ✓ | 9/9 | Paula's Choice Pro-Collagen Peptide Plumping Moisturizer View on Amazon |
| 6 | Toleriane Dermallergo Night Moisturizer | La Roche-Posay | Peptide: DIPEPTIDE-1 | ✓ | 9/9 | Amazon (brand store) |
| 7 | Ultra Repair Firming Day Cream with Peptides, Niacinamide + Collagen | First Aid Beauty | Peptide: Hexapeptide-9 | ✓ | 9/9 | Amazon (brand store) |
| 8 | Hydrating Night Cream Revitalift Triple Power Moisturizer | L'Oréal Paris | Peptide: HEXAPEPTIDE-8 | ✓ | 9/9 | Amazon (brand store) |
CliniqueFor Men Anti-Age MoisturizerFace Creams✓ No watchlist ingredients foundSee ingredients →Buy at Amazon (brand store) Buy at Clinique Sephora (search) Ulta
NeutrogenaCollagen Bank Night Moisturizer, Normal to Combination SkinFace Creams✓ No watchlist ingredients foundSee ingredients →Buy at Amazon (brand store) Buy at Neutrogena Ulta
Full ingredient check: Collagen Bank Night Moisturizer, Normal to Combination Skin →
La Roche-PosayToleriane Dermallergo Moisturizing CreamFace Creams✓ No watchlist ingredients foundSee ingredients →Buy at Amazon (brand store) Buy at La Roche-Posay Ulta
Full ingredient check: Toleriane Dermallergo Moisturizing Cream →
CliniqueSmart Clinical Repair Wrinkle Correcting CreamFace Creams✓ No watchlist ingredients foundSee ingredients →Buy at Amazon (brand store) Buy at Clinique Sephora (search) Ulta
Full ingredient check: Smart Clinical Repair Wrinkle Correcting Cream →
Paula's ChoicePro-Collagen Peptide Plumping MoisturizerFace Creams✓ No watchlist ingredients foundSee ingredients →Full ingredient check: Pro-Collagen Peptide Plumping Moisturizer →
La Roche-PosayToleriane Dermallergo Night MoisturizerFace Creams✓ No watchlist ingredients foundSee ingredients →Buy at Amazon (brand store) Buy at La Roche-Posay Ulta
Full ingredient check: Toleriane Dermallergo Night Moisturizer →
Rich and whipped moisturizers
| # | Product | Brand | Match | Fragrance-free | Score | Where to buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Holy Hydration! Nourishing Night Cream | e.l.f. Cosmetics | Name: nourishing | ✓ | 9/9 | Amazon (brand store) |
| 2 | Sensitive Rich Cream | The Honest Company | Name: rich | ✓ | 9/9 | Amazon (brand store) |
| 3 | Clinical Ultra-Rich Moisturizer | Paula's Choice | Name: rich | ✓ | 9/9 | Amazon (brand store) |
| 4 | Hydrorich Cream | The Honest Company | Name: rich | ✓ | 9/9 | Amazon (brand store) |
| 5 | Clinical Ceramide-Enriched Firming Moisturizer | Paula's Choice | Name: rich | ✓ | 9/9 | Amazon (brand store) |
| 6 | Rich Cushion Cream | Summer Fridays | Name: rich | ✓ | 9/9 | Amazon (brand store) |
| 7 | Intensive Nourishing Balm | 100% Pure | Name: nourishing | – | 8/9 | Amazon (brand store) |
| 8 | Hydraphase HA Rich Hyaluronic Acid Face Cream | La Roche-Posay | Name: rich | – | 8/9 | Amazon (brand store) |
e.l.f. CosmeticsHoly Hydration! Nourishing Night CreamFace Creams✓ No watchlist ingredients foundSee ingredients →Buy at Amazon (brand store) Buy at e.l.f. Cosmetics Ulta
Full ingredient check: Holy Hydration! Nourishing Night Cream →
The Honest CompanySensitive Rich CreamFace Creams✓ No watchlist ingredients foundSee ingredients →
Paula's ChoiceClinical Ultra-Rich MoisturizerFace Creams✓ No watchlist ingredients foundSee ingredients →
The Honest CompanyHydrorich CreamFace Creams✓ No watchlist ingredients foundSee ingredients →
Paula's ChoiceClinical Ceramide-Enriched Firming MoisturizerFace Creams✓ No watchlist ingredients foundSee ingredients →Buy at Amazon (brand store) Buy at Paula's Choice
Full ingredient check: Clinical Ceramide-Enriched Firming Moisturizer →
Summer FridaysRich Cushion CreamFace Creams✓ No watchlist ingredients foundSee ingredients →
Vitamin C serums
| # | Product | Brand | Match | Fragrance-free | Score | Where to buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guava Vitamin C Dark Spot Serum | Glow Recipe | Vitamin C form: Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate | ✓ | 9/9 | Amazon (brand store) |
| 2 | Ascorbyl Tetraisopalmitate Solution 20% in Vitamin F | The Ordinary | Vitamin C form: Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate | ✓ | 9/9 | Amazon (brand store) |
| 3 | Collagen Bank 15% Vitamin C Glow Serum | Neutrogena | Vitamin C form: Ascorbic Acid | ✓ | 9/9 | Amazon (brand store) |
| 4 | Ascorbyl Glucoside Solution 12% | The Ordinary | Vitamin C form: Ascorbyl Glucoside | ✓ | 9/9 | Amazon (brand store) |
| 5 | Bright Icon Vitamin C + E + Ferulic Serum | e.l.f. Cosmetics | Vitamin C form: 3-O-Ethyl Ascorbic Acid | ✓ | 9/9 | Amazon (brand store) |
| 6 | Vitamin C Face Serum | ATTITUDE | Vitamin C form: 3-O-Ethyl Ascorbic Acid | ✓ | 9/9 | Amazon (brand store) |
| 7 | Skin Renewing Vitamin C Serum | CeraVe | Vitamin C form: ASCORBIC ACID | ✓ | 9/9 | Amazon (brand store) |
| 8 | I AM Bright Vitamin C Facial Serum | Crunchi | Vitamin C form: Ascorbyl Glucoside | ✓ | 9/9 | Crunchi |
Glow RecipeGuava Vitamin C Dark Spot SerumSerums✓ No watchlist ingredients foundSee ingredients →
The OrdinaryAscorbyl Tetraisopalmitate Solution 20% in Vitamin FSerums✓ No watchlist ingredients foundSee ingredients →Buy at Amazon (brand store) Buy at The Ordinary Ulta
Full ingredient check: Ascorbyl Tetraisopalmitate Solution 20% in Vitamin F →
NeutrogenaCollagen Bank 15% Vitamin C Glow SerumSerums✓ No watchlist ingredients foundSee ingredients →Buy at Amazon (brand store) Buy at Neutrogena Ulta
Full ingredient check: Collagen Bank 15% Vitamin C Glow Serum →
The OrdinaryAscorbyl Glucoside Solution 12%Serums✓ No watchlist ingredients foundSee ingredients →
e.l.f. CosmeticsBright Icon Vitamin C + E + Ferulic SerumSerums✓ No watchlist ingredients foundSee ingredients →Buy at Amazon (brand store) Buy at e.l.f. Cosmetics Ulta
Full ingredient check: Bright Icon Vitamin C + E + Ferulic Serum →
ATTITUDEVitamin C Face SerumSerums✓ No watchlist ingredients foundSee ingredients →
Hyaluronic acid serums
| # | Product | Brand | Match | Fragrance-free | Score | Where to buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moisture Surge Hydrating Supercharged Concentrate | Clinique | Lists: Sodium Hyaluronate | ✓ | 9/9 | Amazon (brand store) |
| 2 | Revitalift 1.5% Pure Hyaluronic Acid Serum | L'Oréal Paris | Lists: Sodium Hyaluronate | ✓ | 9/9 | Amazon (brand store) |
| 3 | Holy Hydration! Triple Bounce Serum | e.l.f. Cosmetics | Lists: Sodium Hyaluronate | ✓ | 9/9 | Amazon (brand store) |
| 4 | Age Defense Instant Hydrating Face Serum | Nivea | Lists: Sodium Hyaluronate | ✓ | 9/9 | Amazon (brand store) |
| 5 | Plumping Hydrating Serum | ATTITUDE | Lists: Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid | ✓ | 9/9 | Amazon (brand store) |
| 6 | Ultra Repair Hydration Boost Serum with Colloidal Oatmeal + Hyaluronic Acid | First Aid Beauty | Lists: Sodium Hyaluronate | ✓ | 9/9 | Amazon (brand store) |
| 7 | Hyaluronic Acid Booster | Paula's Choice | Lists: Sodium Hyaluronate | ✓ | 9/9 | Amazon (brand store) |
| 8 | Hyaluronic Acid 2% + B5 (with Ceramides) | The Ordinary | Lists: Sodium Hyaluronate | ✓ | 9/9 | Amazon (brand store) |
CliniqueMoisture Surge Hydrating Supercharged ConcentrateSerums✓ No watchlist ingredients foundSee ingredients →Buy at Amazon (brand store) Buy at Clinique Sephora (search) Ulta
Full ingredient check: Moisture Surge Hydrating Supercharged Concentrate →
L'Oréal ParisRevitalift 1.5% Pure Hyaluronic Acid SerumSerums✓ No watchlist ingredients foundSee ingredients →Buy at Amazon (brand store) Buy at L'Oréal Paris Ulta
Full ingredient check: Revitalift 1.5% Pure Hyaluronic Acid Serum →
e.l.f. CosmeticsHoly Hydration! Triple Bounce SerumSerums✓ No watchlist ingredients foundSee ingredients →Buy at Amazon (brand store) Buy at e.l.f. Cosmetics Ulta
Full ingredient check: Holy Hydration! Triple Bounce Serum →
NiveaAge Defense Instant Hydrating Face SerumSerums✓ No watchlist ingredients foundSee ingredients →Buy at Amazon (brand store) Buy at Nivea
Full ingredient check: Age Defense Instant Hydrating Face Serum →
ATTITUDEPlumping Hydrating SerumSerums✓ No watchlist ingredients foundSee ingredients →
First Aid BeautyUltra Repair Hydration Boost Serum with Colloidal Oatmeal + Hyaluronic AcidSerums✓ No watchlist ingredients foundSee ingredients →Buy at Amazon (brand store) Buy at First Aid Beauty Ulta
Full ingredient check: Ultra Repair Hydration Boost Serum with Colloidal Oatmeal + Hyaluronic Acid →
Glycolic acid serums
| # | Product | Brand | Match | Fragrance-free | Score | Where to buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Honey Glow 17% AHA + BHA Resurfacing Acid Serum | Farmacy | Lists: GLYCOLIC ACID | ✓ | 9/9 | Farmacy |
| 2 | RevitaLift 10% Pure Glycolic Acid Serum | L'Oréal Paris | Lists: GLYCOLIC ACID | ✓ | 9/9 | Amazon (brand store) |
| 3 | Glycolic B5 10% Pure Glycolic Acid Serum | La Roche-Posay | Lists: GLYCOLIC ACID | ✓ | 9/9 | Amazon (brand store) |
| 4 | Skin Perfecting 8% AHA Gel Exfoliant | Paula's Choice | Lists: Glycolic Acid | ✓ | 9/9 | Amazon (brand store) |
| 5 | AHA 30% + BHA 2% Peeling Solution | The Ordinary | Lists: Glycolic Acid | ✓ | 9/9 | Amazon (brand store) |
| 6 | Skin Perfecting 8% AHA Lotion Exfoliant | Paula's Choice | Lists: Glycolic Acid | ✓ | 9/9 | Amazon (brand store) |
FarmacyHoney Glow 17% AHA + BHA Resurfacing Acid SerumSerums✓ No watchlist ingredients foundSee ingredients →Full ingredient check: Honey Glow 17% AHA + BHA Resurfacing Acid Serum →
L'Oréal ParisRevitaLift 10% Pure Glycolic Acid SerumSerums✓ No watchlist ingredients foundSee ingredients →Buy at Amazon (brand store) Buy at L'Oréal Paris Ulta
Full ingredient check: RevitaLift 10% Pure Glycolic Acid Serum →
La Roche-PosayGlycolic B5 10% Pure Glycolic Acid SerumSerums✓ No watchlist ingredients foundSee ingredients →Buy at Amazon (brand store) Buy at La Roche-Posay Ulta
Full ingredient check: Glycolic B5 10% Pure Glycolic Acid Serum →
Paula's ChoiceSkin Perfecting 8% AHA Gel ExfoliantSerums✓ No watchlist ingredients foundSee ingredients →Buy at Amazon (brand store) Buy at Paula's Choice
Full ingredient check: Skin Perfecting 8% AHA Gel Exfoliant →
Face oils
| # | Product | Brand | Match | Fragrance-free | Score | Where to buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moisture Renewal Oil Booster | Paula's Choice | Face oil | ✓ | 9/9 | Amazon (brand store) |
| 2 | Heavenly Sixteen All-In-One Face Oil | Summer Fridays | Face oil | ✓ | 9/9 | Amazon (brand store) |
| 3 | Face Oil | ATTITUDE | Face oil | ✓ | 9/9 | Amazon (brand store) |
| 4 | Face Oil | Fat and the Moon | Face oil | ✓ | 9/9 | Fat and the Moon |
| 5 | Intensive Nourishing Facial Oil | 100% Pure | Face oil | – | 8/9 | Amazon (brand store) |
| 6 | Vitamin C12 Oil Control Serum For Oily Skin | La Roche-Posay | Vitamin C form: ASCORBIC ACID | – | 8/9 | Amazon (brand store) |
| 7 | Firming Activating Oil-Serum | Nuxe | Face oil | – | 8/9 | Amazon (brand store) |
| 8 | Youth Boosting Blue-ty Sleep Night Oil | e.l.f. Cosmetics | Face oil | – | 8/9 | Amazon (brand store) |
Paula's ChoiceMoisture Renewal Oil BoosterSerums✓ No watchlist ingredients foundSee ingredients →
Summer FridaysHeavenly Sixteen All-In-One Face OilSerums✓ No watchlist ingredients foundSee ingredients →Buy at Amazon (brand store) Buy at Summer Fridays
Full ingredient check: Heavenly Sixteen All-In-One Face Oil →
ATTITUDEFace OilSerums✓ No watchlist ingredients foundSee ingredients →
100% PureIntensive Nourishing Facial OilSerums✓ No watchlist ingredients foundSee ingredients →
La Roche-PosayVitamin C12 Oil Control Serum For Oily SkinSerums✓ No watchlist ingredients foundSee ingredients →Buy at Amazon (brand store) Buy at La Roche-Posay Ulta
Full ingredient check: Vitamin C12 Oil Control Serum For Oily Skin →
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.
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