Best Baby Wipes for Sensitive Skin

What makes a baby wipe suit sensitive skin?

On a label, the clearest signs are a short ingredient list and no fragrance. Neither is a guarantee. FDA’s own page says the word “hypoallergenic” has no federal definition, and the same page says there is no such thing as a cosmetic guaranteed never to cause a reaction. What a list does is let you check for the ingredient your baby has reacted to before. A wipe is mostly water, so everything after the first entry is the part worth reading. What a Baby Wipe’s Ingredient List Has to Tell You covers the labeling rules behind those lists, including why fragrance can appear as one word.

Are any baby wipes listed by an eczema group?

One product line here is. The National Eczema Association keeps a public directory of the products it has given its Seal of Acceptance, and it lists Hello Bello Plant-Based Baby Wipes. The listing uses the same description as the brand’s page, “plant-based wipes made with 99%+ water with a touch of aloe and chamomile extract.” Its ingredient list does not match the brand’s page today, so the listing covers the product line rather than a confirmed current formula. Neither Dyper wipe appears in the directory. Dyper claims a different program for its newborn wipes, EWG Verified, which Runlow could not check against EWG’s own directory.

Our pick: Dyper EWG Verified 99.9% Water Wipes

This is the shortest list here, and the page prints all of it. Water comes first at 99.9 percent, followed by grapefruit seed extract and sodium benzoate, and nothing else. The page calls the wipes “designed for the most sensitive skin,” “PH balanced, and hypoallergenic,” and says they are made without fragrance, alcohol, dyes, chlorine, parabens or phthalates. The basesheet is “100% plant-based,” per the page.

One caveat. The page gives no function for any of the three ingredients, and its sensitive-skin and hypoallergenic statements are the brand’s own, with no test published beside them.

Runner-up: Hello Bello Baby Wipes

Hello Bello’s page lists nine ingredients in full, water first, with aloe and chamomile extracts the page calls “a botanical blend.” It says the wipes are “Fragrance-Free” and “Safe For Sensitive Skin,” and that the cloth is “100% plant-based.” Its product line is the one here in the National Eczema Association’s directory.

It sits second for two reasons. Its list is three times as long as the pick’s, which means more to check against a known reaction. And the eczema listing comes with the formula caveat above, which the record states rather than smooths over.

Also consider: Dyper Baby Wipes

Dyper’s regular wipes are 99 percent water, with glycerin, decyl glucoside, three plant extracts and sodium benzoate after it, per the page. The page says they are “safe for sensitive skin,” “PH balanced, and hypoallergenic,” and made without fragrance, alcohol, dyes, parabens or phthalates. It claims FSC certification for the plant-based materials.

It sits third because its list is incomplete as published. The ingredient line on the brand’s page ends with the single word “Potassium,” naming no compound, and the record stops where the page does. Anyone checking for a specific ingredient should read the package itself.

What the pages leave out

None of the three pages publishes a test behind its sensitive-skin or hypoallergenic statement. Only one product line has a third-party listing that Runlow could confirm, and that listing comes with a formula caveat. Honest’s Clean Conscious Wipes and Seventh Generation’s Free & Clear Baby Wipes also appear in the National Eczema Association’s directory. Seventh Generation’s site has no product page for its baby wipes, and Honest’s page gives no wipe count, so neither has a record to key a pick to. No page here says who should not use the wipes, and this guide adds no such verdict.

How we researched this

Every product fact in this guide comes from each brand’s own website, read on the date each record shows. Nothing was retrieved from a retailer listing or a review. The eczema listing was checked in the National Eczema Association’s own online directory. Each other certification is recorded as a manufacturer claim, since the issuer’s directory could not be queried by exact product with the tools available. Runlow has not tested any of these wipes and makes no claim about how any of them will suit a particular baby’s skin. No prices are shown.