Brand

Drunk Elephant

Drunk Elephant was founded by Tiffany Masterson in 2012 and acquired by Shiseido for $845 million in 2019. The brand avoids its 'Suspicious 6' ingredients and has built a loyal following for barrier-supportive formulations, though clinical validation of its proprietary ingredient blends (like the 'electrolyte' complex) relies on the individual ingredient evidence rather than brand-specific studies.

In Catalog

products reviewed

79/100 Score

No.1

Overnight Barrier Hero

Drunk Elephant mask

F-Balm Electrolyte Waterfacial

A genuinely sophisticated overnight mask that goes beyond surface hydration with a five-ceramide complex, electrolyte minerals, and meaningful niacinamide concentration. It's the sleeping mask for people who understand that dehydrated skin needs barrier repair, not just more water.

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Microbiome Mist Pioneer

Drunk Elephant toner

Sweet Biome Fermented Sake Spray

A facial mist that actually deserves the word 'treatment' — with a prebiotic, dual ferment filtrates, a three-ceramide complex, and comprehensive NMF replenishment packed into every spray. It's the most scientifically substantive mist on the market, though the subtle results require faith in the long game.

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Drunk Elephant moisturizer

Lala Retro Whipped Cream

A texturally brilliant barrier-repair cream that manages to feel like whipped air while delivering a ceramide complex, fermented oils, and six African plant oils. It's the moisturizer for people who need serious hydration but refuse to look like they greased their face.

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Sensitive Skin Staple

Drunk Elephant cleanser

Beste No. 9 Jelly Cleanser

A thoughtfully engineered gel cleanser that lives up to its name — nine iterations of refinement produced a surfactant system that genuinely respects sensitive skin. The price is steep for a wash-off product, but the formula's restraint and intelligence make it a reliable daily cleanser for most skin types.

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Antioxidant Powerhouse

Drunk Elephant serum

C-Firma Fresh Day Serum

A clinically grounded vitamin C serum that solves the category's biggest problem — oxidation — with a clever powder-to-serum mixing system. The 15% L-ascorbic acid, ferulic acid, and vitamin E triad is the gold standard, and the freshness guarantee justifies the price for anyone serious about photoprotection and brightening.

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Body Care Purist's Pick

Drunk Elephant body-care

Kamili Cream Body Cleanser

A beautifully formulated cream body cleanser that prioritizes skin health over sensory spectacle. The five-oil blend and amino acid complex leave body skin genuinely conditioned, but the premium price and rapid consumption rate make it a luxury commitment rather than a casual swap.

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Clean Body Care Pioneer

Drunk Elephant body-care

Sili Body Lotion

A body lotion with facial-grade ambitions — five ceramides, squalane as the second ingredient, marula butter, amino acids, and panthenol elevate this far above typical body care. The lightweight texture and clean formula make it ideal for sensitive skin and warmer months, though very dry skin types may find it insufficiently rich.

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Drunk Elephant exfoliant

T.L.C. Sukari Babyfacial

The at-home chemical peel that launched a category. Twenty-five percent AHA plus 2% BHA at pH 3.5 delivers professional-strength resurfacing in 20 minutes, with fermented enzymes and recovery ingredients that make the experience dramatically smoother than the numbers suggest. Once weekly, it's the most effective single product in Drunk Elephant's lineup.

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Drunk Elephant moisturizer

Protini Polypeptide Firming Refillable Moisturizer

A masterfully formulated peptide moisturizer with nine peptides, ten amino acids, and a texture that feels like luxury distilled into a gel. Whether the undisclosed peptide concentrations justify $72 is the question Drunk Elephant would rather you not ask — but the skin feel is undeniably exceptional.

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Makeup Meltdown Expert

Drunk Elephant cleanser

Slaai Makeup-Melting Butter Cleanser

A richly formulated cleansing balm that dissolves makeup beautifully while delivering a botanical oil pharmacy to freshly cleansed skin. The borage oil and African oil blend are genuinely special, but the incomplete emulsification and comedogenic base mean it works best as the first half of a double-cleanse routine.

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Drunk Elephant moisturizer

Protini Polypeptide Cream

A genuinely innovative nine-peptide moisturizer that combines growth factor analogs, copper peptide complex, and Matrixyl 3000 with amino acid building blocks in a lightweight, universally wearable gel-cream. The 'signal plus supply' formulation philosophy is smart science — but the premium price and emerging evidence base for several of its peptides keep it from being a slam dunk.

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Clean Beauty SPF Pick

Drunk Elephant sunscreen

Umbra Sheer Physical Daily Defense SPF 30

A thoughtfully formulated mineral sunscreen with an impressive antioxidant supporting cast, but the oil-rich base limits its audience to dry and normal skin types willing to pay a premium for the Drunk Elephant philosophy. Sensitive skin will love it; oily skin will fight it all day.

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Barrier Repair Powerhouse

Drunk Elephant moisturizer

Bora Barrier Repair Cream

A remarkably dense, comprehensive barrier repair cream that packs ceramides, peptides, four antioxidants, dual vitamin C forms, and six botanical oils into one richly formulated product. It delivers genuinely transformative hydration for dry and compromised skin, but the ultra-thick texture and premium price tag keep it firmly in niche territory.

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Gentle Cleanse Innovator

Drunk Elephant cleanser

E-Rase Milki Micellar Water

A thoughtfully engineered micellar water that flips the script on what a cleanser can do — replenishing barrier lipids with ceramides while dissolving impurities with a six-oil blend. Exceptionally gentle for sensitive and dry skin, but underwhelming for heavy makeup removal and hard to justify at three times the price of drugstore alternatives.

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Clean Hydration Cult Classic

Drunk Elephant serum

B-Hydra Intensive Hydration Serum

A genuinely pleasant hydrating serum that does exactly what it says — and nothing more. The dual HA, panthenol, and marula oil create reliable, lightweight hydration in a truly clean formula. But at fifty-four dollars for technology that's available at a fraction of the price, you're paying for the brand philosophy and the cocktailing ecosystem more than any proprietary innovation.

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Drunk Elephant cleanser

Pekee Bar

A simple, effective syndet bar that cleanses at a gentler pH than traditional soap, with marula oil and honey adding modest conditioning benefits. It's a perfectly fine face cleanser — but the $28 price tag asks you to pay a premium for an ingredient list that doesn't quite earn it.

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Resurface + Repair Hybrid

Drunk Elephant serum

Protini Powerpeptide Resurf Serum

A brilliantly engineered hybrid that combines 10% lactic acid resurfacing with 11 peptides, creating a serum that simultaneously exfoliates and rebuilds. The formulation science is outstanding — the sustained-release technology makes the acid gentler than expected while the peptide cocktail stimulates collagen through multiple pathways. But at $82 for one ounce, this is luxury skincare territory where the premium buys innovation, not just results.

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Sensitive Skin Deodorant

Drunk Elephant body-care

Sweet Pitti Deodorant Cream

A clever, science-informed approach to natural deodorant that uses mandelic acid to kill odor-causing bacteria rather than masking smell or blocking sweat. It's the gentlest deodorant option for sensitive underarms, but limited sweat management makes it a lifestyle-dependent choice.

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Drunk Elephant moisturizer

Wonderwild Miracle Butter

A thoughtfully assembled emergency kit for severely dry skin, built from 17 plant oils and butters that deliver powerful occlusive moisturization. Excellent as a targeted rescue balm for lips, cuticles, and dry patches — but the coconut oil and heavy finish limit its usefulness as the all-purpose wonder product Drunk Elephant markets it as.

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Luxury Minimalist Cult Favorite

Drunk Elephant oil

Virgin Marula Luxury Facial Oil

A gorgeous, fast-absorbing facial oil that delivers on moisturization and glow, but at $72 for a single ingredient available elsewhere for under $15, you are paying almost entirely for the Drunk Elephant name and the pretty bottle it comes in.

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Potent Retinol Heavyweight

Drunk Elephant retinoid

A-Passioni Retinol Cream

A powerhouse 1% retinol cream with an impressively engineered support system of peptides, ceramides, niacinamide, and plant oils. The formulation intelligence is genuinely top-tier — but the potency limits its audience, the price demands a deep wallet, and the tube packaging needs a redesign.

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Drunk Elephant exfoliant

T.L.C. Framboos Glycolic Night Serum

The exfoliant that launched a thousand clean-beauty dupes — and still holds its own a decade later. The multi-acid blend is genuinely sophisticated, the botanical buffer system is thoughtful, and the results are real. But at $90 for one ounce, this is the most expensive way to get glycolic acid onto your face, and the irritation potential limits who can actually use it.

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★★★★★

4.3 (10,000)

$90.00