Pore Clogging Ingredients
Here is a list of ingredients to avoid in all skincare, acne care, cosmetics, and hair products. Always check product ingredients before applying anything to your skin or hair, even if the product claims it is "Non-Comedogenic" or "Won’t Clog Pores".
To check your product's ingredients, paste the full ingredient list in the box below and hit submit. Anything in red indicates it's not acne safe.
Full list of non acne safe ingredients:
Acetylated Lanolin
Acetylated Lanolin Alcohol
Algae Extract
Algin
Beeswax
Bismuth
Bismuth Oxychloride
Butyl Stearate
Cera Alba
Carageenan Moss
Carrageenan
Cetearyl Alcohol + Ceteareth 20
Cetyl Acetate
Chlorella
Chondrus Crispus (aka Irish Moss or Carageenan Moss)
Cocoa Butter
Coconut Alkanes
Coconut Butter
Coconut Oil
Cocos Nucifera Oil
Colloidal Sulfur
Coal Tar
Cotton Awws Oil
Cotton Seed Oil
Corn Oil
D & C Red # 17
D & C Red # 21
D & C Red # 3
D & C Red # 30
D & C Red # 36
Decyl Oleate
Dioctyl Succinate
Disodium Monooleamido
Disodium Monooleamido PEG 2- Sulfosuccinate
Ethoxylated Lanolin
Ethylhexyl Palmitate
Glyceryl Stearate SE
Glyceryl-3 Diisostearate
Glycine Soja Oil
Hexadecyl Alcohol
Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil
Irish Moss
Isocetyl Alcohol
Isocetyl Stearate
Isodecyl Oleate
Isopropyl Isostearate
Isopropyl Linolate
Isopropyl Myristate
Isopropyl Palmitate
Isostearyl Isostearate
Isostearyl Neopentanoate
Jojoba Wax
Kelp
Laminaria Digitata Extract
Laminaria Saccharina Extract (Laminaria Saccharine)
Laureth-23
Laureth-4
Lauric Acid
Mink Oil
Myristic Acid
Myristyl Lactate
Myristyl Myristate
Octyl Palmitate
Octyl Stearate
Oleth-3
Oleyl Alcohol
Parkii
PEG 2- Sulfosuccinate
PEG 16 Lanolin
PEG 200 Dilaurate
PEG 8 Stearate
PG Monostearate
PPG 2 Myristyl Propionate
Plankton
Polyglyceryl-3 Diisostearate
Potassium Chloride
Propylene Glycol Monostearate
Red Algae
Seaweed
Shark Liver Oil (Squalene)
Shea
Shea Butter
Sodium Laureth Sulfate
Sodium Lauryl Sulfate
Solulan 16
Sorbitan Oleate
Soyabean Oil
Soybean Oil
Spirulina
Steareth-10
Stearic Acid Tea
Stearyl Heptanoate
Sulfated Castor Oil
Sulfated Jojoba Oil
Theobroma Cacao Butter
Triticum Vulgare Germ Oil
Turkey Red Oil
Wheat Germ Glyceride
Wheat Germ Oil
Xylene
Zea Mays Oil