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