Acne-Safe Ingredient Checker
When working to clear your acne, it’s important to identify any potential contributing factors, such as pore-clogging ingredients. This cosmetic analyzer can help highlight highly rated pore-clogging ingredients in your products. Keep in mind that this is just a guideline—everyone’s skin reacts differently. The list of pore-clogging ingredients below is a reference used by Face Reality Acne Specialists like myself.
How to use: Simply copy and paste the ingredient list of your product into the composition box below, then click "Check." Any pore-clogging ingredients will be highlighted in red.
List of pore-clogging (comedogenic) ingredients:
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Acetylated Lanolin
Acetylated Lanolin Alcohol
Algae Extract
Algin
Beeswax
Bismuth
Butyl Stearate
Carrageenan
Ceteareth-20
Cetearyl Alcohol + Ceteareth 20
Cetyl Acetate
Chlorella
Chondrus Crispus (aka Irish Moss or Carrageenan Moss)
Coal Tar
Cocoa Butter
Coconut Alkanes
Coconut Butter
Coconut Extract
Coconut Oil
Cocos Nucifera Oil
Colloidal Sulfur
Corn Oil
Cotton Awws Oil
Cotton Seed 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
Ethoxylated Lanolin
Ethylhexyl Palmitate
Ethylhexyl Stearate
Glyceryl Stearate SE
Glyceryl-3 Diisostearate
Hexadecyl Alcohol
Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil
Isocetyl Alcohol
Isocetyl Stearate
Isodecyl Oleate
Isopropyl Alcohol
Isopropyl Isostearate
Isopropyl Linolate
Isopropyl Myristate
Isopropyl Palmitate
Isopropyl Stearate
Isostearyl Isostearate
Isostearyl Neopentanoate
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Jojoba Wax
Kelp
Laminaria Digitata Extract
Laminaria Saccharina Extract (Laminaria Saccharine)
Lanolin
Lanolin Alcohol
Laureth-23
Laureth-4
Lauric Acid
Lauryl Lactate
Mango Butter
Mineral Oil
Mink Oil
Myristic Acid
Myristyl Alcohol
Myristyl Lactate
Myristyl Myristate
Octyl Palmitate
Octyl Stearate
Oleic Acid
Oleth-3
Oleyl Alcohol
Parkii
PEG 16 Lanolin
PEG 2- Sulfosuccinate
PEG 200 Dilaurate
PEG 8 Stearate
Petrolatum
PG Monostearate
Plankton
Polyglyceryl-3 Diisostearate
Potassium Chloride
PPG 2 Myristyl Propionate
Propylene Glycol Monostearate
Red Algae
Seaweed
Shark Liver Oil
Shea
Shea Butter
Sodium Laureth Sulfate
Sodium Lauryl Sulfate
Solulan 16
Sorbitan Oleate
Soybean Oil
Squalene
Spirulina
Steareth 10
Stearic Acid
Stearic Acid Tea
Stearyl Alcohol
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Stearyl Heptanoate
Sulfated Castor Oil
Sulfated Jojoba Oil
Talc
Wheat Germ Glyceride
Wheat Germ Oil
Xylene