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:

  • 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

  • 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

  • Stearyl Heptanoate

    Sulfated Castor Oil

    Sulfated Jojoba Oil

    Talc

    Wheat Germ Glyceride

    Wheat Germ Oil

    Xylene