We made it very easy for you to check pore-clogging ingredients in your skin care and makeup products. To do this, you should google the full name of your product and add 'ingredients' at the end. For example: "Neutrogena Deep Clean Cream Cleanser ingredients." Copy the ingredients deck and insert it in the field below. Hit 'Check' and get the results.
Check your product
If you have acne-prone skin, don’t ever put anything on your skin or hair without checking it for comdedogenic, or pore-clogging ingredients (the ingredients that clog your pores)! Remember even if it says “noncomedogenic”, “oil free” or “won’t clog your pores” on the bottle that doesn’t mean it’s safe to use on your skin. No government agency oversees this, so skincare companies can claim their products promote clear skin and still have pore-cloggers in their products. Always check the products ingredient list before using any products on your face or in your hair.
List of pore-clogging (comedogenic) ingredients:
Acetylated Lanolin Alcohol
Algae
Algae Extract
Algin
Algea
Baobab
Beeswax
Bismuth
Butyl Stearate
Butyrospermum
Carrageenan
Carrageenan Moss
Cetearyl Alcohol + Ceteareth 20
Cetyl Acetate
Chlorella
Chondrus Crispus (aka Irish Moss or Carageenan Moss)
Coal Tar
Cocoa Butter
Coconut Alkanes
Coconut Butter
Coconut Extract
Coconut Nucifera extract
Coconut Oil
Cocos nucifera oil
Colloidal Sulfur
Cotton Awws Oil
Cotton Seed Oil
Corn
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
Ecklonia radiata
Ethoxylated Lanolin
Ethylhexyl Palmitate
Glyceryl Stearate SE
Glyceryl-3 Diisostearate
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
Laminaria Digitata Extract
Laminaria Saccharina Extract (Laminaria Saccharine)
Laureth-23
Lauric Acid
Laminaria Digitata
Laminaria Saccharina
Linolate
Mango Butter
Marula
Marula oil
Mink Oil
Moss
Myristate
Myristic Acid
Myristyl
Myristyl Lactate
Myristyl Myristate
Myristyl Propionate
Octyl Palmitate
Octyl Stearate
Oleth-3
Oleyl Alcohol
PEG 2 Sulfosuccinate
PEG 16 Lanolin
PEG 200 Dilaurate
PEG 8 Stearate
PG Monostearate
PPG-2 Myristyl
PPG 2 Myristyl Propionate
Plankton
Polyglyceryl-3 Diisostearate
Polyglyceryl-3-Disostearate
Potassium Chloride
Propylene Glycol Monostearate
Red Algae
Seaweed
Sesame
Shark Liver Oil
Shea
Shea Butter
Sodium Laureth Sulfate
Sodium Lauryl Sulfate
Soja
Solulan 16
Sorbitan Oleate
Soy
Soybean Oil
Spirulina
Squalene
Steareth 10
Stearic Acid Tea
Stearyl Heptanoate
Sulfated Castor Oil
Sulfated Jojoba Oil
Sulfosuccinate
Talc
Undaria Pinnatifida
Wakame
Wheat
Wheat Germ Glyceride
Wheat Germ Oil
Xylene