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Pore Clogging Ingredient Checker

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Use our Pore-Clogging Ingredient Checker to ensure your skincare and makeup products are acne-safe. Simply paste your product’s ingredient list below, and we’ll flag any ingredients known to clog pores or contribute to breakouts.

List of pore-clogging (comedogenic) ingredients

  • 1-Acetoxyhexadecane

  • 1-Hexadecanol Acetate

  • Acetylated Lanolin Alcohol

  • Acetylated Wool Fat

  • Acetylated Wool Wax

  • Agar

  • Ahnfeltia Concinna

  • Ahnfeltiopsis Concinna Extract

  • Alaria Esculenta

  • Alaria Esculenta Extract

  • Algae

  • Algae Bladderwrack

  • Algae Extract

  • Algea

  • Algin

  • Alginate

  • Alginic Acid

  • Almond Oil

  • Andiroba Seed Oil

  • Aphanothece Sacrum Polysaccharide

  • Apricot Kernel Oil

  • Apricot Oil

  • Arthrospira Platensis

  • Ascophyllum

  • Ascophyllum Nodosum

  • Ascophyllum Nodosum Extract

  • Asparagopsis Armata Extract

  • Astrocaryum Murumuru Seed Butter

  • Avocado Butter

  • Avokado Oil

  • Babassu Oil

  • Beef Tallow

  • Bismuth

  • Bismuth Oxychloride

  • Black Kelp

  • Bladderwrack

  • Blue Algae

  • Blue Green Algae

  • Borage Oil

  • Brazil Nut Oil

  • Brown Algae

  • Bryopsis Africana

  • Buriti Oil

  • Butyl Stearate

  • Butyl Stearic Acid

  • Butyrospermum

  • Butyrospermum Parkii

  • Cacao Butter

  • Cacao Seed Butter

  • Canola Oil

  • Capea Biruncinata var. Desnuda Sonder

  • Carageenan

  • Caragenan

  • Carastay C

  • Carrageenan

  • Carrageenan Gum

  • Carrageenan Moss

  • Carragenan

  • Carrot Seed Oil

  • Caulerpa Filiformis

  • Caulerpa Lentillifera Extract

  • CeraVe Oil

  • Cetyl Acetate

  • Chaetomorpha Linum

  • Cherry Seed Oil

  • Chlamydomonas Reinhardtii Extract

  • Chlorella

  • Chlorophyceae

  • Chondrus Crispus

  • Chondrus Crispus Powder

  • Chullu Seed Oil

  • Cladophora cf. Subsimplex

  • Cladophora Radiosa

  • Cladosiphon Okamuranus Extract

  • Coal Tar

  • Cocoa Seed Butter

  • Coconut

  • Coconut Alkanes

  • Coconut Butter

  • Coconut Extract

  • Coconut Fruit Extract

  • Coconut Nucifera Extract

  • Cocos

  • Cocos Nucifera

  • Cocos Nucifera Seed Butter

  • Codium Fragile Extract

  • Coenochloris Signiensis Extract

  • Colloidal Sulfur

  • Corallina Officinalis Extract

  • Corn Oil

  • Cotton Awws

  • Cotton Awws Oil

  • Cotton Oil

  • Cotton Seed Oil

  • Cranberry Seed Oil

  • Creosote

  • Cystoseira Tamariscifolia Extract

  • D&C Red 17

  • D&C Red 21

  • D&C Red 3

  • D&C Red 30

  • D&C Red 36

  • Decyl Oleate

  • Dictyopteris Membranacea

  • Dictyopteris Polypodioides

  • Dilsea Carnosa Extract

  • Dioctyl Succinate

  • Disodium Laureth Sulfosuccinate

  • Disodium Monooleamido

  • Disodium Monooleamido

PEG-2 Sulfosuccinate

  • Disodium Oleamido PEG-2 Sulfosuccinate

  • Dodecanoic Acid

  • Dodecoic Acid

  • Dodecyl Acid

  • Dulse​​​​​​

  • Dunaliella Salina Extract

  • Duodecylic Acid

  • Durvillaea Antarctica Extract

  • Ecklonia

  • Ecklonia Cava

  • Ecklonia Cava Extract

  • Ecklonia Radiata

  • Enteromorpha Compressa

  • Enteromorpha Compressa Extract

  • Ethoxylated Lanolin

  • Ethylhexyl Palmitate

  • Ethylhexyl Stearate

  • Eucheuma Spinosum Extract

  • Evening Primrose Oil

  • Flax Oil

  • Flaxseed Oil

  • Fucoxanthin

  • Fucus Serratus

  • Fucus Vesiculosus

  • Gamtae Extract

  • Gelidiella Acerosa Extract

  • Gelidium Amansii Extract

  • Gigartina Stellata Extract

  • Glyceryl 3 Diisostearate

  • Glyceryl-3 Diisostearate

  • Glycine Max

  • Glycine Soja Oil

  • Gracilariopsis Chorda Extract

  • Haematococcus Pluvialis

  • Haematococcus Pluvialis Extract

  • Haslea Ostrearia

  • Haslea Ostrearia Extract

  • Hexadecanol Acetate

  • Hexadecyl Alcohol

  • Himanthalia Elongata

  • Himanthalia Elongata Extract

  • Hizikia Fusiforme Extract

  • Hydrogenated Castor Oil

  • Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil

  • Hydrolyzed Rhodophyceae Extract

  • Hypnaceae Extract

  • Hypnea Musciformis Extract

  • Irish Moss

  • Isocetyl Alcohol

  • Isocetyl Stearate

  • Isodecyl Oleate

  • Isooctadecyl Isooctadecanoate

  • Isopalmitic Alcohol

  • Isopalmityl Alcohol

  • Isopropyl Isodecanoate

  • Isopropyl Isostearate

  • Isopropyl Lanolate

  • Isopropyl Linoleate

  • Isostearyl Isostearate

  • Isostearyl Neopentanoate

  • Jania Rubens Extract

  • Jojoba Butter

  • Kapok Oil

  • Kappaphycus

  • Kappaphycus Alvarezii Extract

  • Karite

  • Kelp

  • Laminaria

  • Laminaria Digitata

  • Laminaria Digitata Extract

  • Laminaria Longicruris

  • Laminaria Saccharina

  • Laminaria Saccharina Extract

  • Lanolic Acid

  • Lanolin Acetate

  • Lanolin Alcohol

  • Lanolin Polyoxyethylene Ether

  • Laureth 23

  • Laureth 4

  • Laureth-23

  • Laureth-4

  • Lauric Acid

  • Laurostearic Acid

  • Lauryl Sulfate

  • Linolate

  • Linseed Oil

  • Linum Usitatissimum Seed Oil

  • Liquor Picis Carbonis

  • Lithothamnium Calcareum

  • Lithothamnium Calcareum Powder

  • Lola Implexa

  • Macroalgae

  • Macrocystis Pyrifera Extract

  • Magnesium Myristate

  • Mahua Seed Oil

  • Marine Algae

  • Marula

  • Marula Oil

  • Mastocarpus

  • Mastocarpus Stellatus

  • Microcystis Aeruginosa

  • Mink Oil

  • Monostearate

  • Moringa Oil

  • Moringa Oleifera Seed Oil

  • Moss

  • Myreth-3 Myristate

  • Myristate

  • Myristic Acid

  • Myristyl

  • Myristyl Alcohol

  • Myristyl Lactate

  • Myristyl Propianate

  • Myristyl Propionate

  • N-hexadecyl Ethanoate

  • Norwegian Kelp

  • Octadecyl Heptanoate

  • Olea Europaea Fruit Oil

  • Oleth-3

  • Olive Butter

  • Olive Oil Peg-7 Esters

  • Padina Pavonica

  • Palash Oil

  • Palm Butter

  • Palm Kernel Oil

  • Palm Oil

  • Palmaria Palmata

  • Palmaria palmata Extract

  • Palmitic Acid

  • Palmityl Acetate

  • Palmityl Alcohol

  • Papaya Seed Oil

  • Parkii

  • Parkii Butter

  • Parkii Oil

  • Peanut Oil

  • PEG 16 Lanolin

  • PEG-16 Lanolin

  • PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil

  • Pelvetia Canaliculata Extract

  • Pequot Oil

  • PG Monostearate

  • Phaeodactylum Tricornutum Extract

  • Phaeophyceae

  • Phytessence Wakame

  • Pilu Oil

  • Pine Nut Oil

  • Plankton

  • Plankton Extract

  • Polyglyceryl-Diisostearate

  • Polysiphonia Elongata Extract

  • Porphyra

  • Porphyra Umbilicalis

  • Porphyridium

  • Porphyridium Cruentum

  • Porphyridium Cruentum Extract

  • Potassium Chloride

  • Pouteria Sapota Seed Butter

  • PPG 2 Myristyl Ether Propionate

  • PPG 2 Myristyl Propionate

  • PPG-2 Myristyl

  • PPG-2 Myristyl Propionate

  • Propylene Glycol Monostearate

  • Pyrene Coal Tar Pitch

  • Rapeseed Oil

  • Red Algae

  • Red Palm Oil

  • Rhodophyceae Extract

  • Rhodophyta

  • Rockweed

  • Sargassum

  • Sargassum Filipendula Extract

  • Sargassum Fusiforme Extract

  • Sclerocarya Birrea

  • Sclerocarya Birrea Seed Oil

  • Sea Fern

  • Sea Grass

  • Seaweed

  • Sesame Oil

  • Sesame Seed

  • Sesamum Indicum

  • Shark Liver Oil

  • Shark Squalene

  • Shea

  • Shea Nut Oil

  • Sheep Alcohol

  • SLES

  • SLO

  • SLS

  • Sodium Alginate

  • Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate

  • Sodium Laureth Sulfate

  • Sodium Lauryl Ether Sulfate

  • Sodium Lauryl Sulfate

  • Solulan 16

  • Sorbitan Oleate

  • Soybean

  • Soybean Oil

  • Sphacelaria

  • Spirulina

  • Squalene

  • Steareth 10

  • Steareth-10

  • Stearic Acid Tea

  • Stearyl Heptanoate

  • Sulfated Castor Oil

  • Sulfated Jojoba Oil

  • Sunflower Butter

  • Sweet Almond Butter

  • Sweet Almond Oil

  • Tallow

  • Tetradecyl Myristate

  • Theobroma Butter

  • Theobroma Cocoa Seed Butter

  • Theobroma Oil

  • Triticum Aestivum

  • Triticum Vulgare

  • Tucuma Butter

  • Turkey Red Oil

  • Ulva Fasciata

  • Ulva Lactuca

  • Ulva Rhacodes

  • Undaria

  • Undaria Pinnatifida

  • Vitamin E Oil

  • Vitellaria paradoxa

  • Wakame

  • Wheat Germ Acid

  • Wheat Germ Glyceride

  • Wheat Germ Oil

  • Wool Alcohol

  • Wool Fat

  • Xanthophyta

  • Xylene

  • Zea Mays (Corn) Oil

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