Pore-Clogging Ingredients

Below is a list of ingredients that can be found in skincare products, makeup & hair products that can clog your pores and may exacerbate acne.  Even if it says "won't clog pores" or "non-comedogenic" still check for these pore-clogging ingredients.

-Acetylated Lanolin

-Acetylated Lanolin Alcohol

-Algae Extract

-Algin

-Butyl Stearate

-Carrageenan

-Cetyl Acetate

-Cetearyl Alcohol + Ceteareth 20

-Chondrus Crispus (aka Irish Moss or Carageenan Moss)

-Chlorella

-Coal Tar

-Cocoa Butter

-Coconut Alkanes

-Coconut Butter

-Coconut Oil

-Colloidal Sulfur

-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 PEG 2- Sulfosuccinate

-Ethoxylated Lanolin

-Ethylhexyl Palmitate

-Glyceryl Stearate SE

-Glyceryl-3 Diisostearate

-Hexadecyl Alcohol

-Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil

-Isocetyl Alcohol

-Isocetyl Stearate

-Isodecyl Oleate

-Isopropyl Isostearate

-Isopropyl Linolate

-Isopropyl Myristate

-Isopropyl Palmitate

-Isostearyl Neopentanoate

-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

-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 Butter

-Sodium Laureth Sulfate

-Sodium Lauryl Sulfate

-Solulan 16

-Sorbitan Oleate

-Soybean Oil (Glycine Soja)

-Spirulina

-Steareth 10

-Stearic Acid Tea

-Stearyl Heptanoate

-Sulfated Castor Oil

-Sulfated Jojoba Oil

-Wheat Germ Glyceride

-Wheat Germ Oil

-Xylene