Pore Clogging Ingredients
Curious about what may be making your breakouts worse? Here are some top things you should be concerned about when it comes to clearing up your breakouts?
Always check the ingredient list in all your hair or skin products before applying them. Even if it says "won't clog pores " or "noncomedogenic" on the container. There are no government agencies that regulate this. Companies can make claims without really knowing what is true or not.
Please Note: Popular oils such as coconut oil or cocoa butter are often top offenders in clogging pores.
Other oils such as lanolin, olive or jojoba are only mildly pore clogging. It is often more of a problem when they are mixed with other comedogenic ingredients listed below.
Many prescriptions that are actually supposed to help acne often contain these ingredients and are counter productive. The common Retin-A cream that is prescribed contains isopropyl myristate which is a highly aggressive in clogging pores.
Just because it says "oil free" doesn't mean it won't break you out.
Makeup
The best makeup is one that does not contain comedogenic ingredients. Loose powder, mineral make-up tends to be the safest choice but still should be checked. We formulate our own minerals at Vanilla Sugar Face & Body that contain no pore-clogging ingredients.
We also don't recommend any pressed powders for the face that are often found at the health food store that have "organic oils" as ingredients. Stick with the loose minerals and read the ingredients first.
Acetylated Lanolin
Acetylated Lanolin Alcohol
Algae Extract
Algin
Argan Oil
Butyl Stearate
Carrageenan
Cetearyl Alcohol + Ceteareth 20
Cetyl Acetate
Chlorella
Chondrus Crispus (aka Irish Moss or Carageenan Moss)
Coal Tar
Cocoa Butter
Coconut Alkanes
Coconut Butter
Coconut Oil
Colloidal Sulfur
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 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 Isostearate
Isostearyl Neopentanoate
Kelp
Laminaria Digitata Extract
Laminaria Saccharina Extract (Laminaria Saccharine)
Laureth-23
Laureth-4
Lauric Acid
Mink Oil
Moroccan Oil
Myristic Acid
Myristyl Lactate
Myristyl Myristate
Octyl Palmitate
Octyl Stearate
Oleth-3
Oleyl Alcohol
Olive Oil
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
Sea Whip Extract
Seaweed
Shark Liver Oil-Squalane
Shea Butter
Sodium Chloride
Sodium Laureth Sulfate
Sodium Lauryl Sulfate
Solulan 16
Sorbitan Oleate
Soybean Oil
Spirulina
Steareth 10
Stearic Acid Tea
Stearyl Heptanoate
Sulfated Castor Oil
Sulfated Jojoba Oil
Wheat Germ Glyceride
Wheat Germ Oil
Xylene