Are your products acne safe?
Ingredient Checker
Here is a list of ingredients to avoid in all skincare, acne care, cosmetics, and hair products. Always check the ingredients before applying anything to your skin or hair, even if the bottle claims it is "Non-Comedogenic" or "Won’t Clog Pores".
To check your product's ingredients, paste the full ingredient list in the box below and hit submit.
Anything in red indicates it's not acne safe.
Full List of Pore Clogging Ingredients
Acetylated Lanolin
Acetylated Lanolin Alcohol
Algae Extract
Algin
Beeswax
Cera Alba
White Wax
Bismuth
Bismuth Oxychloride
Butyl Stearate
Carrageenan
Chondrus Crispus
Irish Moss
Carageenan Moss
Cetearyl Alcohol
Ceteareth-20
Cetyl Acetate
Chlorella
Coal Tar
Cocoa Butter
Theobroma Cacao Butter
Coconut Alkanes
Coconut Butter
Coconut Oil
Cocos Nucifera Oil
Colloidal Sulfur
Cotton Seed Oil
Gossypium Herbaceum Seed Oil
Corn Oil
Zea Mays 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
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
Jojoba Wax
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
Parkii
PEG 2- Sulfosuccinate
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
Shea Butter
Butyrospermum Parkii Butter
Sodium Laureth Sulfate
Sodium Lauryl Sulfate
Solulan 16
Sorbitan Oleate
Soybean Oil
Glycine Soja Oil
Soyabean Oil
Spirulina
Steareth-10
Stearic Acid Tea
Tea-Stearic Acid
Stearyl Heptanoate
Sulfated Castor Oil
Turkey Red Oil
Sulfated Jojoba Oil
Wheat Germ Glyceride
Wheat Germ Oil
Triticum Vulgare Germ Oil
Xylene