Pore-Clogging Ingredients
Browse all known pore-clogging ingredients that can cause breakouts. Learn what each ingredient does, why it clogs pores, and which products to watch out for.
- Acetylated Lanolin — Lanolin Derivative
- Acetylated Lanolin Alcohol — Lanolin Derivative
- Active Soil Complex — Other
- Ahnfeltia Concinna — Algae & Seaweed
- Alaria Esculenta — Algae & Seaweed
- Algae Extract — Algae & Seaweed
- Algin — Algae & Seaweed
- Argan Oil — Oil
- Argania Spinosa — Other
- Ascophyllum Nodosum — Algae & Seaweed
- Avocado Oil — Oil
- Bismuth Oxychloride — Mineral & Petrochemical
- Black Kelp — Algae & Seaweed
- Bladderwack — Algae & Seaweed
- Blue Algae — Algae & Seaweed
- Blue Green Algae — Algae & Seaweed
- Brown Algae — Algae & Seaweed
- Butyl Stearate — Ester
- Carrageenan — Algae & Seaweed
- Carrageenan Moss — Algae & Seaweed
- Cetearyl Alcohol & Ceteareth 20 — Emulsifier
- Cetyl Acetate — Ester
- Chlorella — Algae & Seaweed
- Chondrus Crispus — Algae & Seaweed
- Coal Tar — Mineral & Petrochemical
- Cocoa Butter — Butter
- Coconut Alkanes — Other
- Coconut Butter — Butter
- Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil — Oil
- Colloidal Sulfur — Mineral & Petrochemical
- Corallina Officinalis — Algae & Seaweed
- Cotton Awws — Other
- Cotton Seed Oil — Oil
- Crithmum Maritimum — Other
- D&C Red #3, #17, #21, #30, #36 — Dye
- Decyl Oleate — Ester
- Dilsea Carnosa — Algae & Seaweed
- Dioctyl Succinate — Ester
- Disodium Monooleamido PEG 2-Sulfosuccinate — Surfactant
- Dulse — Algae & Seaweed
- Ecklonia — Algae & Seaweed
- Enteromorpha Compressa — Algae & Seaweed
- Ethoxylated Lanolin — Lanolin Derivative
- Ethylhexyl Palmitate — Ester
- Evening Primrose Oil — Oil
- Fucus Vesiculosus — Algae & Seaweed
- Glyceryl 3-Diisostearate — Emulsifier
- Glyceryl Stearate SE — Emulsifier
- Grapeseed Oil — Oil
- Haslea Ostrearia — Algae & Seaweed
- Himanthalia Elongate — Algae & Seaweed
- Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil — Mineral & Petrochemical
- Hydrolyzed Lola Implexa — Algae & Seaweed
- Hydrolyzed Rhodophycea — Algae & Seaweed
- Hypnea Musciformis — Algae & Seaweed
- Irish Moss — Algae & Seaweed
- Isocetyl Alcohol — Fatty Acid & Alcohol
- Isocetyl Stearate — Ester
- Isodecyl Oleate — Ester
- Isopropyl Isosterate — Ester
- Isopropyl Linolate — Ester
- Isopropyl Linoleate — Ester
- Isopropyl Myristate — Ester
- Isopropyl Palmitate — Ester
- Isostearyl Isostearate — Ester
- Isostearyl Neopentanoate — Ester
- Kelp — Algae & Seaweed
- Laminaria Digitata — Algae & Seaweed
- Laminaria Longicruris — Algae & Seaweed
- Laminaria Saccharine — Algae & Seaweed
- Lanolin — Lanolin Derivative
- Lanolin Alcohol — Lanolin Derivative
- Laureth-23 — Ether, PEG & PPG
- Laureth-4 — Ether, PEG & PPG
- Lauric Acid — Fatty Acid & Alcohol
- Lauryl Alcohol — Fatty Acid & Alcohol
- Linseed Oil — Oil
- Lithothamnium Calcareum — Algae & Seaweed
- Lola Implexa — Algae & Seaweed
- Marine Algae — Algae & Seaweed
- Mastocarpus Stellatus — Algae & Seaweed
- Mineral Oil — Mineral & Petrochemical
- Mink Oil — Oil
- Myreth 3 Myristate — Ether, PEG & PPG
- Myristic Acid — Fatty Acid & Alcohol
- Myristyl Lactate — Ester
- Myristyl Myristate — Ester
- Norwegian Kelp — Algae & Seaweed
- Octyl Palmitate — Ester
- Octyl Stearate — Ester
- Oleth-3 — Ether, PEG & PPG
- Oleth-5 — Ether, PEG & PPG
- Oleyl Alcohol — Fatty Acid & Alcohol
- Padina Pavonica — Algae & Seaweed
- Palmaria Palmate — Algae & Seaweed
- Peanut Oil — Oil
- PEG 16 Lanolin — Lanolin Derivative
- PEG 200 Dilaurate — Ether, PEG & PPG
- Petroleum — Mineral & Petrochemical
- PG Monostearate — Emulsifier
- Phytessence Wakame — Algae & Seaweed
- Plankton — Algae & Seaweed
- Polyglyceryl-3 Diisostearate — Emulsifier
- Porphyra — Algae & Seaweed
- Porphyridium Cruentum — Algae & Seaweed
- Potassium Chloride — Mineral & Petrochemical
- PPG 10 Cetyl Ether — Ether, PEG & PPG
- PPG 2 Myristyl Propionate — Ether, PEG & PPG
- PPG 6 Ceteth 10 Phosphate — Ether, PEG & PPG
- Propylene Glycol Monostearate — Emulsifier
- Red Algae — Algae & Seaweed
- Rockweed — Algae & Seaweed
- Rosehip Oil — Oil
- Sargassum — Algae & Seaweed
- Sea Whip — Algae & Seaweed
- Seaweed — Algae & Seaweed
- Sesame Oil — Oil
- Shark Liver Oil — Oil
- Shea Butter — Butter
- Sodium Laureth Sulfate — Surfactant
- Sodium Lauryl Sulfate — Surfactant
- Soil Minerals — Other
- Solulan 16 — Lanolin Derivative
- Sorbitan Oleate — Emulsifier
- Soybean Oil — Oil
- Spirulina — Algae & Seaweed
- Steareth 10 — Ether, PEG & PPG
- Stearic Acid TEA — Fatty Acid & Alcohol
- Stearyl Heptanoate — Ester
- Sulfated Castor Oil — Sulfated Oil
- Sulfated Jojoba Oil — Sulfated Oil
- Ulva Lactuca — Algae & Seaweed
- Undaria — Algae & Seaweed
- Wakame — Algae & Seaweed
- Wheat Germ Glyceride — Other
- Wheat Germ Oil — Oil
- Xylene — Mineral & Petrochemical