Browse our complete list of common pore-clogging ingredients so you can spot and avoid them in your skincare and makeup.

A 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
  • Ceteareth-20
  • Cetearyl Alcohol
  • Cetyl Acetate
  • Chlorella
  • Coal Tar
  • Cocoa Butter
  • Theobroma Cacao Butter
  • Coconut Alkanes
  • Coconut Butter
  • Coconut Oil
  • Cocos nucifera
  • Cocos nucifera oil
  • Colloidal Sulfur
  • Cotton Seed Oil
  • Gossypium Herbaceum (Cotton) Seed Oil
  • Corn oil
  • Zea Mays (Corn) 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
  • Shea
  • Shark Liver Oil
  • Shea Butter
  • Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter
  • Sodium Laureth Sulfate
  • Sodium Lauryl Sulfate
  • Solulan 16
  • Sorbitan Oleate
  • Soybean Oil
  • Glycine Soja (Soybean) Oil
  • Soyabean Oil
  • Spirulina
  • Steareth 10
  • 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 (Wheat) Germ Oil
  • Xylene
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