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Pore Clogging Ingredients in Skin and Hair Care
Below is a list of ingredients to avoid in all skin care, acne care, makeup, and hair products. Do not ever put anything on your skin or your hair without checking the ingredients first, even if it says “Won’t Clog Pores” or “Non Comedogenic” on the bottle. Natural oils can be some of the worst for your skin, like cocoa butter and coconut oil which are found in many “organic” skin care lines. Other oils such as jojoba, olive, and lanolin are mildly comedogenic and can be a problem if formulated with other comedogenic ingredients. Some prescriptions such as the cream form of Retin-A have pore clogging ingredients. Many over-the-counter acne medications also have pore clogging ingredients. “Oil-free” products can be comedogenic. Oil free only means – no natural oils, there are synthetic oils.
Makeup and Hair Products
Loose powder, mineral make-up tends to be the safest choice, but still should be checked. Bare Minerals Original Formula loose powder foundation is a safe choice; however, the newer Bare Minerals Matte is NOT a safe choice—it contains soil minerals. You must check all your Hair Products, this includes shampoo and conditioner, etc. You will not clear without!
Is it Acne Safe? App
There is an app that can be used available for Apple and Android that is approximately 90% accurate for determining if the product or food item is acne safe.
| Acetylated Lanolin Acetylated Lanolin Alcohol Algae Extract Algin Argan Oil Butyl Stearate Carrageenan Cetyl Acetate Cetearyl Alcohol + Ceteareth 20 Chondrus Crispus (aka Irish Moss or Carrageenan Moss) Chlorella 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 Oleamido 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 Lanolate Isopropyl Myristate Isopropyl Palmitate Isostearyl Isostearate Isostearyl Neopentanoate Kelp Laminaria Digitata Extract Laminaria Saccharina Extract Laminaria Saccharina 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 Soya) Spirulina Steareth 10 Stearic Acid Tea Stearyl Heptanoate Sulfated Castor Oil Sulfated Jojoba Oil Wheat Germ Glyceride Wheat Germ Oil Xylene |