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Acne Education Sheet

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Pore Clogging Ingredients in Skin, Hair, and Makeup Products

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Organic and natural skin care lines contain some of the

worst pore-clogging ingredients. Choose powder makeup
over liquid foundations, tinted moisturizers, and BB Creams.
Check ingredient lists in all skin, hair, and makeup products
before using.
Avoid products that contain the fatty acid isopropyl
myristate and its chemical cousins: isopropyl palmitate,
isopropyl lanolate, myristyl myristate, isostearyl neopentonate, and isostearyl isostearate. Other pore-cloggers:
algae, seaweed, kelp, potassium chloride, decyl oleate,
oleth-3, oleyl alcohol, PPG 2 myristyl propionate, sodium

sulfates (sodium lauryl sulfate and sodium laureth sulfate),

laureth-4 and laureth-23, acetylated lanolin alcohol, and
natural butters like cocoa butter and shea butter.
Problem oils: Coconut, sweet almond, argan, carrot, olive,
apricot kernel, palm kernel, MoroccanOil, vitamin E, wheat
germ, sulfated jojoba oil, aromatherapy oil blends, and
scented oils.
Safe oils: Fragrance-free safflower and sunflower oils are
naturally less comedogenic; high-quality mineral
oil (not with Red #36).

Ingredient

Ingredient

Acetylated Lanolin Alcohol

Algae and Algae Extract
Algin (algae)
Argan Oil (MoroccanOil)
Butyl Stearate
Carrageenan (seaweed)
Cetyl Acetate
Cetearyl Alcohol + Ceteareth 20 (listed together)
Chondrus Crispus (Irish Moss or Carrageenan)
Chlorella (seaweed)
Coal Tar
Cocoa Butter
Coconut Alkanes
Coconut Butter
(Coconut Derivatives)
Coconut Oil
Colloidal Sulfur
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 Lanolate
Isopropyl Myristate
Isopropyl Palmitate
Isostearyl Isostearate
Isostearyl Neopentanoate
Kelp

Laminaria Digitata Extract

Laminaria Saccharina (seaweed)
Laureth-4, Laureth-23
Lauric Acid
Mink Oil
Myristic Acid
Myristyl Lactate
Myristyl Myristate
Octyl Palmitate
Octyl Stearate
Oils (see above)
Oleth-3 (not Oleth-3 Phosphate)
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
Sea Whip Extract
Shark Liver Oil (squalene, not squalane)
Shea Butter
Sodium Chloride
Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate (from coconut)
Sodium Laureth Sulfate/ Sodium Lauryl Sulfate
Solulan 16
Sorbitan Oleate
Soybean Oil
Spirulina (seaweed)
Steareth 10
Stearic Acid Tea
Stearyl Heptanoate
Sulfated Castor Oil
Sulfated Jojoba Oil
Wheat Germ Glyceride
Wheat Germ Oil
Xylene

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