THE OFFICIAL

COMEDOGENIC

INGREDIENT LIST

Avoid any of the following ingredients in your haircare, laundry, makeup and skincare products if you have acne-prone skin. These will cause clogging over time. Many of these ingredients are found in products advertised as “non-comedogenic” but no one oversees those claims so it is worth it to check the ingredients. Skincare marketed as being “all natural” or “clean” are often the biggest offenders!

The list below looks really long but it only takes a few minutes to check a product.

Acetylated Lanolin

Acetylated Lanolin Alcohol

Almond Oil

Apricot Kernel Oil

Argan Oil

Avocado Oil

Black Currant Seed Oil

Blackberry Seed Oil

Butters (Shea, Coconut, Almond, etc.)

Butyl Stearate

C13-14

Isoparaffin

Carrageenan

Cetearyl Alcohol + Ceteareth 20

Cetyl Acetate

Cheru Seed Oil

Chlorella

Chondrus Crispus (a.k.a.

Irish Moss or Carrageenan Moss)

Chullu (Wild Apricot) Seed Oil

Coal Tar

Cocoa & Coconut Butters

Coconut Alkanes

Coconut Oil

Colloidal Sulfur

Corn Oil

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

Dhupa Seed Oil

Dioctyl Succinate

Disodium Mono-oleamido

Ethoxylated Lanolin

Ethylhexyl Palmitate

Evening Primrose Oil

Glyceryl Stearate SE

Glyceryl-3 Diisostearate

Groundnut Oil

Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil

Hexadecyl Alcohol 

Isocetyl Alcohol 

Isocetyl Stearate 

Isodecyl Oleate 

Isopropyl Isostearate

Isopropyl Lanolate

Isopropyl Myristate

Isopropyl Palmitate 

Isostearyl Isostearate 

Isostearyl Neopentanoate

Jojoba Seed Oil

Kapok Oil

Kasum Oil

Kelp Kokum Oil

Laminaria Digitata Extract   

Laminaria Saccharina Extract

Lanolin

Laureth – 23

Lauric Acid

Mahua Seed Oil

Menthol

Mink Oil

Monostearate

Myristic Acid

Myristyl Alcohol

Myristyl Lactate 

Myristyl Myristate

Nahor Seed Oil

Neem Oil

Octyl Palmitate

Octyl Stearate

Oleth – 3

Oleth – 5

Oleyl Alcohol

Olive Oil

Palash Oil

Palm Kernel Oil

Palm Oil

Peach Kernel Oil

Peanut Oil

PEG 100 Distearate

PEG 150 Distearate

PEG 200 Dilaurate

PEG – 16 

PEG 16 Lanolin

PEG2 – Sulfosucinate

PEG 8 Stearate

PG Monostearate

Pilu Oil 

Pisu Oil

PPG 2 Myristyl Propionate

Polyglyceryl – 3

Polyglyceryl –Disostearate

Potassium Chloride

Monostearate

PPG 2 Myristyl Propionate

Propylene Glycol Monost..

Ratanjyat Oil

Rice Bran Oil

Sal Seed Oil

Sea Whip Extract

Seaweed

Sesame Oil

Sodium Carbomer

Shea Butter

Sodium Lauryl Sulfate

Solulan 16

Sorbitan Oleate

Soybean Oil

Spirulina

Steareth – 10

Steareth – 2 

Stearic Acid Tea

Stearyl Heptanoate

Sulfated Castor Oil

Sulfated Jojoba Oil

Talc

Tribeheniin

Undi Oil

Vegetable Oil

Wheat Germ Glycerides

Wheat Germ Oil

Xylene