Pore Clogging Ingredients Checker + FREE Widget For Your Site
If you—or your clients—struggle with acne concerns, understanding the ingredients present in your skin care products is a critical necessity to avoiding ingredients that exacerbate acne issues.
A quick way to assess a product’s pore clogging attributes is by using a pore clogging ingredient checker.
That is why we’ve built one of the most comprehensive tools for checking your ingredients—as well as a way for skincare professionals to make it available to their clients on their own websites!
Scroll down to use our Acne Safe Ingredient Checker and to get access to the code to add it to your site!
Pore Clogging Ingredient Checker
Enter a list of the ingredients listed on your skin care product (separated by commas or line breaks):
Courtesy of Grove Brands
How does the Pore Clogging Ingredient Checker work?
Our widget works by cross referencing the ingredients in your products with a comprehensive list of known pore-clogging ingredients. If it finds ingredients that are on your list, it will tell you which ones are not “acne safe”. If none are found, it will let you know that it is “safe”.
Please note: Always work with a licensed aesthetician, esthetician or skin care professional to determine the unique needs of your skin.
What ingredients does the Pore Clogging Ingredient Checker look for?
We’ve done the research to create the most comprehensive list of ingredients known to clog pores and promote acne. See below to view our ultimate list of known ingredients.
- Acetic acid hexadecyl ester
- Acetylated Lanolin
- Acetylated Lanolin Alcohol
- Acetylated wool fat
- Acetylated wool wax
- Adansonia digitata l.
- Agar
- Ahnfeltiopsis concinna extract
- Alaria esculenta extract
- Alga bladderwrack
- Algae
- Algae Extract
- Algea
- Algin
- Alginate
- Alginate
- Alginic acid
- Aphanothece sacrum polysaccharide
- Apricot Oil
- Arthrospira plantensis
- Ascophyllum nodosum extract
- Asparagopsis armata extract
- Avocado Oil
- Avocado Oil
- Babassu Oil
- Baobab
- Beeswax
- Bismuth
- Bryopsis africana
- Butyl Octadecanoate
- Butyl Stearate
- Butyrospermum
- Cacao seed butter
- Canola Oil
- Capea biruncinata var. denuda sonder
- Capea biruncinata var. elongata sonder
- Carageenan gum
- Carastay c
- Carrageenan
- Carrageenan Moss
- Caulerpa filiformis
- Caulerpa lentillifera extract
- Cera alba
- Cera bianca
- Cera flava
- Cera olea
- Cetearyl Alcohol + Ceteareth 20
- Cetyl Acetate
- Chaetomorpha linum (aerea) cladophora radiosa
- Chlamydomonas reinhardtii extract
- Chlorella
- Chlorophyceae
- Chondrus Crispus (aka Irish Moss or Carageenan Moss)
- Cladophora cf. subsimplex
- Cladosiphon okamuranus extract
- Coal Tar
- Coco-caprylate
- Cocoa Butter
- Coconut Alkanes
- Coconut Butter
- Coconut Extract
- Coconut Nucifera extract
- Coconut Oil
- Cocos nucifera oil
- Cocos nucifera seed butter
- Coenochloris signiensis extract
- Colloidal Sulfur
- Corallina officinalis extract
- Corn
- Corn oil
- Cotton Awws Oil
- Cotton Seed Oil
- Creosote
- Cystoseira tamariscifolia extract
- D&C Red # 17
- D&C Red # 21
- D&C Red # 3
- D&C Red # 30
- D&C Red # 36
- D&C Red # 19
- D&C Red # 27
- D&C Red # 33
- D&C Red # 4
- D&C Red # 40
- D&C Red # 6
- D&C Red # 7
- D&C Red # 9
- Decyl Oleate
- Decyloleate
- Dicotyledons succinate
- Dictyopteris membranacea
- Dictyopteris polypodioides
- Diethylhexyl sodium sulfosuccinate
- Diisooctyl succinate
- Dilsea carnosa extract
- Dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate
- Dioctyl Succinate
- Disodium laureth sulfosuccinate
- Disodium Monooleamido
- Disodium Monooleamido peg 2 sulfosuccinate
- Disodium Monooleamido PEG 2- Sulfosuccinate
- Disodium oleamido peg-2 sulfosuccinate
- Dodecanoic acid
- Dodecoic acid
- Dodecylic acid
- Dunaliella salina extract
- Duodecylic acid
- Durvillaea antarctica extract
- Ecklonia cava
- Ecklonia cava extract
- Ecklonia radiata
- Enteromorpha compressa extract
- Ethoxylated Lanolin
- Ethylhexyl Palmitate
- Ethylhexyl Stearate
- Eucheuma spinosum extract
- Flaxseed Oil
- Fucoxanthin
- Fucus serratus
- Fucus vesiculosus
- Gamtae extract
- Gelidiella acerosa extract
- Gelidium amansii extract
- Gigartina stellata extract
- Glyceryl monostearate
- Glyceryl Stearate SE
- Glyceryl-3 Diisostearate
- Glycine max
- Glycine soja oil
- Gracilariopsis chorda extract
- Haematococcus pluvialis
- Haematococcus pluvialis extract
- Haslea ostrearia extract
- Hexadecanol acetate
- Hexadecyl Acetate
- Hexadecyl Alcohol
- Himanthalia elongata extract
- Hizikia fusiforme extract
- Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil
- Hydrolyzed rhodophycea extract
- Hydrous magnesium silicate
- Hypnea musciformis extract
- Hypneaceae extract
- Irish Moss
- Isocetyl Alcohol
- Isocetyl Stearate
- Isodecyl Oleate
- Isohexadecanol
- Isohexadecyl alcohol
- Isohexadecyl stearate
- Isooctadecyl isooctadecanoate
- Isopalmitic alcohol
- Isopalmityl alcohol
- Isopropyl isodecanoate
- Isopropyl Isostearate
- Isopropyl Linolate
- Isopropyl Myristate
- Isopropyl Palmitate
- Isostearate
- Isostearyl Isostearate
- Isostearyl Neopentanoate
- Jania rubens extract
- Jojoba
- Jojoba Oil
- Jojoba wax
- Kalathiya
- Kappaphycus alvarezii extract
- Karite
- Kelp
- Kishan
- Kousou ekisu
- Laminaria
- Laminaria Digitata Extract
- Laminaria Saccharina Extract (Laminaria Saccharine)
- Lanolin acetate
- Lanolin alcohol acetate
- Lanolin Oil
- Lanolin polyoxyethylene ether
- Laureth 23
- Laureth 4
- Laureth-23
- Laureth-4
- Lauric Acid
- Lauryl Sulfate
- Linolate
- Liquor carbonis detergens
- Liquor picis carbonis
- Lithothamnium calcareum powder
- Lpc
- Macroalgae
- Macrocystis pyrifera extract
- Mangifera indica seed butter
- Mango Butter
- Marula
- Marula oil
- Methylsilanol mannuronate
- Mink Oil
- Moss
- Myristate
- Myristic Acid
- Myristyl
- Myristyl Lactate
- Myristyl Myristate
- Myristyl Propionate
- N-hexadecyl alcohol
- N-hexadecyl ethanoate
- Neopentanoate
- Octadecanoic acid
- Octadecyl heptanoate
- Octyl Palmitate
- Octyl Stearate
- Olea Europaea Oil
- Oleth-3
- Oleth-3 phosphate
- Oleyl Alcohol
- Olive Oil
- Olive Oil
- Palm Oil
- Palmaria palmata extract
- Palmitate
- Palmitic Acid
- Palmityl Acetate
- Palmityl Alcohol
- Parkii
- PEG 16 Lanolin
- PEG 2 Sulfosuccinate
- PEG 2- Sulfosuccinate
- PEG 2- Sulfosuccinate
- PEG 200 Dilaurate
- PEG 8 Stearate
- PEG-75
- Pelvetia canaliculata extract
- Persea Americana
- PES
- Petroleum Jelly (Petrolatum)
- PG Monostearate
- PGMS
- Phaeodactylum tricornutum extract
- Phaeophyceae
- Pix carbonis
- Plankton
- Polyethylene glycol 200
- Polyethylene glycol dodecyl ether
- Polyethylene glycol jojoba acid
- Polyethylene glycol laury l ether
- Polyethylene glycol monododecyl ether
- Polyethylene glycol stearate
- Polyglyceryl-3 Diisostearate
- Polyglyceryl-3-Disostearate
- Polyoxyethylene lauryl ether
- Polysiphonia elongata extract
- Porphyra umbilicalis
- Porphyridium
- Porphyridium cruentum extract
- Porphyridium polysaccharide
- Potassium Chloride
- Potassium Salt
- PPG 2 Myristyl Ether Propionate
- PPG 2 Myristyl Propionate
- PPG-2 Myristyl
- Propanoic Acid
- Propylene Glycol Monostearate
- Pyrene coal tar pitch
- Red Algae
- Rhodophyceae extract
- Rhodophyta
- Sargassum filipendula extract
- Sargassum fusiforme extract
- Sclerocarya birrea
- Sclerocarya birrea seed oil
- Sea fern
- Seaweed
- Sesame
- Sesame Oil
- Sesame Seed
- Sesamum indicum
- Shark Liver Oil
- Shark Squalene
- Shea
- Shea Butter
- Sheep alcohol
- Simmondsia chinensis seed wax
- Sles
- Slo
- Sls
- Sodium Alginate
- Sodium Alkylethersulfate
- Sodium Chloride (Salt)
- Sodium Docusate
- Sodium Dodecyl sulphate
- Sodium Laureth Sulfate
- Sodium Lauryl Ether sulfate
- Sodium Lauryl Sulfate
- Soja
- Solulan 16
- Sorbitan Monooleate
- Sorbitan Oleate
- Soy
- Soy
- Soybean
- Soybean Oil
- Sphacelaria
- Spirulina
- Squalene
- Starch
- Steareth 10
- Steareth-10
- Stearic Acid Tea
- Stearyl Heptanoate
- Sulfated Castor Oil
- Sulfated Jojoba Oil
- Sulfosuccinate
- Sulphated castor oil
- Talc
- Talcum
- Tea stearate
- Tetradecanoic acid
- Tetradecyl lactate
- Tetradecyl myristate
- Tetradecyl propionate
- Theobroma butter
- Theobroma cocoa seed butter
- Theobroma oil
- Triticum aestivum
- Triticum vulgare
- Turkey red oil
- Ulva fasciata
- Ulva lactuca
- Ulva rhacodes
- Undaria Pinnatifida
- Vegetable gelatin
- Vitellaria paradoxa
- Vulvic acid
- Wakame
- Wheat
- Wheat Germ Glyceride
- Wheat Germ Oil
- Wool alcohol
- Wool fat
- Xanthophyta
- Xylene
- Xylitol
- Zea mays
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The comedogenicity of ingredients remains constant regardless of formulation. While some brands assert that formulation can modify this aspect, the fundamental nature of the ingredients remains unchanged.
Add the pore clogging ingredient checker to your site
We’re pleased to offer you a totally free code to add to your site to allow your clients to check their skin care ingredients. Instructions below:
Code to Copy:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
<title>Acne Safe Ingredient Checker</title>
<style>
#ingredientList {
width: 90%;
max-width: 300px;
}
#result {
font-size: 18px;
margin-top: 10px;
}
.red-text {
color: red;
}
.green-text {
color: green;
}
#buttons {
margin-top: 10px;
}
#credit {
font-size: 12px;
margin-top: 10px;
color: #666; /* Light gray color */
}
#credit a {
color: #666; /* Light gray color */
text-decoration: none;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h2>Acne Safe Ingredient Checker</h2>
<p>Enter a list of the ingredients listed on your product (separated by commas or line breaks):</p>
<textarea id="ingredientList" rows="5" cols="50"></textarea><br>
<div id="buttons">
<button onclick="checkIngredients()">Check Ingredients</button>
<button onclick="clearIngredients()">Clear</button>
</div>
<p id="result"></p>
<p id="credit">Courtesy of Grove Brands. Get your <a href="https://www.grovebrands.com/fresh-squeezed/pore-clogging-ingredient-checker" target="_blank">Pore Clogging Ingredient Checker</a></p>
<script>
function checkIngredients() {
var input = document.getElementById('ingredientList').value.toLowerCase();
var ingredients = input.split(/[,\n]+/);
var comedogenicIngredients = [
"Acetic acid hexadecyl ester",
"Acetylated Lanolin",
"Acetylated Lanolin Alcohol",
"Acetylated wool fat",
"Acetylated wool wax",
"Adansonia digitata l.",
"Agar",
"Ahnfeltiopsis concinna extract",
"Alaria esculenta extract",
"Alga bladderwrack",
"Algae",
"Algae Extract",
"Algea",
"Algin",
"Alginate",
"Alginate",
"Alginic acid",
"Aphanothece sacrum polysaccharide",
"Apricot Oil",
"Arthrospira plantensis",
"Ascophyllum nodosum extract",
"Asparagopsis armata extract",
"Avocado Oil",
"Avocado Oil",
"Babassu Oil",
"Baobab",
"Beeswax",
"Bismuth",
"Bryopsis africana",
"Butyl Octadecanoate",
"Butyl Stearate",
"Butyrospermum",
"Cacao seed butter",
"Canola Oil",
"Capea biruncinata var. denuda sonder",
"Capea biruncinata var. elongata sonder",
"Carageenan gum",
"Carastay c",
"Carrageenan",
"Carrageenan Moss",
"Caulerpa filiformis",
"Caulerpa lentillifera extract",
"Cera alba",
"Cera bianca",
"Cera flava",
"Cera olea",
"Cetearyl Alcohol + Ceteareth 20",
"Cetyl Acetate",
"Chaetomorpha linum (aerea) cladophora radiosa",
"Chlamydomonas reinhardtii extract",
"Chlorella",
"Chlorophyceae",
"Chondrus Crispus (aka Irish Moss or Carageenan Moss)",
"Cladophora cf. subsimplex",
"Cladosiphon okamuranus extract",
"Coal Tar",
"Coco-caprylate",
"Cocoa Butter",
"Coconut Alkanes",
"Coconut Butter",
"Coconut Extract",
"Coconut Nucifera extract",
"Coconut Oil",
"Cocos nucifera oil",
"Cocos nucifera seed butter",
"Coenochloris signiensis extract",
"Colloidal Sulfur",
"Corallina officinalis extract",
"Corn",
"Corn oil",
"Cotton Awws Oil",
"Cotton Seed Oil",
"Creosote",
"Cystoseira tamariscifolia extract",
"D&C Red # 17",
"D&C Red # 21",
"D&C Red # 3",
"D&C Red # 30",
"D&C Red # 36",
"D&C Red # 19",
"D&C Red # 27",
"D&C Red # 33",
"D&C Red # 4",
"D&C Red # 40",
"D&C Red # 6",
"D&C Red # 7",
"D&C Red # 9",
"Decyl Oleate",
"Decyloleate",
"Dicotyledons succinate",
"Dictyopteris membranacea",
"Dictyopteris polypodioides",
"Diethylhexyl sodium sulfosuccinate",
"Diisooctyl succinate",
"Dilsea carnosa extract",
"Dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate",
"Dioctyl Succinate",
"Disodium laureth sulfosuccinate",
"Disodium Monooleamido",
"Disodium Monooleamido peg 2 sulfosuccinate",
"Disodium Monooleamido PEG 2- Sulfosuccinate",
"Disodium oleamido peg-2 sulfosuccinate",
"Dodecanoic acid",
"Dodecoic acid",
"Dodecylic acid",
"Dunaliella salina extract",
"Duodecylic acid",
"Durvillaea antarctica extract",
"Ecklonia cava",
"Ecklonia cava extract",
"Ecklonia radiata",
"Enteromorpha compressa extract",
"Ethoxylated Lanolin",
"Ethylhexyl Palmitate",
"Ethylhexyl Stearate",
"Eucheuma spinosum extract",
"Flaxseed Oil",
"Fucoxanthin",
"Fucus serratus",
"Fucus vesiculosus",
"Gamtae extract",
"Gelidiella acerosa extract",
"Gelidium amansii extract",
"Gigartina stellata extract",
"Glyceryl monostearate",
"Glyceryl Stearate SE",
"Glyceryl-3 Diisostearate",
"Glycine max",
"Glycine soja oil",
"Gracilariopsis chorda extract",
"Haematococcus pluvialis",
"Haematococcus pluvialis extract",
"Haslea ostrearia extract",
"Hexadecanol acetate",
"Hexadecyl Acetate",
"Hexadecyl Alcohol",
"Himanthalia elongata extract",
"Hizikia fusiforme extract",
"Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil",
"Hydrolyzed rhodophycea extract",
"Hydrous magnesium silicate",
"Hypnea musciformis extract",
"Hypneaceae extract",
"Irish Moss",
"Isocetyl Alcohol",
"Isocetyl Stearate",
"Isodecyl Oleate",
"Isohexadecanol",
"Isohexadecyl alcohol",
"Isohexadecyl stearate",
"Isooctadecyl isooctadecanoate",
"Isopalmitic alcohol",
"Isopalmityl alcohol",
"Isopropyl isodecanoate",
"Isopropyl Isostearate",
"Isopropyl Linolate",
"Isopropyl Myristate",
"Isopropyl Palmitate",
"Isostearate",
"Isostearyl Isostearate",
"Isostearyl Neopentanoate",
"Jania rubens extract",
"Jojoba",
"Jojoba Oil",
"Jojoba wax",
"Kalathiya",
"Kappaphycus alvarezii extract",
"Karite",
"Kelp",
"Kishan",
"Kousou ekisu",
"Laminaria",
"Laminaria Digitata Extract",
"Laminaria Saccharina Extract (Laminaria Saccharine)",
"Lanolin acetate",
"Lanolin alcohol acetate",
"Lanolin Oil",
"Lanolin polyoxyethylene ether",
"Laureth 23",
"Laureth 4",
"Laureth-23",
"Laureth-4",
"Lauric Acid",
"Lauryl Sulfate",
"Linolate",
"Liquor carbonis detergens",
"Liquor picis carbonis",
"Lithothamnium calcareum powder",
"Lpc",
"Macroalgae",
"Macrocystis pyrifera extract",
"Mangifera indica seed butter",
"Mango Butter",
"Marula",
"Marula oil",
"Methylsilanol mannuronate",
"Mink Oil",
"Moss",
"Myristate",
"Myristic Acid",
"Myristyl",
"Myristyl Lactate",
"Myristyl Myristate",
"Myristyl Propionate",
"N-hexadecyl alcohol",
"N-hexadecyl ethanoate",
"Neopentanoate",
"Octadecanoic acid",
"Octadecyl heptanoate",
"Octyl Palmitate",
"Octyl Stearate",
"Olea Europaea Oil",
"Oleth-3",
"Oleth-3 phosphate",
"Oleyl Alcohol",
"Olive Oil",
"Olive Oil",
"Palm Oil",
"Palmaria palmata extract",
"Palmitate",
"Palmitic Acid",
"Palmityl Acetate",
"Palmityl Alcohol",
"Parkii",
"PEG 16 Lanolin",
"PEG 2 Sulfosuccinate",
"PEG 2- Sulfosuccinate",
"PEG 2- Sulfosuccinate",
"PEG 200 Dilaurate",
"PEG 8 Stearate",
"PEG-75",
"Pelvetia canaliculata extract",
"Persea Americana",
"PES",
"Petroleum Jelly (Petrolatum)",
"PG Monostearate",
"PGMS",
"Phaeodactylum tricornutum extract",
"Phaeophyceae",
"Pix carbonis",
"Plankton",
"Polyethylene glycol 200",
"Polyethylene glycol dodecyl ether",
"Polyethylene glycol jojoba acid",
"Polyethylene glycol lauryl ether",
"Polyethylene glycol monododecyl ether",
"Polyethylene glycol stearate",
"Polyglyceryl-3 Diisostearate",
"Polyglyceryl-3-Disostearate",
"Polyoxyethylene lauryl ether",
"Polysiphonia elongata extract",
"Porphyra umbilicalis",
"Porphyridium",
"Porphyridium cruentum extract",
"Porphyridium polysaccharide",
"Potassium Chloride",
"Potassium Salt",
"PPG 2 Myristyl Ether Propionate",
"PPG 2 Myristyl Propionate",
"PPG-2 Myristyl",
"Propanoic Acid",
"Propylene Glycol Monostearate",
"Pyrene coal tar pitch",
"Red Algae",
"Rhodophyceae extract",
"Rhodophyta",
"Sargassum filipendula extract",
"Sargassum fusiforme extract",
"Sclerocarya birrea",
"Sclerocarya birrea seed oil",
"Sea fern",
"Seaweed",
"Sesame",
"Sesame Oil",
"Sesame Seed",
"Sesamum indicum",
"Shark Liver Oil",
"Shark Squalene",
"Shea",
"Shea Butter",
"Sheep alcohol",
"Simmondsia chinensis seed wax",
"Sles",
"Slo",
"Sls",
"Sodium Alginate",
"Sodium Alkylethersulfate",
"Sodium Chloride (Salt)",
"Sodium Docusate",
"Sodium Dodecyl sulphate",
"Sodium Laureth Sulfate",
"Sodium Lauryl Ether sulfate",
"Sodium Lauryl Sulfate",
"Soja",
"Solulan 16",
"Sorbitan Monooleate",
"Sorbitan Oleate",
"Soy",
"Soy",
"Soybean",
"Soybean Oil",
"Sphacelaria",
"Spirulina",
"Squalene",
"Starch",
"Steareth 10",
"Steareth-10",
"Stearic Acid Tea",
"Stearyl Heptanoate",
"Sulfated Castor Oil",
"Sulfated Jojoba Oil",
"Sulfosuccinate",
"Sulphated castor oil",
"Talc",
"Talcum",
"Tea stearate",
"Tetradecanoic acid",
"Tetradecyl lactate",
"Tetradecyl myristate",
"Tetradecyl propionate",
"Theobroma butter",
"Theobroma cocoa seed butter",
"Theobroma oil",
"Triticum aestivum",
"Triticum vulgare",
"Turkey red oil",
"Ulva fasciata",
"Ulva lactuca",
"Ulva rhacodes",
"Undaria Pinnatifida",
"Vegetable gelatin",
"Vitellaria paradoxa",
"Vulvic acid",
"Wakame",
"Wheat",
"Wheat Germ Glyceride",
"Wheat Germ Oil",
"Wool alcohol",
"Wool fat",
"Xanthophyta",
"Xylene",
"Xylitol",
"Zea mays",
// Add the rest of the comedogenic ingredients here
];
var found = [];
for (var i = 0; i < ingredients.length; i++) {
var ingredient = ingredients[i].trim();
var match = false;
for (var j = 0; j < comedogenicIngredients.length; j++) {
if (ingredient === comedogenicIngredients[j].toLowerCase()) {
match = true;
break;
}
}
if (match) {
found.push(ingredient);
}
}
if (found.length > 0) {
document.getElementById('result').innerHTML = "The following ingredients are not acne-safe: <span class='red-text'>" + found.join(', ') + "</span>";
} else {
document.getElementById('result').innerHTML = "The product is acne-safe.";
document.getElementById('result').classList.remove('red-text');
document.getElementById('result').classList.add('green-text');
}
}
function clearIngredients() {
document.getElementById('ingredientList').value = '';
document.getElementById('result').innerHTML = '';
document.getElementById('result').classList.remove('red-text', 'green-text');
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
Click “Copy Code” then paste the above into a code block on your site to quickly and easily add a our Pore Clogging Ingredient Checker to your site!
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