ESTHETICS BY KELSI
Pore Clogging Checker
Your skincare might be working against you and you wouldn't even know it. Copy and paste your product ingredients below and we'll flag anything that could be clogging your pores and making your acne worse.
The Full Pore-Clogging Ingredients List
Not all skincare is created equal and some of the most common ingredients found in moisturizers, sunscreens, and makeup are notorious for clogging pores in acne-prone skin. If an ingredient on your label shows up here, it doesn't automatically mean it'll break you out, everyone's skin is different. But if you're struggling with acne and can't figure out why, this is a great place to start looking.
Pore-Clogging Ingredient List A - D
- 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
Pore-Clogging Ingredient List E - O
- 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
Pore-Clogging Ingredient List P - Z
- 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
OUR ACNE PROGRAM
Ready for clear skin?
The ingredient list is a great start. But knowing what to avoid is only half the puzzle.
If you're ready to figure out the other half, the treatments, the home routine, the real reason your skin keeps breaking out.. that's exactly what the Acne Program is built for. Kelsi has been clearing skin for over six years. She'd love to clear yours.