Ingredients that hurt your skin - be smart!

Here is a list of the things that can clog up your pores and cause blackheads, pimples, breakouts and irritations on your skin. Don't take the ingredients as they are - check the products you have or you want to buy and see how many of those ingredients they contain. If the number of bad stuff in your products is big than try to not use those products anymore or to just use them rarely. If you have products for the body it's not that bad, only if you suffer from acne on your body obviously. Your face can and will be affected by today's makeup and face care products, even if you have very healthy skin! Don't play around with your skin's good luck!



I hope this helps! Enjoy!

Watch out for:

Acetone - usually in nail polish (so don't touch your face with your fresh done nails for a while)

Acetylated Lanolin - clogs up pores and gives you blackheads

Acetylated Lanolin Alcohol - clogs up pores and irritates

Algae Extract - very irritating and clogs up pores

Algin - bad for skin in general

Almond Oil - clogs up pores if used on face (this one is good in creams for dry skin all over the body)

Apricot Kernel Oil - also bad for the face but good for the body

Arachidic Acid - clogs up pores but not if used rarely

Ascorbyl Palmitate - clogs up pores but not if used rarely

Avocado Oil - clogs up pores on face

Azulene– clogs up pores

BHA or Butylated Hydroxyanisole – clogs up pores and irritates the skin

Benzaldehyde – clogs up and irritates (all added fragrances usually do that to the face)

Benzoic Acid – clogs up and irritates

Butyl Stearate – clogs up pores but doesn't irritate

Cajeput Oil – clogs up and irritates very bad

Camphor – clogs up and irritates at a medium level

Capric Acid – clogs up and irritates at a medium level

Caprylic Acid 1 – doesn’t clog pores but irritates

Carrageenan – clogs up pores very bad and irritates

Cetearyl Alcohol – clogs up and irritates at a medium level

Cetearyl Alcohol + Ceteareth 20 – clogs up pores very bad and irritates at a minimum level

Cetyl Acetate – clogs up very bad and doesn’t really irritate

Cetyl Alcohol – clogs up and irritates at a medium level

Chamomile – just clogs up at a minimum

Cocoa Butter – clogs up pores badly but doesn’t irritate

Coconut Butter – clogs up pores badly but doesn’t irritate

Coconut Oil – clogs up pores badly but doesn’t irritate

Colloidal Sulfur – clogs up and irritates badly

Corn Oil – just clogs up badly

Cotton Awws Oil – just clogs up badly

Cotton Seed Oil – just clogs up badly

Crisco – just clogs up badly

D & C Red # 17 – clogs up pores bad

D & C Red # 19 (Pigment – Color – banned on the market) – clogs up pores

D & C Red # 21 – clogs up pores

D & C Red # 3 – clogs up pores

D & C Red # 30 – clogs up pores

D & C Red # 36 – clogs up pores

D&C Red #27 – clogs up pores at a minimum

D&C Red #40 – clogs up pores and irritates at a minimum

Decyl Oleate – clogs up pores badly

Dioctyl Succinate – clogs up pores badly and irritates at a medium level

Disodium Monooleamido PEG 2-Sulfosuccinate – clogs up pores very bad and irritates at a medium level

Emulsifying Wax NF – clogs up and irritates at a minimum level

Ethoxylated Lanolin – just clogs up pores badly

Ethylhexyl Palmitate – just clogs up pores badly

Flowers of Sulfur – just irritates badly

Glyceryl Stearate SE – clogs up pores bad and irritates at a minimum level

Glyceryl-3-Diisostearate – just clogs up pores badly

Hexadecyl Alcohol – just clogs up pores badly

Hexylene Glycol – just clogs up pores at a medium level

Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil – just clogs up pores badly

Isocetyl Alcohol – clogs up pores and irritates badly

Isocetyl Stearate – just clogs up pores very bad

Isodecyl Oleate – just clogs up pores very bad

Isopropyl Alcohol – irritates very bad

Isopropyl Isostearate – just clogs up pores badly

Isopropyl Linolate – just clogs up pores badly

Isopropyl Myristate – clogs up pores badly and irritates at a high level

Isopropyl Palmitate – just clogs up pores badly

Isostearyl Isostearate – just clogs up pores badly

Isostearyl Neopentanoate – irritates and clogs up pores at a medium level

Lanolin Alcohol – clogs up pores at a minimum level (but still, it does)

Laureth 23 – clogs up pores at a minimum level (but still, it does)

Laureth 4 – clogs up pores and irritates very bad

Lauric Acid – clogs up pores badly

Mink Oil – clogs up pores at a medium level and irritates at a minimum level

Myristic Acid – just clogs up pores at a medium level

Myristyl Lactate – clogs up pores badly and irritates at a medium level

Myristyl Myristate – clogs up pores very bad and irritates

Octyl Palmitate – just clogs up pores badly

Octyl Stearate – clogs up pores and irritates very bad!

Oleth-3 – clogs up pores very bad and irritates a bit

Oleth-10 – clogs up pores and irritates at a minimum level

Oleyl Alcohol – clogs up pores badly and irritates

Olive Oil – clogs up pores a bit

PEG 100 Distearate – clogs up pores a bit

PEG 150 Distearate – clogs up pores a bit

PEG 16 Lanolin – clogs up pores badly and irritates

PEG 200 Dilaurate – clogs up pores and irritates at a medium level

PEG 8 Stearate – just clogs up pores at a medium level

PG Dipelargonate – clogs up pores at a minimum level

PG Monostearate – just clogs up pores at a medium level

PPG 2 Myristyl Propionate – clogs up pores very bad and irritates at a medium level

Palmitic Acid – clogs up pores a bit

Peanut Oil – clogs up pores at a minimum level

Pentarythrital Tetra Isostearate – clogs up pores at a minimum level

PG Dipelargonate – clogs up pores and irritates at a minimum level

Polyglyceryl-3-Diisostearate – clogs up pores badly

Potassium Chloride – clogs up pores very bad

Propylene Glycol Monostearate – clogs up pores at a maximum level

Red Algae – clogs up pores at a maximum level and irritates at a minimum level

SD Alcohol 40 – just irritates at a maximum level

Sandelwood Seed Oil – clogs up pores at a minimum level

Sesame Oil – clogs up pores at a minimum level

Shark Liver Oil – clogs up pores and irritates at a medium level

Sodium Chloride (Salt) – clogs up pores at a maximum level

Sodium Laureth Sulfate – clogs up pores and irritates at a medium level

Sodium Lauryl Sulfate – clogs up pores at a maximum level and irritates at a minimum level

Solulan 16 – clogs up pores and irritates very bad

Sorbitan Oleate – clogs up pores at a medium level

Sorbitan Sesquinoleate – clogs up pores very bad and irritates

Soybean Oil – just clogs up pores at a medium level

Steareth 10 – clogs up pores very bad and irritates

Steareth 2 – clogs up pores and irritates at a minimum level (but still does, don’t forget!)

Steareth 20 – clogs up pores and irritates at a minimum level (but still does, don’t forget!)

Stearic Acid – clogs up pores and irritates at a minimum level (but still does, don’t forget!)

Stearic Acid Tea – clogs up pores and irritates at a medium level (but still does, don’t forget!)

Stearyl Alcohol – clogs up pores and irritates at a minimum level (but still does, don’t forget!)

Stearyl Heptanoate – clogs up pores really bad

Sulfated Castor Oil – clogs up pores and irritates at a medium level

Sulfated Jojoba Oil – clogs up pores and irritates at a medium level

Syearyl Heptanoate – clogs up pores really bad

Tocopherol – clogs up pores and irritates at a minimum level (but still does, don’t forget!)

Tridectyl Neopentanoate – irritates badly

Triethanolamine – clogs up pores a bit

Vitamin A Palmitate – clogs up pores and irritates at a minimum level (but still does, don’t forget!)

Wheat Germ Glyceride – clogs up pores and irritates at a medium level

Wheat Germ Oil – clogs up pores at a maximum level and irritates

Xylene – clogs up pores badly and irritates pretty bad