Pore Clogging Checker✨🧚
🧚♀️✨ Pore-Clogging Ingredient Checker ✨🧚♀️
Crafted with a sprinkle of skin wisdom and a touch of fairy magic, this tool is your secret weapon for banishing breakouts at the source. As the Sarasota Skin Fairy, I believe clear, glowing skin starts with knowing exactly what you’re feeding your pores — and trust me, some ingredients are anything but kind.
Even if your skincare is dreamy and acne-safe, hidden troublemakers often lurk in makeup, hair products, and body care. One sneaky pore-clogger can undo all the magic.
✨ This tool helps you:
🌿 Scan ingredient lists for known comedogenic offenders
🌸 Protect your barrier and prevent congestion
💫 Feel confident in every product you use
🧾 Before you begin:
Fairy tip — always separate each ingredient with a comma (,). Ingredient checkers like this one aren’t perfect (some brands use tricky names or odd formats), so when in doubt, cross-check with the full list of pore-clogging ingredients below.
Need help casting a full skin spell? Take my free skin consultation and get a routine designed just for your unique skin — straight from the Skin Fairy herself. ✨🌙
Sarasota Skin Fairy
Comedogenic Ingredient Checker

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1-acetoxyhexadecane
1-hexadecanol
1-hexadecanol acetate
A & D Additive
A13-00356
Acai Berry Oil
Acetic acid hexadecyl ester
Acetol
Acetulan
Acetylated Lanolin
Acetylated Lanolin Alcohol
Acetylated wool fat
Acetylated wool wax
Active Soil
Adamosis Stearate
Adansonia digitata l.
Agar
Ahnfeltia Concinna
Ahnfeltiopsis concinna extract
Akyposal SDS
Alaria Esculenta
Alaria esculenta extract
Alga bladderwrack
Algae
Algae Extract
Algin (Algae)
Alginate
Alginic acid
Almond Oil/Sweet Almond Oil
Aloe Butter
Amaranth Oil
Amberlate P
Amerchol
Andiroba Seed Oil
Anhydrous lanolin
Aphanothece sacrum polysaccharide
Apricot Kernel Oil (Prunus Armeniaca Kernel Oil)
Apricot Oil
Apricot Seed Oil
Aquarex ME
Aquarex Methyl
Arachidonic Acid in Sunflower Oil
Argan Oil
Argania Spinosa
Argania Spinosa Kernel Oil
Argania Spinosa Oil
Arthrospira plantensis
Ascophyllum Nodosum
Ascophyllum nodosum extract
Ascorbyl Palmitate
Asparagopsis armata extract
Avocado Butter
Avocado Oil (Persea Gratissima Oil)
Babassu Butter
Babassu Oil (Orbignya Oleifera Kernel Oil)
Baobab
Baobab Oil
Beef tallow
Beeswax
Beeswax (Cera Alba)
Behenic Acid
Bismuth
Black Cumin Seed Oil (Nigella Sativa Seed Oil)
Black Kelp
Black Raspberry Seed Oil(Rubus Occidentalis Seed Oil)
Bladderwrack
Blue Algae
Blue Green Algae
Borage Oil
Brazil Nut Oil (Bertholletia Excelsa Seed Oil)
Broccoli Butter
Brown Algae
Bryopsis africana
Buriti Oil
Butyl Octadecanoate
Butyl Stearate
Butyl Stearic acid
Butyrospermum
Butyrospermum Parkii
C73-74 Isoparaffin
Cacao seed butter
Camellia oil
Camphor oil
Canola Oil
Capea biruncinata var. denuda sonder
Capea biruncinata var. elongata sonder
Capric Acid
Capric Acid in Sunflower Oil
Caprylic Acid
Capsicum Butter
Carageenan gum
Carastay c
Carrageenan
Carrageenan Moss
Carrot Butter
Carrot Seed Oil (Daucus Carota Seed Oil)
Castor Oil (Ricinus Communis Seed Oil)
Caulerpa filiformis
Caulerpa lentillifera extract
Cera alba
Cera bianca
Cera flava
Cera olea
Ceteareth 20\*\*
Ceteareth 6 Olivate
Cetearyl Alcohol + Ceteareth 20
Cetearyl Alcohol\*\*
Cetearyl Olivate
Cetyl Acetate
Chaetomorpha linum (aerea) cladophora radiosa
Chamomile Butter
Cherry Kernel Oil (Prunus Avium Seed Oil)
Cheru Seed Oil
Chia Seed Oil (Salvia Hispanica Seed Oil)
Chlamydomonas reinhardtii extract
Chlorella
Chlorella Botanicals
Chlorella Vulgaris Extract
Chlorophyceae
Chondrus Crispus
Chondrus Crispus Extract
Chullu (Wild Apricot) Seed Oil
Cinnamon Butter
Cladophora cf. subsimplex
Cladosiphon okamuranus extract
Coal Tar
Cocoa Butter
Cocoa Butter (Theobroma Cacao Seed Butter)
Coconut Alkanes
Coconut Butter
Coconut Extract
Coconut Nucifera extract
Coconut Oil
Coconut Oil, Fractionated
Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil
cocos nucifera seed butter
Coenochloris signiensis extract
Coffee Butter
Colloidal Sulfur
Corallina Officinalis
Corallina Officinalis Extract
Corn
Corn oil
Cotton Awws
Cotton Awws Oil
Cotton Seed Oil (Gossypium Herbaceum Seed Oil)
Cranberry Butter
Cranberry Oil (Vaccinium Macrocarpon Seed Oil)
Creosote
Crisco
Cypress Butter
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 no. 1
D\&C red no. 17
D\&C red no. 19
D\&C red no. 2
D\&C red no. 21
D\&C red no. 27
D\&C red no. 35 in pentaerythrital tetra
capra/caprylate
D\&C red no. 36
D\&C red no. 36 in mineral oil
D\&C red no. 4
D\&C red no. 40
Date Seed Oil (Phoenix Dactylifera Seed Extract)
Decyl Oleate
Decyloleate
Dhupa Seed Oil
Di (2 ethylhexyl) Succinate
Dicotyledons succinate
Dictyopteris membranacea
Dictyopteris polypodioides
Diethylhexyl sodium sulfosuccinate
Diisooctyl succinate
Dilsea Carnosa
Dilsea carnosa extract
Dioctyl Malate
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
Dulse
Dunaliella salina extract
Duodecylic acid
Durvillaea antarctica extract
Ecklonia (all 9 species of it)
Ecklonia cava
Ecklonia cava extract
Ecklonia radiata
Eicosanoic Acid
Elderberry Seed Oil (Sambucus Nigra Oil)
Emu Oil
Emulsifying Wax NF
Enteromorpha Compressa
Enteromorpha compressa extract
Ethoxylated Lanolin
Ethylhexyl Palmitate
Ethylhexyl Pelargonate
Ethylhexyl Stearate
Eucheuma spinosum extract
Evening Primrose Oil (Oenothera Biennis Oil)
Flaxseed Oil (Linseed)
Fucoxanthin
Fucus serratus
Fucus vesiculosus
Gamtae extract
Gelidiella acerosa extract
Gelidium amansii extract
Gelidium Cartilagineum
Gigartina stellata extract
Ginger Butter
Glyceryl monostearate
Glyceryl Oleate
Glyceryl Stearate SE
Glyceryl-3 Diisostearate
Glycine max
Glycine Soja Oil (soybean oil)
Gracilariopsis chorda extract
Grapeseed Butter
Grapeseed Oil (Vitis Vinifera Seed Oil)
Green Algae
Green Tea Butter
Groundnut Oil (Arachis Hypogaea Oil)
Guava Seed Oil (Psidium Guajava Seed Oil)
Haematococcus pluvialis extract
Haslea ostrearia extract
Hazelnut Seed Oil (Corylus Avellana Seed Oil)
Hemp Seed Butter
Hexadecanol acetate
Hexadecyl Acetate
Hexadecyl Alcohol
Hexyl Laurate
Himanthalia elongata extract
Himanthalia Elongate
Hizikia fusiforme extract
Hydrogenated Castor Oil
Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil
Hydrolyzed Lola Implexa
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
Isopropyl isodecanoate
Isopropyl Isostearate
Isopropyl Linolate
Isopropyl Myristate
Isopropyl Palmitate
Isostearic Acid
Isostearyl Isostearate
Isostearyl Neopentanoate
Jania rubens extract
Jasmine Butter
Jojoba Butter
Jojoba Oil (Simmondsia Chinensis Seed Oil)
Jojoba wax
Kapok Oil
Kappaphycus alvarezii extract
Karanja Oil
Karite
Kasum Oil
Kelp
Kelp
Knotted Kelp
Kokum Butter
Kousou ekisu
Kukui Nut Butter
Kukui Nut Oil (Aleurites Moluccana Seed Oil)
Laminaria
Laminaria Digitata Extract
Laminaria Longicruris
Laminaria Ochroleuca Extract
Laminaria Saccharina Extract
Laneth-10
Lanolic Acid
Lanolin
Lanolin acetate
Lanolin Acid
Lanolin Alcohol
Lanolin alcohol acetate
Lanolin Oil
Lanolin polyoxyethylene ether
Lanolin Wax
Laureth-23
Laureth-23
Laureth-4
Laureth-4
Laureth-7
Lauric Acid
Laurie Acid in Sunflower Oil
Laurostearic acid
Lauroyl Lysine
Lauryl Alcohol
Lauryl Olivate
Lavender Butter
Lcd
Lemon Butter
Lemongrass Butter
Lime Butter
Linolate
Linseed Oil
Liquor carbonis detergens
Liquor picis carbonis
Lithothamnium Calcareum
Lithothamnium calcareum powder
Lola Implexa
Lpc
lsostearyl Neopentanoate
Macadamia Nut Butter
Macadamia Nut Oil (Macadamia Ternifolia/Integrifolia Seed Oil)
Macroalgae
Macrocystis Pyrifera (sea kelp)
Macrocystis Pyrifera Extract
Mahua Seed Oil
Mandarin Butter
Mangifera Indica Seed Butter (Mango Butter)
Mango Butter
Mango Seed Oil (Mangifera Indica Seed Oil)
Marigold Butter
Marine Algae
Marula
Marula Oil (Sclerocarya Birrea Seed Oil)
Mastocarpus Stellatus
Meadowfoam Butter
Methylsilanol mannuronate
Mink Oil
Monododecyl Ester Sodium Salt Sulfuric Acid
Moringa Oil
Moss
Mowrah Butter
Myreth 3 Myristate
Myristate
Myristic Acid
Myristyl
Myristyl Alcohol
Myristyl Lactate
Myristyl Myristate
Myristyl Propionate
N-hexadecyl alcohol
N-hexadecyl ethanoate
Nahor Seed Oil
Neem Butter
Neem Oil
Neroli Butter
Nori
Norwegian Kelp
Octadecanoic acid
Octadecyl heptanoate
Octyl Palmitate
Octyl Stearate
Olea Europaea (Olive) Fruit Oil (Olive Oil)
Oleic Acid
Oleth-10
Oleth-3
Oleth-3 phosphate
Oleth-5
Oleyl Alcohol
Olive Butter
Olive Oil Peg 7 Esters
Orange Peel Butter
Oryza Sativa (Rice) Bran Oil
Padina Pavonica
Palash Oil
Palm Kernel Oil (Elaeis Guineensis Kernel Oil)
Palm Oil (Elaeis Guineensis Oil)
Palm Oil Butter
Palm Oil, Red
Palmaria palmata extract
Palmitic Acid
Palmityl Acetate
Palmityl Alcohol
Papaya Seed Oil (Carica Papaya Seed Oil)
Parkii
Passionfruit (Maracuja) Seed Oil
Peach Kernel Oils (Prunus Persica Kernel Oil)
Peanut Oil (Arachis Hypogaea Oil)
Pecan Oil (Carya Illinoensis Seed Oil)
PEG 100 Distearate
PEG 150 Distearate
PEG 16 Lanolin (solulan 16)
PEG 2- Sulfosuccinate
PEG 200 Dilaurate
PEG 200 Dilaurate
PEG 8 Castor Oil
PEG 8 Stearate
PEG 8 Stearate
PEG-150 Pentaerythrityl Stearate
PEG-75
Pelvetia canaliculata extract
Pentaclethara Macroloba (Pracaxi) Oil
Pentaerythrityl Tetraisostearate
Perilla Oil
PES
PG Caprylate/Caprate
PG Dipelargonate
PG Laurate
PG Monostearate
PG Monostearate / Propylene glycol monostearate
PGMS
Phaeodactylum tricornutum extract
Phaeophyceae
Phosphate
Phytantriol
Phytessence Wakame
Pilu Oil
Pistacia Gum
Pistacia Vera (Pistachio) Seed Oil
Pisu Oil
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 4-Isostearate
Polyglyceryl Diisostearate
Polyglyceryl-3 Diisostearate
Polyglyceryl-3-Disostearate
Polyoxyethylene lauryl ether
Polysiphonia elongata extract
Porphyra
Porphyra umbilicalis
Porphyridium
Porphyridium Cruentum
Porphyridium cruentum extract
Porphyridium polysaccharide
Potassium Chloride
Potassium Salt
PPG 10 Cetyl Ether
PPG 12 PEG 65 Lanolin Oil
PPG 2 Myristyl Ether Propionate
PPG 2 Myristyl Propionate
PPG 5 Ceteth 10 Phosphate
PPG-2 Myristyl
PPG-2 Myristyl Propionate
Prickly Pear Seed Oil ( Opuntia Ficus-Indica Seed Oil)
Propanoic Acid
Propylene Glycol Monostearate
Prunus Armeniaca (Apricot) Kernel Oil
Prunus Domestica (Plum) Seed Oil
Pumpkin Seed Oil (Cucurbita Pepo Seed Oil)
Pyrene coal tar pitch
Ratanjot Oil
Red Algae
Rhodophyceae extract
Rhodophyta
Rice Bran Oil (Oryza Sativa Bran Oil)
Rockweed
Rose Butter
Rosehip Butter
Rosehip Seed Oil (Rosa Canina Seed Oil)
Rosemary Butter
Safflower Oil (cold pressed only)
Safflower Oil (cooking variety)
Sal Seed Butter
Sal Seed Oil
Sandalwood Seed Oil (Santalum Album Oil)
Sargassum
Sargassum filipendula extract
Sargassum fusiforme extract
Sclerocarya birrea
Sclerocarya birrea seed oil
Sea fern
Sea Grass
Sea Whip Extract
Seaweed
Sesame
Sesamum indicum
Sesamum Indicum (Sesame) Seed Oil
Shark Liver Oil (squalene, not squalane)
Shark Squalene
Shea
Shea Butter
Shea Butter Ethyl Esters
Shea Nut Oil
Sheep alcohol
Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil
Simmondsia chinensis seed wax
Sles
Slo
Sls
Sodium Alginate
Sodium Alkylethersulfate
Sodium Docusate
Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate
Sodium Laureth Sulfate
Sodium Lauryl Ether sulfate
Sodium Lauryl Sulfate
Sodium Myreth Sulfate
Sodium Salt Sulfuric Acid
Soja
Solulan 16
Sorbitan Isostearate
Sorbitan Monooleate
Sorbitan Oleate
Sorbitan Olivate
Soy
Soybean
Soybean Oil (Glycine Soja Oil)
Sphacelaria
Spirulina
Squalene
Starch
Steareth 10
Steareth-2
Steareth-20
Stearic Acid
Stearic Acid Tea
Stearic Acid: TEA
Stearyl Alcohol
Stearyl Heptanoate
Sucrose Distearate
Sulfated Castor Oil
Sulfated Jojoba Oil
Sulfosuccinate
Sulfuric acid, monododecyl ester, sodium salt
Sulphated castor oil
Sunflower Butter
Sunflower Oil (GMO)
Sweet Almond Butter
Sweet Almond Oil
Talc
Talcum
Tallow
Tamanu Butter
Tamanu Oil (Calophyllum Inophyllum Seed Oil)
Tea stearate
Tetradecanoic acid
Tetradecyl lactate
Tetradecyl myristate
Tetradecyl propionate
Theobroma butter
Theobroma Cacao (Cocoa) Seed Butter
Theobroma cocoa seed butter
Theobroma oil
Tocopherol (sunflower non-com)
Tomato Seed Oil (Solanum Lycopersicum Seed Oil)
Tribehenin
Tridecyl Neopentanoate
Triticum aestivum
Triticum vulgare
Turkey red oil
Ulva fasciata
Ulva lactuca
Ulva rhacodes
Undaria
Undaria Pinnatifida
Vegetable gelatin
Vitamin A Palmitate
Vitamin E Butter
Vitellaria paradoxa
Vulvic acid
Wakame
Walnut Seed Oil (Juglans Regia Seed Oil)
Water-Soluble Sulfur
Wheat
Wheat Germ (Triticum Vulgare Germ Oil)
Wheat Germ Glyceride
Wheat Germ Oil
Wool alcohol
Wool fat
Xanthophyta
Xylene
Xylitol
Zea mays