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Every ingredient in label order — what it does, how likely it is to clog pores, and how strong the research is. Expand a row for the plain-words read.
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One of the most reliable moisture-binding ingredients in skincare.moreThe gold-standard humectant in skincare: a small, water-loving (hygroscopic) molecule that is also part of skin's own natural moisturizing factor. Full ingredient page → | 0 | strong | |
A fatty acid that thickens and conditions.moreA saturated 18-carbon fatty acid and one of the most common workhorse ingredients in cosmetics, naturally found in skin and in cocoa and shea butter. Full ingredient page → | 2 | limited | |
A fatty acid used in cleansers.moreA saturated 14-carbon fatty acid found in nutmeg butter, coconut oil, palm kernel oil, and butterfat, used in cosmetics chiefly as a foam-building cleansing surfactant and emulsifier (it reacts with alkali to form soap). Full ingredient page → | 3 | limited | |
A fatty acid used as an emollient.moreThe most common saturated fatty acid in animals and plants (C16) and a natural component of your own skin lipids, used in cosmetics as an emollient, emulsifier, and foam-building cleansing agent (it saponifies into sodium palmitate soap). Full ingredient page → | 2 | limited | |
A fatty acid common in coconut oil.moreA saturated medium-chain (C12) fatty acid that makes up nearly half of coconut and palm kernel oil, used in cosmetics mainly as a cleansing, emulsifying, and surfactant ingredient (it saponifies into soap). Full ingredient page → | 4 | limited | |
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A common emulsifier that binds oil and water.moreA very common water-loving (hydrophilic) emulsifier and surfactant made by attaching a PEG (polyethylene glycol) chain to stearic acid. Its main job is to keep the oil and water phases of a cream or lotion mixed together evenly. Full ingredient page → | 1 | limited | |
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antistatic, cleansing, hair conditioning, surfactant - cleansing, surfactant - foam boosting, viscosity controllingmoreCocamidopropyl Betaine (CAPB) is a gentle, coconut-derived amphoteric secondary surfactant. Full ingredient page → | — | moderate | |
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13Salicylic AcidBHA exfoliant | An oil-soluble (BHA) exfoliant that clears pores from the inside; the go-to for blackheads.moreAn oil-soluble beta hydroxy acid (BHA) that slips into sebum-filled pores and loosens the bonds holding dead skin cells together, clearing clogs from the inside out. Full ingredient page → | — | strong |
Comedogenic is a 0–5 pore-clogging likelihood — a contested measure, take it lightly. No marker = unremarkable or not yet researched — we never fake a rating.
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