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Finding a moisturiser that doesn't cause acne over 30

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Chocolate2020 · 16/12/2023 15:18

I'm so sick of company's saying their products are "non comonagentic' and doesn't clog pores......
When there ingredients DO clog pores.

After 2 years of suffering with my skin I realised my moisturiser was the one giving me acne (simple) and having several allergies reactions
I vowed to I'd be more carful what I put on my skin so I checked the ingredients carefully and looked for those key words .

(Acneproductchecker website)
I came across an article saying that those words are not regulated and company's can put that on their products .
I've had problems since .
I've been using byoma gel moisturiser and according to the website it has no pore clogging ingredients (no7 has one too) .
But as I've reached 32 I want somthing a bit more moistrusing and maybe somthing to help collegen.
I herd elemis was really good , NOPE ! It contains several pore clogging ingredients.

Olay and loreal is the same also the yuka app says its ingredients contain some bad ingredients!.
Drunk elephant is better but still contained pore clogging ingredients.

The questions is just because it containes some pore clogging ingredients does it mean it will break you out ? Or would i be OK?.

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shivermetimbers77 · 16/12/2023 15:23

I struggle with the same issue OP : however Bioderma sebium hydra is brilliant , lovely and hydrating but never breaks me out

rivercobbler · 16/12/2023 15:33

I spent a very long time putting all ingredients into a massive spreadsheet and working out the common ingredient in things that broke me out. It turned out to be stearic acid. Lots of people don't have a problem with this ingredient, but I do. Now I can avoid it relatively easily and breakouts are rarer.

Chocolate2020 · 16/12/2023 19:51

In the simply moisturiser its the cetryl alchol that must have broken me out as it was the only ingredient that clogs pores .
I'm sick of company's doing this..

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BreakfastAtMilliways · 16/12/2023 20:24

We need a website, a kind of online beauty version of ’E for Additives’ (remember that?) that goes through every ingredient on the list and cross-references it to common reactions. If anyone knows of one, please feel free to post the link.

I have a similar question concerning shampoo for coloured (not necessarily bleached) hair that does not leave a slick of God-only knows what gunk (mixed with hard water scum) sitting on it and leaving it like the handle of a chip pan.

Chocolate2020 · 16/12/2023 22:50

https://incidecoder.com/ this one helps check irritants I herd of this one years ago but forgot until you mentioned this

https://acneclinicnyc.com/pore-clogging-ingredients/
This one is where I check the pore clogging ingredients, just copy products Ingredients and viola , I've used it so many times I've started to remember the names hopefully I remember them all .

INCIDecoder - Decode your skincare ingredients

Decode skincare ingredients fast with our science-based but easy-to-understand explanations. Analyze ingredient lists at a press of a button.

https://incidecoder.com

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