Sweet Almond Oil
Plant oil · INCI: Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis Oil
Reviewed by Elysiana Aguilar, master esthetician
How we read it
Known to clog pores. If you break out easily, this is the one to skip.
Is Sweet Almond Oil comedogenic?
Yes. Sweet Almond Oil is a known pore-clogging ingredient, and we read it as highly comedogenic. If you're acne-prone, it's worth avoiding, especially when it sits near the top of an ingredient list.
Why we read it this way
Sweet almond oil is a mid-weight, oleic-rich oil gentle enough for body and baby products, which is why it is so widely used. It also appears on the pore-clogging references we curate against, so we read it as one to keep off acne-prone facial skin.
The nuance
It is a genuine tree-nut oil, so it is worth avoiding entirely if you have a nut allergy, separately from the clogging question.
Names we read the same way
- Almond Oil
- Sweet Almond Kernel Oil
Related ingredients
One ingredient rarely tells the whole story. The acne ingredient checker reads everything in a product at once, the pore-clogging ingredients list has the rest of what we flag, and there is more on what comedogenic means. Also in the guides: The types of acne lesions.