Murumuru Butter
Plant butter · INCI: Astrocaryum Murumuru Seed Butter
Reviewed by Elysiana Aguilar, master esthetician
How we read it
Not a pore-clogger. Considered safe for acne-prone skin.
Is Murumuru Butter comedogenic?
No. Murumuru Butter isn't considered pore-clogging, and we read it as safe to use on acne-prone skin. That doesn't make it right for everyone, but congestion isn't the thing to watch for with it.
Why we read it this way
Murumuru butter is a hard palm-seed butter used for barrier support and slip. It is rich and solid at room temperature, but it does not appear on the pore-clogging references we curate against, so we do not flag it.
The nuance
It is high in lauric acid, the fatty acid that makes coconut oil a common problem, so some people do react to it. Our references do not flag it, but it is one to watch if you break out easily.
Related ingredients
One ingredient rarely tells the whole story. The acne ingredient checker reads everything in a product at once, and there is more on what comedogenic means. Also in the guides: What causes acne.