Skip to content
Healthy&Herbal

Isopropyl Isostearate

Isopropyl Isostearate

Very high comedogenicity. Common in makeup and cleansing balms.

Isopropyl Isostearate in its raw form

How solid is the pore-clogging number


Isopropyl Isostearate rates 5 of 5 — strongly occlusive; widely avoided by acne-prone users. The rating is graded established. Traceable to published comedogenicity testing and consistent across sources.

It describes the raw ingredient in isolation. In a finished product, how much is present and where it sits in the list matter just as much. Check a whole label to see it in context.