Ingredient · emollient

Sweet Almond Oil

Sweet Almond Oil is an emollient: it fills the gaps between skin cells so skin feels softer and smoother.

Sweet Almond Oil at a glance

FunctionEmollient
Comedogenic rating2/5
Irritation potentialLow
Also listed asPrunus Amygdalus Dulcis Oil, Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Oil
How commonOn 754 of 21,918 product labels in Pori's copy of Open Beauty Facts

Is Sweet Almond Oil good for my skin type?

These ratings come from the same fixed rules Pori's ingredient scanner uses, applied to a typical profile for each skin type. Your own result in the app also weighs your scan results and concerns.

Skin typeRatingWhy
NormalNeutralEmollient
DryNeutralEmollient
OilyNeutralEmollient
CombinationNeutralEmollient
SensitiveNeutralEmollient

Is Sweet Almond Oil comedogenic?

It has a comedogenic rating of 2 out of 5 in Pori's ingredient database, a low-to-moderate rating. Ratings like this come from older tests on single ingredients, and a finished product with it isn't necessarily pore-clogging. A 2006 study in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology found that finished products made with comedogenic ingredients were not necessarily comedogenic, so treat the number as a hint, not a verdict.

How do I check a product with Sweet Almond Oil?

Scan the barcode or photograph the ingredient list with Pori's ingredient scanner (a Pro feature). It rates every ingredient for your skin type, flags fragrance, pore-clogging and irritating ingredients, and gives the product an overall match score. It's a guide to ingredients, not a diagnosis, so see a dermatologist about any reaction.

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Ingredient data from Pori's ingredient database; product counts from Open Beauty Facts (ODbL). General information, not medical advice.