If you need products that won’t clog your pores, using non-comedogenic products can help. Ingredients such as cocoa butter, and coconut oil will be your worst nightmare! I’ve been using several Il Makiage products for years now – including foundation, primer, and concealer – and decided to review them all, as I’ve got oily skin that can have breakouts.
If you’re here then I’m guessing you know what non-comedogenic means. For those who don’t, it means beauty products and makeup that don’t contain ingredients that clog pores (increasing the likeness of spots).
I’ve used Il Makiage’s makeup for years (see my foundation review here, my concealer review here, and my primer one here!) and never noticed the makeup causing or breaking me out in spots.
That being said, it isn’t clear on their website if the products are non-comedogenic. It normally says on the product page but it doesn’t. I’ve investigated using several websites, one of which (Skincarisma.com) I’ve used countless times over the years to investigate ingredients. I had a bad case of fungal acne last year and it helped me figure out which products were causing the problem.
Contents:
Il Makiage Foundation – is it comedogenic?
It doesn’t say if it is on the product page so I’ll need to test it myself. Here are the ingredients:
Aqua/water, Cyclopentasiloxane, Dimethicone, Isododecane, Talc, Peg-10 dimethicone, Ethylene/acrylic acid copolymer, Octocrylene, Alcohol denat, Peg-4, Isononyl isononanoate, Caprylyl dimethicone ethoxy glucoside, Polymethyl methacrylate, Myristyl lactate, Polysorbate 20, Sodium chloride, Disteardimonium hectorite, Cetyl dimethicone, Dimethicone/vinyl dimethicone crosspolymer, Benzyl alcohol, Sodium dehydroacetate, Hydrogen dimethicone, Silica, Magnesium aluminum silicate, Tocopheryl acetate, Triethoxycaprylylsilane, Aluminum hydroxide, Polymethylsilsesquioxane, Disodium edta, Biosaccharide gum-4, Sodium hyaluronate, Phenoxyethanol, Parfum / fragrance, Titanium dioxide.
Checking the ingredients on a few of the following websites, I can unfortunately say that no, the foundation isn’t non-comedogenic.
It includes talc, myristyl lactate and sodium chloride.
Here are the results:
So far both sites have found myristyl lactate as an ingredient that causes clogging. Finally, I tested it on a site I use frequently.
Skincarisma.com also found issues with myristyl lactate and talc.
I’ve used the Il Makiage foundation for years and never personally had a problem with it making my oily forehead worse, or clogging pores, bringing me out in spots. I’ve suffered from fungal acne (not diagnosed through a doctor; just myself) and wearing this foundation hasn’t made it worse or bought out the acne.
Il Makiage Concealer – is it non-comedogenic?
Unfortunately not, no, due to one ingredient – talc.
Water (aqua), Cyclopentasiloxane, Talc, Cetyl peg/ppg-10/1 dimethicone, Propylene glycol, Acrylates/dimethicone copolymer, Benzyl alcohol, Sodium chloride, Hydrogen dimethicone, Magnesium sulfate, Sodium dehydroacetate, Aluminum hydroxide, Dimethicone/vinyl dimethicone crosspolymer, Disteardimonium hectorite, Potassium sorbate, Dehydroacetic acid, Propylene carbonate, BHT, Tetrasodium edta.
Similar to the foundation, I’ve never had a problem with the concealer either making my skin oily or causing acne. I’ve used it for years and will continue to.
Is the Il Makiage Primer non-comedogenic?
Yes! It looks like it is! No ingredients have been found on either website that suggest it clogs the skin.
Cyclopentasiloxane, Dimethicone crosspolymer, Isohexadecane, Octyldodecanol, Polysilicone-11, Polygl-yceryl-4 isostearate, Dimethicone/vinyl dimethicone crosspolymer, Dimethiconol.
Ideas to help acne
As well as looking at ingredients in products, I’d also check these things (full blog coming soon)
- Make-up brushes and sponges – when did you last clean them?
- Pillows – when did you last wash them? I’d use a few each week and stock up so you always sleep on a clean side at least
- Hats – if you work out and wear a hat, have you washed it?
- Too many products – count how many products you’re putting on your face and I bet you’ll be surprised.
Il Makiage products – in summary:
Unfortunately, although they are cruelty-free, Il Makiage’s ‘Woke up like this’ foundation and ‘F**k I’m flawless’ concealer isn’t non-comedogenic. However, the primer is!
If you’d like to see full reviews of the products mentioned above, feel free to check them out:
Il Makiage full foundation review ‘woke up like this’
Il Makiage concealer ‘f**k I’m flawless’ concealer review
Il Makiage primer ‘no filter’ full review here
Thanks for reading. This article was written by me (Rachael) on November 2023 . I last updated it on: March 2024
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