This is part 4 of a four part series on skin care ingredients to bring you information on which skin care ingredients are good and which ones you should avoid for particular types of skin.

Skin Care Ingredients: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4

The following information is for oily, sensitive, non-pigmented and tight skin. Look for these ingredients in the skin care products you buy to get the maximum benefits.

Good Skin Care Ingredients

- Aloe vera
- Chamomile
- Cucumber
- Dexpanthenol (provitamin B5)
- Feverfew
- Glycyrrhiza glabra (licorice extract)
- Licochalone
- Niacinamide
- Salicylic acid (beta hydroxy acid, or BHA)
- Tea tree oil
- Zinc

Skin Care Ingredients to Avoid

- Acetic acid
- Allantoin
- Alpha lipoic acid
- Balsam of Peru
- Benzoic acid
- Camphor
- Cinnamic acid
- Cinnamon oil
- Cocoa butter
- Cocos nucifera (coconut oil)
- DMAE
- Isopropyl isostearate
- Isopropyl myristate
- Lactic acid
- Menthol
- Parabens
- Peppermint oil
- Quaternium-15

Sunscreen Ingredients to Avoid:

If you have sunscreen sensitivity:
- Avobenzone
- Benzophenone
- Butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane
- Isopropyldibenzoylmethane
- Methylbenzylidene camphor
- Octyl methoxycinnamate
- Para-amenobenzoic acid (PABA)
- Phenylbenzimidazole
- sulfonic acid