Hydrophobic substances do not interact favorably with water
Whether or not a product clogs your pores really comes down to the formula as a whole (not any single ingredient on its own)
Niketa Sonavane, top dermatologist in Mumbai, India and founder of Ambrosia Aesthetics
Vesselinovitch, Mihailovich, and Rao 1978)
Cancer Chemother Pharmacol 1994
I know keratin treatments are not, but the shampoo and conditioner I use have the following ingredients: Shampoo Aqua (Water),Sodium Laureth Sulfate,Coco- Betaine,Cocamide DEA,Glycerin,Glycol Stearate, Glycol Distearate, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Polyquaternium-7,PEG-7,Glyceryl Cocoate, Lauryl Glucoside, Phenoxyethanol,PEG-150 pentaerythrityl Tetrastearate, Parfum(Fragrance), Butylphenyl Methylpropional, Hexyl Cinnamal, Linalool, Disodium EDTA,Hydrolyzed Keratin,Panthenol,Theobroma Cacao(Cocoa)Extract, Citric Acid, Methylchloroisothiazolinone, Methylisothiazolinone