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How To Choose Halal Cosmetic Products?

There is a news for all ladies! Ladies, do you know that most of us are using the haram cosmetics that invalidates our salah? Every day, we use lots of beauty care products in our face as well as toiletries. Do you know that these products contain animal? This discovery is really shocking! But don’t worry because this article will help you to choose Halal Cosmetic Products.

Well, no doubt that beauty is the demand of every woman. But, the Muslim girls should maintain a sense of modesty. Though it doesn’t mean we can’t treat our body with the best products for the soft and smooth skin.

In a modern world, many cosmetics contain haram ingredients such as alcohol, pig-derived fats and some organic products. Even a lipstick contains an ingredient called ‘Carmine’, it actually got its pigmentation from insects. This is reason Muslim women should learn about ingredients before using the products.

The concept of Halal and Haram is not only limited to food.

We are not allowed to eat the haram products.The research in 1990 shows that average women eat 500 to 1500 grams of lipstick in her lifetime. If she is modest!

The process of rendering is the biggest reason that haram product is involved in beauty products. The renders convert materials into valuable commodities that are used to manufacture skin care and cosmetics.

How to choose halal cosmetics products?

In the modern era, people want to use the branded products but they don’t know their favourite brand is haram. Many popular brands using pig’s fat and it can invalidate your Salah. This is the reason you should look for these tips that help you to buy halal cosmetic products:

  • First thing is to check the label of animal fat whether it is free or not?
  • The ingredient ‘Carmine’ or ‘Cochineal’ is haram in Islam
  • Stearic acid is found in moisturizers, cleansers, toners, masque (halal if found from vegetable fat)
  • Glycerin is found in cleansers aftershave (if it is found from pork fat then it will be haram)
  • Gelatin is also found in the cosmetics product but only fish gelatin is halal
  • Look for the Lanolin Alcohol derived from the animal matter
  • Oleic acid is also found in the cosmetics derived from animal matter (beef or pork)

These are halal: Stearyl, Cetearyl, Myristyl, Behenyl and Cetyl alcohol are known as fatty alcohols. They are naturally found from plants but there is no way of knowing if they found from animals or vegetables.

Halal Certified:

You should look for the halal products every time you want to buy the cosmetic products. The product that is ‘Halal Certified‘ is the only way to remain safe from the haram products. The Islamic authority and Imam will look for the beauty ingredients and make sure there are no haram products.

There are plenty of beauty products available in the market and customers remain stunned to view them. Even your favourite brand of cosmetics contains the haram products and some of popular are as follows:

  • Physician formula is not halal as it uses Pig fat
  • Revlon Ultra HD lipstick contains presence of Carmine, which is obtained from insects
  • Neutrogena is made up with the help of pork fat
  • Avon also uses carmine in their lipsticks and one of product uses urea (animal urine)
  • Cover girl uses animal fats as binders in their products
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