Halal-certified Beauty Products – Pork-Free Beautification Fad – Part I

Alike many females, Samina Akhter liked being ‘in-style’ and keeping abreast of the newest make-up styles. She however did not think twice about the constituents in the cosmetic products she applied to her skin till a couple of years back.

The momma-of-five who took a hiatus from her sales-marketing profession for raising her children, Akhter began investigating the constituents in cosmetic products and was perturbed by what she uncovered.

Being a devout Muslim, Akhtar was worried that the analogous things non-permissible for consumption may be present in the make-up she used. Following close scrutiny she uncovered that a number of components in make-up were animal-based or had alcohol presence. Till this time she was totally clueless about what was actually in her make-up. Akhtar then comprehended that make-up firms were not offering something that scores from the Muslim populace would prefer – halal certified cosmetic products.

The word ‘Halal’ means a thing which is permitted by the Islamic law. In regards to foods and cosmetic products, ‘halal’ classically bars those which employ alcohol, pork/ pork derivatives and animal by-products which have not been butchered as per Islamic Law. Captivatingly, halal cosmetic products additionally are appealing to several non-Muslim populaces since they do not entail non-ethical treating of animals and generally do not have harsh-natured chemical substances.

A Flourishing Market

As per information provided by Messe Frankfurt, a firm running beauty trade-shows across Dubai, the cosmetic product business in just the Middle-East has been rising by twelve percent annually and cosmetics-associated sales figures touching over two billion just two years back. With well over a billion Muslims globally, the miniscule yet rising numbers of firms providing cosmetic products which are conforming to halal benchmark are unearthing no deficit of clients.

Akhter, the brainchild behind the ‘Samina Pure Minerals’ cosmetic line has found a major client base and the key USP being these are totally void of animal or alcohol hence 100% ethical cosmetics.

Akhter has prudently tapped the void in the markets and had not anticipated such rising interests from customers who are not Muslims as well as several distributors in the United States.

Similar to Akhtar’s case, largely customers are often perplexed when they scan the multitude of multi-syllabic chemicals listed on the bottle packaging. As weird as it is sounding, it is not unusual to uncover pork in skincare cosmetics.

The so-dubbed ‘elixir of youth’ – hyaluronic acid, Collagen present in several age-defying cream products could be coming from pigs or cows placentas and the duo are employed for making skin more supple.

Stearic acid is a constituent employed in several brands of mascara, moisturizer and foundation due to its lubrication-providing traits, is basically a fatty matter which could come from pig stomach.

Keratin employed in hair care brands for protecting and strengthening tresses is derived from the hoof, hair and nail of animals.

There are scores of these constituents and their derivatives present in daily use cosmetic products. Though not all are entirely animal-based or pork especially – however the issue is that it is tricky to discern with certainty.

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