Today’s cosmetic industry is flooded with products- some synthetic, some vegan. And while all these products promise beauty glam up, halal and vegan products are better. This is because the routine products contain synthetic preservatives and chemicals like sulfates and parabens, which when applied to the skin gets absorbed deep into your system and pose potential damage.

What are Halal Cosmetics? 

Halal cosmetics are regular cosmetics minus animal-ingredients, animal by-products, najis ingredients, harmful chemicals and alcohol, plus clean and safe ingredients and ethical sourcing.

All in all, halal cosmetics are a symbol of cleanliness and purity, ensuring that no animal products (as discussed in the later segment) are used in its sourcing, manufacturing, packaging and distribution.

Available for face, eyes, lips and even nails, halal certified makeup is slowly and steadily making its way into every vanity! Let’s take a look at a few common products.

• Halal Face Makeup

This category includes halal products like primer, foundation and concealers- all free from the commonly used harmful ingredients like lanolin, lead, parabens and alike. Instead, halal face makeup products use plant-based moisturizing agents.

• Halal Eye Makeup 

Did you know that even eye makeup products use certain chemicals and najis substances? 

Well, preservatives like BAK, and waterproof agents like beeswax are used in mascaras and eyeliners. But halal eye makeup products are free from all these harmful substances.

• Halal Lip Makeup

Usual Lipsticks contain ingredients like lead, lanolin, beeswax and carmine. These, along with being najis, are also harmful for the lips. Halal lip makeup products including lip liner, lipsticks and lip colours, are free from these harmful substances and impart beautiful colour to your lips.

Harmful Ingredients that Halal-Certified Makeup and Skincare are Free From

• Carmine

You might love your red lipstick the most, but do you know how this red pigment is formed? Well, cochineal insects are killed, crushed and put in an acidic solution. This extracts the red dye from the insects. 

Halal products are free from this harmful ingredient, and resort mostly to plant-based dyes.

• Lanolin

Lanolin is a greasy substance that is made from the sebum secreted by animals. Sounds gross, right! But did you know that most personal care products like lotions and creams contain lanolin as a moisturising agent? 

Halal products on the other hand, do not contain lanolin, instead they use ingredients like shea butter or Vitamin E. 

• Beeswax

Beeswax, when applied to skin, covers the skin with a thin layer of protective barrier, and hence it is found in a lot of makeup products, like sunscreen or even lipsticks.

• Gelatin

Gelatin is a protein obtained from animals and it is an active ingredient in face creams, sunscreen, and lotions.

• Alcohol

Alcohol is used in cosmetic products like perfumes, deodorants, nail polish and nail polish remover. Often, prolonged use can cause skin allergies.

Halal products are 100% alcohol-free, and also free from animal ingredients and thus absolutely safe for all skin types, including the sensitive skin.

• Harmful Chemicals

Chemicals like parabens, sulfates and alike are often used in most cosmetic and personal care products. But these ingredients can cause skin allergies like redness and swelling on the skin. Further, since these ingredients get absorbed by the skin, they could pose some internal damage as well.

Halal Ingredients being free from these chemicals, are absolutely safe for the skin- inside and out.

What is Halal-Certification?

It is a third party certification done to ensure that each and every ingredient used in the production of a product is sourced in a halal way, and that the production process is carried out by following utmost safety and hygiene. The certification also ensures that each process involved- right from sourcing to production, storage, packaging and distribution are halal-compliant.

The certification helps build trust within the consumers that claims made by brands are true in all essence, that the products comply with halal guidelines and are safe to be used.

The best halal-certified products

Lafz is a halal-certified makeup and personal care product brand. The advantage with Lafz is that along with being halal, every product is 100% vegetarian, contains no animal ingredients, is animal-cruelty free and dermatologically tested.

Further, the products are available in a wide range- according to all skin colours and types. Lafz’s Halal CC cream or Lafz’s Halal Foundation, for instance, are available in 6 different shades. Lafz’s halal lip makeup products, for instance, enriched with Vitamin E and Shea butter, include 11 shades of lipsticks and 14 shades of lip colours – one for every mood, and occasion!