Halal Cosmetic Brands?

[SBQ]

As-salamu alaukym,

Would anyone have any information regarding Halal Cosmetic Brands (particularly lipsticks as they are tasted)- i have heard The Body Shop is okay but wanted to confirm. And also whether brands like Loreal, Maybelline, etc can be used for lipsticks and/or any other make up product. If there has been research conducted regarding which brands would be okay to use, please do share.

JazakumAllah.

[rasheedahmed]

Assalam O Alaikum

Title Jane Cosmatic products
Event Date Thu Aug 21 13:46:41 CDT 2008
Type News
Description All cosmetic products from Jane Cosmetic do not contain animal derived ingredients except OIL FREE MAKEUP. Jane Cosmetic’s Lipstick made with Lanolin which is a Halal ingredient. Jane Cosmetic products are sold at Walgreens. This information was provided by a Muslim consumer.

Syed Rasheeduddin Ahmed
Muslim Consumer Group For Food Products USA
www.muslimconsumergroup.com
www.canadianhalalfoods.com

[SBQ]

Wassalam,

JazakAllah for this information- but any idea regarding popular foreign cosmetic brands, for instance the Body Shop or Maybelline, etc?

[rasheedahmed]

Assalam O Alaikum

Sorry, no other research on the brands you mentioned. My concentration is on processed food products in supermarkets.


Syed Rasheeduddin Ahmed
Muslim Consumer Group For Food Products
www.muslimconsumergroup.com
www.canadianhalalfoods.com

[SBQ]

JazakAllahu Khayran.

[SBQ]

jazakAllah khayr! But indeed some of the ingredients sound so technical that it is hard to tell if Haram or Halal..

[shoeb.momin]

Assalam O Alaikum

Sorry, no other research on the brands you mentioned. My concentration is on processed food products in supermarkets.


Syed Rasheeduddin Ahmed
Muslim Consumer Group For Food Products
www.muslimconsumergroup.com
www.canadianhalalfoods.com

I am told that in soaps and lipsticks fats are used. In the case of fats of pig it doesn't melt relatively or rather posses features which are ideal for lipsticks or soaps.
If fats are used then it may be derived either out of buffalo, cow, pig or any other animal.

[rasheedahmed]

Assalam O Alaikum

I am getting lot of requests to research major brands of cosmetic in USA such as cover girl, since my concentration is in processed foods but Inshalla I will do it. Here is the article I wrote on my website regarding fat used in bar soaps:

PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL CHANGES (TABDEELE MAHIYA) DURING THE PROCESSING OF PORK GELATIN AND BAR SOAPS MADE FROM PIG FAT
There is lot of discussion among Muslims living in western countries about physical and chemical changes of Haram raw materials during the manufacturing of food products, such as Type A gelatin from pig source, or emulsifiers such as Mono & Diglycerides from pork fat and personal care items such as bar soaps made from pork fat or glycerin. Several Muslims are quoting Fatwa?s (Fatwa is a legal statement in Islam, issued by a Mufti or a religious lawyer, on a specific issue) which were issued 50-60 years back, to justify to consume or use them due to physical and chemical changes occur during their processing.

There is no doubt about the following physical and chemical changes or Tabdeele Mahiya of Haram raw material to Halal products. This includes production of vinegar from alcohol, falling of pig in a salt mine and becoming part of salt mine, bone ash, tanning of dead animal skin. These Tabdeele Mahiya cases are acceptable to majority of Islamic scholars.

But few things such as vinegar from wine, pig gelatin, bar soaps made with pork fat are not acceptable according to scientific facts and opinions of several Islamic scholars. Since some of the fatwa?s are issued 50-60 years back, it seems that no assistance from Muslim scientists was used to check it out scientifically.

Requirements for Tabdeele mahiya are (1) complete change from originality to new things which are not present in the original material (2) change in the name (3) Complete conversion of basic components of a raw material to a complete new product containing new components and several others. The common understanding about change in the original status is that it should not contain original components. Some Islamic scholars do not pay attention to this fact and consider that any chemical changes or reactions result in a new composition, which is not true. Let us discuss this in detail:



4. Gelatin is not the case of Tabdeele Mahiya

There is lot of literature available about how gelatin is made, which can be found on the internet. But we have to understand the basic biochemistry of gelatin raw material and gelatin itself. The basic components of collagen (raw material for gelatin) and gelatin itself are the protein and amino acids. If the components of the raw material and finished product is the same, that means the chemical reaction and processing does not cause any changes to the original component. Then it does not become the case for Tabdeele Mahiya.

(a) If you run a DNA analysis (nowadays it is used to detect pig by-products in a food product developed by a Florida company as mentioned on our web site) of Type A gelatin (pig) and Pig, you will find no difference. According to Tabdeele Mahiya, it should not match because the new product has to be different.

(b) Gelatin is a derived water-soluble protein made by controlled hydrolytic conversion of collagen, the protein constituent of white fibrous connective tissue from animals. The manufacturing process will take out the extraneous material from bones, skin, and hide trimming. Neutralizing, washing and converting the collagen to gelatin occurs but the basic components remain the same.

(c) Extensive study has shown that the amino acid (basic component) content of white connective tissue whether from bone, skin or tendon is very uniform and yields gelatins also having uniform amino acid composition. This confirms that no change has occurred in the basic components.

(d) The gelatin is subject to hydrolytic breakdown by which it is converted from insoluble macromolecular collagen to water soluble protein.

(e) The whole manufacturing process is based on purification and conversion of water insoluble collagen protein to water soluble gelatin. There is no new product, and the originality of gelatin raw material remains the same during manufacturing process.

Gelatin is not an example of Tabdeele Mahiya. Type A gelatin (pig) is Haram because it still contains the original pig protein and amino acids.

Bar soap from Pig fat and other fat based ingredients:

Bar soaps are made from animal fat or vegetable oils or their fatty acids by reacting them with inorganic water-soluble alkali salt or bases. The source of fat is mutton or beef tallow or pork fat but glycerin is also added besides stearic acid (fat based).

The animal fat or vegetable oil is made of distinctive mixture of several different triglycerides. A triglyceride molecule consists of one molecule of glycerin to which three fatty acid molecules are attached, and these fatty acids are specific to different type of triglycerides. Fatty acids are the basic components of any fat. During manufacturing of bar soaps, fats or oil are heated with liquid alkali, such as sodium hydroxide or caustic soda or potassium hydroxide or caustic potash to yield neat soap, water and glycerin. This process is known as saponification of fat or oil. During this process, the basic components fatty acids are transferred without change in its composition from triglyceride to alkali making neat soap (combination of alkali and fatty acid). Neutralization with alkali is also used to produce neat soap. The neat soap is dried and made into pellets, then glycerin and other ingredients are added, and then mixture is extruded to make bar soaps. If the bar soap is made from pork fat then nothing happens to its basic components fatty acids, it remains as it is, same as in pork fat. So bar soap manufacturing process is not the example of Tabdeele Mahiya. The emulsifiers and mono and diglycerides also fall under this category.

On the other hand in manufacturing of distilled white vinegar, dilute ethyl alcohol is converted to acetic acid, water, and a very minute amount of unconverted dilute ethyl alcohol. Tabdeele Maheyia applies here in the case of dilute ethyl alcohol, which is converted to new material acetic acid and water by acetobacter bacteria. The name is changed from dilute ethyl alcohol to vinegar. Distilled white vinegar is Halal but raw material ethyl alcohol is not Halal.

In the case of wine vinegar, the table wine contains 12.2% ethyl alcohol by volume or 9.9% by weight, 85% water, 4% carbohydrate, 0.1% protein and volatile wine flavoring compounds. In wine, only alcohol is subjected for change by acetobacter bacteria to acetic acid and water. So wine vinegar contains acetic acid, water and rest of the above thing, unconverted small amount of wine and wine flavors which are the result of wine making. Imam Shaafi RA does not consider it as Halal. Presence of unconverted wine, wine flavoring compounds are the scientific basis for its not being consider as Halal.

Liquid raw materials are best suitable for Tabdeele Mahiya compare to solids. So it is very important to use scientific facts in deciding the Tabdeele Mahiya of Haram raw materials for the processing of food products, food ingredients and personal care items.

Syed Rasheeduddin Ahmed
Muslim Consumer Group For Food Products USA
www.muslimconsumergroup.com
www.canadianhalalfoods.com

[shoeb.momin]

Rashidudun bhai,
Very impressive and comprehensivre reply. I am clean bowled by ur reply.
May Allah giver barakat in ur knowledge and succeed in ur efforts.
I have many friends who r against slaughtering animal and eating non-vegetarian food bcoz of their religious obligation.
They give lot of lecture on it. I am sure there are lot of product which makes use of animal parts/organs.
Pls furnish me such articles which invariably they are also using but are'nt aware of the presence of non-veg ingredient.

[rasheedahmed]

Assalam O Alaikum Momin Bhai,

I though you will say LBW. My website www.muslimconsumergroup.com is logged in many cities in India and more people logged in my home town Hyderabad. You can provide my website address to them because except few fish products all products mentioned as Halal are not made with animal derived ingredients and no alcohol in flavors if they appeared in India. A Hderabadi Muslim family asked me to send my Halal food book to India because they are moving to USA and they want to buy only Halal foods at supermarkets. Inshallah I will be adding more US made major brands of cosmetic products on my website.

Syed Rasheeduddin Ahmed
Muslim Consumer Group For Food Products USA
www.muslimconsumergroup.com
www.canadianhalalfood.com