We’ve seen everything under the sun from dip powder and acrylic to gel, and now thanks to MuslimGirl and Orly, there’s a nail polish for Muslim women who follow halal guidelines but don’t want to compromise on beauty. The limited edition collection called #HalalPaint, which was created for the Holy Month of Ramadan, is made of 100 percent halal ingredients and does not create a barrier between the skin and water during the ritual ablution, wudu. With many traditional polishes blocking ritual prayer water from passing through the skin, preventing the ability for a woman to wash her entire body as is required for prayer ablutions, the collection is being hailed as progress in representation.
Orly, a Los Angeles-based nail polish company, created a buzz last year by catering to Muslim women with their permeable “Breathable” collection. And now they have added to the collection by collaborating with MuslimGirl.com, an American lifestyle website dedicated to Muslim women, to create #HalalPaint. As well as being halal-certified, the water and air permeable capsule collection promotes nail health and is believed to be better for nails than regular polish because it allows air and water to penetrate the polish to the nail itself. What’s more, #HalalPaint nail polishes are vegan-friendly and free of 13 ingredients found in other polishes that are considered as harmful, like formaldehyde and xylene. To top it all off, they are even enriched with beneficial ingredients like Argan oil, vitamins C and B5.
The six-piece set that comes in fun shades is a viable beauty solution for Muslim women, who have been somewhat unnoticed when it comes to beauty products in the past, allowing them to deck their nails the way they really want. The shades come in playful names for its target audience like “Haram-Bae” and “Wallah Bro Wipe Out.” They have also made sure to include common names for Muslim females, like “Ig-Noor the Haters,” “What the Fatima?” and “The Perfect Amani-cure,” named after the MuslimGirl.com founder Amani Al-Khatahtbeh. “Many of us are the girls who could never find our names on a keychain, so we wanted to make sure we provided that experience through this collection,” Al-Khatahtbeh has said.
