I love reading other blogs and one of my lovely ladies has a blog of her own... she lives and breathes nails and I highly recommend www.sepidelicious.com
From reading her blog the article that stuck out most to me was 'Is it Halal?' and from there I discovered the new breathable nail polish and have done a bit of reasearch of my own.
“For religious Muslim ladies who religiously pray five times a day, wearing nail polish can be a bit of hassle. Prior to praying you'll need to follow a process using water to wash your face, hands, arms and feet as you'll need to be clean before praying. Wearing a polish is forbidden as it will prevent the water to get through to your nail bed.
Wojciech Inglot was the answer to a health conscious and Muslim fashionista's prayer! His Halal proofed nail polish range have been formulated in a way allowing the water and oxygen to pass through and onto the nail plate calling it the Inglot O2M, which stands for water and oxygen.Alhamdulillah! (Translating praise to God)”
Source: Sepidelicious
Inglot began
his research approximately four years ago to develop the formula for the
breathable enamel, which uses a polymer similar to that in the newest
generation of contact lenses.
Inglot mentioned that the chemical formula is 'tricky' and 'quite expensive' to produce, and that the profit margin on O2M is not high. Nevertheless, he said he was determined to create a breathable polish knowing that consumers are ever more health conscious and expecting them to welcome a varnish that would let the nail breathe.
One of the
research methods was putting the O2M nail polish and a standard polish on
coffee filters, letting them both dry, and then planting water drops on top of
each and seeing if the moisture seeped through. The results were the
traditional nail polish it did not, but it went through the O2M polish and even
wet a second filter below.
Mr Inglot, who sadly died last month, developed something ground
breaking for the Muslim female population. RIP Mr Inglot.
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