Homemade Pore Strips.... Halal?

My skin is really annoying and I get a lot of blackheads for which I use pore strips like every 10-12 days… I just saw this video by MichellePhan where she shows a simple way of making pore strips (that really do work!) at home, but the recipe uses Gelatin! :s … sooo would this be ok to use, I mean its just for external use?

Another way of making homemade strips is to dip a cotton pad in egg white, place it on your nose, let it dry and peel it off… I tried it once, but it didn’t really work that well… I might try it again… Any other recipes that anyone else has to share?

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I don't see a reason why it should not be halal as long as you are not ingesting or inhaling it.

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**Then try to find some ‘halal’ gelatine :confused:
Ask it where to buy it 4m a muslin bakery :slight_smile:
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^ exactly!

behehe no such thing as a muslim bakery here in Ireland... there are some pakistani/indian ones but I doubt they'll have halal gelatine.... I'd have to buy it online or somethin....

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i think its ok to use because afterward you will be washing ur face .water washes away impurities .

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Dude, we are just not allowed to eat pork. Touching a pig like any other animal is OK, we just have to wash our hands afterwards. It’s Allah SWT’s creation afterall. So I don’t know why using gelatin based products on your skin shouldn’t be allowed. Especially If you are going to wash your face anyway.

I always thought it was funny how some people in Pakistan go overboard and claim ridiculous things such as us not being allowed to say the word “suar”, so they use alternative words such as “baharla” etc. LOL If only they knew that the term pig is even mentioned in the Holy Quran. :smack:

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K337 - True, but you still have to sit with P.I.G traces on your face! :p

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i agree

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Hey, gelatin can be extracted from ANY animal's bones and that animal doesn't necessarily have to be pig.

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^true :k:

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Yup, I saw this too. And we have halal gelatin at home and it's def. out there. It has to be non-flavoured though so I'm sure you'll find it.

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Barbie, look for kosher gelatin instead of halal one. I am sure you will find that one easily.

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Yup go for the halal gelatin!