Shopping to Kill: Boycott-Worthy Beauty Products and Cosmetics with Zionist Ties

• With the beauty skincare sector boasting a substantial $121.80 billion and the cosmetic industry holding a notable $100.50 billion. Therefore a robust boycott in these sectors could have a profound impact on furthering the Palestinian cause.
• The boycott of Israeli products in general stands as an essential stride on the path to Palestinian liberation.

The deafening roar of airstrikes, the ominous hum of drones, and the ceaseless rumble of artillery fire have become all too familiar in the lives of Gaza’s inhabitants. This relentless onslaught, marked by the massacre of countless civilians, widespread destruction, and the unraveling of civilian infrastructure, paints a grim picture of the toll inflicted on this densely populated strip of land.

What can we do to help?

While we consistently bear in mind the extensive corporate ties between the United States and Israel, the explicit connections and the wide array of products involved far surpass common expectations. Nonetheless, the boycott of Israeli goods remains a vital step toward achieving Palestinian liberation. Notably, this is a humanitarian cause that Muslims and non-Muslims ought to engage in.

With the beauty skincare industry commanding a staggering $121.80 billion and the cosmetic industry standing at an impressive $100.50 billion, it becomes evident that a boycott will wield immense influence in advancing the Palestinian cause.

Estée Lauder

The current president of the Jewish National Fund (JNF), Chairman Ronald Lauder, presides over an organization that possesses around 13% of the land in Israel. The JNF has faced allegations of involvement in the improper appropriation of Palestinian land and operates as an overtly discriminatory entity, prohibiting the sale and leasing of its land to non-Jews, particularly Palestinians.

Estée Lauder brands:

• Aveda
• Coach cosmetics
• Smashbox
• Tom Ford
• Aramis
• Bumble and Bumble
• Aerin
• American Beauty
• Clinique
• Bobbi Brown
• Darphin
• Donna Karan
• Ermenegildo Zegna
• Flirt!
• Goodskin Labs
• Grassroots Research Labs
• Jo Malone
• Kiton
• La Mer
• Lab series skincare for men
• MAC
• Michael Kors
• OJON
• Origins
• OSIAO
• Prescriptives
• Tommy Hilfiger
• Tory Burch

Ahava

Ahava products are crafted using “Dead Sea minerals” sourced from contested natural reserves in the West Bank and are manufactured in the unlawful settlement of Mitzpe Shalem.

Revlon

Ronald Perelman, serves as a prominent trustee of the Simon Weisenthal Foundation, which manages the somewhat paradoxically named Museum of Tolerance. The Museum has faced scrutiny for its portrayal of the Holocaust as a rationale for the Zionist colonization of Palestine and for its decision to establish a branch in Jerusalem, within the Mamilla Cemetery grounds. This historically significant Muslim cemetery, dating back 1,000 years, has been desecrated by the project, involving the improper removal and disregard of skeletons, contravening archaeological ethical standards and Israeli law. Revlon also owns Almay.

L’Oreal

L’Oreal presented a “lifetime achievement” award of $100,000 to a scientist at Israel’s Weizmann Institute of Science in July 2008. The Weizmann Institute has a long history of being a significant hub for secretive research and development of nuclear, chemical, and biological weaponry on behalf of Israel’s military apparatus, with which it maintains close connections. Consequently, it stands as one of numerous academic institutions in Israel collaborating with the state’s infractions of international law and the rights of Palestinians. These institutions are the focus of academic boycott efforts by the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI).

L’Oreal brands:

• Lancome
• Giorgio Armani Beauty
• Yves Saint Laurent Beauté
• Biotherm
• Kiehl’s
• Ralph Lauren
• Shu Uemura
• Cacharel
• Helena Rubinstein
• Clarisonic
• Diesel
• Viktor & Rolf
• Yue Sai
• Maison Martin Margiela
• Urban Decay
• Guy Laroche
• Paloma Picasso
• Vichy
• La Roche-Posay
• SkinCeuticals
• Inneov
• Rogers&Gallet
• Sanoflore
• L’Oreal Paris
• Garnier
• Maybelline New York
• Softsheen.Carson
• Essie
• The Body Shop
• L’Oreal Professionnel
• Kérastase
• Redken
• Matrix
• Pureology
• Shu Uemura Art of Hair
• Mizani
• NYX (recent acquisition)

Beauty Brands with no ties to Israel

• Huda Beauty

• Chi haircare and tools
• Biosilk hair products
• Sunglitz hair products
• Royal Treatment hair products

• Makeup Forever
• Fresh cosmetics
• Benefit cosmetics

• Eucerin

• Nivea

• Lush cosmetics

• Stila Cosmetics

• Colgate
• Speed Stick
• Irish Spring
• Lady Speed Stick
• Softsoap
• e.l.f. cosmetics
• Obsessive compulsive cosmetics
• Shiseido cosmetics, brands include:
  • NARS
  • Shiseido
  • Ayura
  • Bare Escentuals/Bare Minerals
• Bite Beauty
• Deva Curl
• Coty corporation, brands include:
• Philosophy
• Chloe
• Mark Jacobs fragrances
• Rimmel London
• Sally Hansen
• OPI
• NYC
• Alba Botanica