Confidential — Internal Use Only
April 2026
"Purity is our Quality"

Brand
Guidelines

2026 Edition
Established 2005
160+ SKUs · Vidarbha, Maharashtra · Raj Industries
Ch 01 · Brand Strategy

Rooted in purity.
Trusted for two decades.

A brand born in 2005 in Vidarbha, built on a single principle: natural, herbal personal care should be pure, effective, and accessible to every Indian household.

The beginning

Sadaf was founded in 2005 in the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra. From day one, the company was built on a single principle: natural, herbal personal care products should be pure, effective, and accessible to every Indian household.

The brand's purpose

Over two decades, Sadaf has earned the trust of generations of Indian women by delivering consistent quality. Every product — from Mehendi to Rose Water to Multani Mitti — is manufactured using natural, chemical-free ingredients.

Where we stand today

Sadaf is one of the most trusted herbal personal care brands in Tier 2 and Tier 3 markets. 160+ SKUs span Mehendi, Hair Care, Herbal Powders, Rose Water, Glycerine, Body Care, and Ayurvedic ingredients.

Established
2005
Vidarbha, Maharashtra
Range
160+
SKUs across 8 categories
Core values
Purity Trust Heritage Quality Wellness Integrity
Vision · Mission · DNA

Where we're going, what we stand for.

Vision

To become a leading natural products brand in India — promoting a healthy, sustainable lifestyle through pure, safe, and effective natural solutions that honour India's Ayurvedic heritage.

Mission
  • Deliver safe, natural, trustworthy products for daily use.
  • Uphold the highest standards of quality and purity.
  • Maintain customer loyalty through consistency.
  • Promote holistic wellness at fair prices.
  • Grow responsibly while preserving trust.
Brand DNA · North Star
"Tradition you can trust."
Purity
Chemical-free, ingredient-honest formulations.
Heritage
Rooted in 20+ years of Ayurvedic wisdom.
Trust
Consistent quality across every SKU.
Accessibility
Premium naturals accessible to every household.
Wellness
Holistic well-being through Ayurvedic rituals.
Positioning & Personality

The trusted everyday herbal brand.

Positioning statement

For Indian women in Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities who value natural beauty care rooted in tradition, Sadaf is the trusted everyday herbal brand that delivers pure, ingredient-honest products at fair prices.

Brand Personality

Grounded

Speaks plainly. No empty promises or miracle claims.

Warm

Speaks as a friend — personal, familiar, caring.

Trustworthy

20 years of quality speak louder than any campaign.

Natural

Rooted in Ayurveda. Practises naturals.

Accessible

Premium naturals for every Indian woman.

Respectful

Attuned to Indian cultural rituals.

This, not that — the Sadaf voice
This
Not that
Warm
Honest
Sentimental · Blunt
Grounded
Natural
Preachy · Hippie
Confident
Accessible
Arrogant · Cheap
Ch 02 · Verbal Identity

What we say, and how we say it.

Our brand promise is non-negotiable. Our tone is warm, grounded, honest — and always recognisable across markets.

Master brand promise
"Purity is our Quality"

The singular verbal truth that SADAF stands for across all markets, categories, and channels. Non-negotiable and non-translatable.

Mehendi tagline
"Rahe Hamesha Sang, Sadaf Mehendi ka Rang"

A deeply emotional Hindi line evoking permanence, ritual, and celebration. Use on all Mehendi packaging, POS, and festival campaigns.

Tone of voice — applied
Say this
Not this
Grounded
Pure Rose Water for your daily skin ritual.
Our revolutionary bio-active complex transforms your skin!
Warm
Your skin deserves the kindness of real naturals.
Scientifically formulated for clinically superior results.
Honest
Sadaf Mehendi — colour that stays. Trusted 20 years.
The most incredible, longest-lasting mehendi ever!
Ch 03 · Visual Identity

The primary mark, and its anatomy.

Sadaf's logo is a crimson oval enclosing a calligraphic wordmark — a symbol built for warmth, stability, and tradition.

Sadaf logo on dark
On Dark · Preferred Primary version
Sadaf logo on light
On Light Approved alternate
01
Oval Badge
Bold crimson red oval with white inner ring. Warmth, stability, tradition.
02
Wordmark
Custom script "Sadaf" with diamond dots from Arabic calligraphy.
03
Gold Laurel
Heritage Gold wreath (#C9A84C). Excellence and 20 years of trust.
04
Three Colours
Red, Gold, and White only. No fourth colour permitted.
Clear space zone

The logo must be surrounded by minimum clear space "X" on all four sides. X = height of capital "S" in the wordmark. Nothing enters this zone.

X
X
X
X
Minimum sizes
  • 30mm
    Print — primary materials
  • 20mm
    Print — sachets, labels
  • 100px
    Digital — standard screen
  • 500px
    Avatar — social media
Logo don'ts
Do not distort or stretch — aspect ratio is fixed.
Do not change colours — only Red, Gold, White.
Do not add effects — no shadows, glows, emboss.
Do not place on conflicting backgrounds.
Do not separate logo elements.
Do not rotate — horizontal only.
Do not recreate — use master files only.
Do not use on low-contrast backgrounds.
Ch 04 · Colour System

A nature-inspired palette for creative versatility.

Herbal Green is the lead creative colour — giving designers a natural, warm, and versatile palette that reflects Sadaf's Ayurvedic heritage.

Herbal Green
Pantone 7741 C
Primary brand colour. Signature for all creative materials.
Sage Leaf
Pantone 558 C
Secondary — backgrounds, cards, light panels.
Sadaf Red
Pantone 1807 C
Logo accent. Used sparingly — logo, CTAs, key highlights only.
Heritage Gold
Pantone 1245 C
Dividers, accents, premium details. Never in large areas.
Rich Earth
Pantone 7519 C
All body text and editorial copy. Grounds compositions.
Warm Ivory
No Pantone equivalent
Primary background. Warm, natural feel across all materials.
Ch 05 · Typography

Literata & Public Sans — readable, clear, quietly stylish.

Both freely available on Google Fonts. Literata carries display, editorial, and long-form reading. Public Sans carries body, UI, numeric, and all-caps treatments.

Literata
Bold
Semibold
Medium
Regular
Regular Italic
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
0123456789
Use for
Display · Headlines · Sub-headings · Pull-quotes · Product names · Long-form body (blog, editorial)
fonts.google.com/specimen/Literata
Public Sans
Bold
Semibold
Medium
Regular
Light
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
0123456789
Use for
Body (UI) · Navigation · Labels · CTAs · Forms · Numeric data · All-caps eyebrows & tags
fonts.google.com/specimen/Public+Sans
Typographic hierarchy
DisplayLiterata · 600 · 40pt
Sadaf
H1Literata · 600 · 26pt
Purity is our Quality
H2Literata · 500 italic · 18pt
Heritage since 2005
H3Public Sans · 700 caps · 10pt
BRAND GUIDELINES
BodyPublic Sans · 400 · 11pt / 1.6
Natural ingredients, trusted since 2005.
CaptionPublic Sans · 400 · 9pt
Sadaf Rose Water — 200ml
Ch 06 · Photography

Warm, natural, honestly lit.

Sadaf photography feels like a warm home, not a luxury studio. Natural light, real hands, real ingredients.

Natural light

Warm, soft daylight. Golden hour preferred. No cold or fluorescent lighting.

Real hands

Indian hands — applying mehndi, mixing herbs, using product. Model as user, not as model.

Ingredient-forward

Show the herb, the leaf, the powder, the flower. Raw ingredients visible alongside product.

Ritual moments

Everyday use — a morning skincare ritual, a wedding mehndi session, a home-made face pack.

Honest surfaces

Wooden tables, cotton textiles, ceramic bowls, handmade pottery. No glossy studio floors.

No heavy retouching

Skin texture stays. No airbrushing, no "luxury beauty" polish. Honesty over aspiration.

Never use cold lighting, luxury studio settings, or extreme retouching.
Never stage Sanskrit watermarks, lotus overlays, or saffron floods over imagery.
Never substitute stock imagery from non-Indian contexts.
Never obscure the product with heavy graphic overlays.
Ch 07 · Packaging · Suggested Architecture

A suggested front-of-pack zone architecture.

This is a suggestion, not a prescription — a four-zone system offered as a reference for future packaging revisions. Existing SKUs may continue using their current layout until they come up for redesign.

Rose Water
Pure Distilled · 200 ml
"Purity is our Quality" · Halal · Vegan
Batch 0423 · sadaf.in
Zone 1 — Brand Logo30–35%

SADAF logo at the top of the front face. Centre-aligned. Full size, never cropped.

Zone 2 — Product Identity35%

Product name in Literata Bold. Category descriptor. Hero ingredient visual.

Zone 3 — Claim & Certification20%

"Purity is our Quality" in Public Sans 8pt. Net weight prominently displayed. Relevant certification marks.

Zone 4 — Footer Bar10–15%

Batch number, manufacturing date, customer care, website. White on dark strip.

Ch 08 · Digital & Social

Logo always at top — across all formats.

Three canonical social formats: Instagram square, Stories vertical, and Facebook/LinkedIn landscape. Same rules on each.

Instagram · 1080 × 1080 px
Stories · 9 : 16
Facebook / LinkedIn · 16 : 9
Logo placement
Always at top. Left or centre. Min 8% of frame width. Never obscured by text.
Colour usage
Backgrounds: White, Ivory, or Herbal Green. Gold for accents only.
Typography
Headlines: Literata Bold. Body: Public Sans. Max 3 lines. Text ≤ 40% of image.
Ch 09 · Print & Offline

Logo at top. sadafindia.in on all materials.

Brochures, posters, POS, counter standees — same typography, same palette, same discipline.

Ch 10 · Brand Applications

Web and motion.

How the brand lives on screens and in video.

Website & digital interface
Sadaf
Rooted in tradition,
made for today.
Herbal essentials from a family-run factory in Nagpur — trusted by retailers across India for two decades.
Sadaf · sadafindia.in · +91 XXXXX XXXXX
Nagpur, Maharashtra
Background
Warm Ivory (#F5F0E3) primary. White secondary.
Navigation
Logo top-left. Public Sans 600. Green hover.
Typography
H1: Literata 600 · 36px. Body: Public Sans 400 · 16px.
Images
Full-width hero. Warm natural light.
Footer
Green background. Logo left. Links centre.
Video & motion formats
16 : 9
Full HD · 1920 × 1080
9 : 16
Vertical · Reels / Stories
1 : 1
Square · Feed
Intro sequence — timing
0.0s
Black frame
0.5s
Logo fades in
1.0s
Logo fills colour
2.0s
Hold
Outro sequence — timing
0.3s
Logo wireframe
0.8s
Logo fills colour
1.5s
Claim text fades in
2.0s
Website URL fades
4.0s
Hold · End
Font
Literata only. No shadows or effects.
Outro
Logo in final 3s. Fade-in centre.
Timing
Reveal 0.8–1.2s. Claim 0.3–0.5s.
Effects
No flares, particles, or 3D.
Formats
H.264 MP4, min 1080p, 25/30fps.
Brand Governance

Ten rules. No exceptions.

Every asset — digital, print, packaging, motion — is checked against this list before sign-off.

01
Never allow anyone to modify or recreate the SADAF logo without written brand team approval.
02
Never approve packaging without full sign-off on colours, type, and zones.
03
Never use colours outside the approved SADAF palette.
04
Never publish social media content that names competitors.
05
Never produce digital assets below minimum resolution.
06
Never use any typeface other than Literata and Public Sans.
07
Never create sub-brand identities that compete with SADAF.
08
Never approve translated copy without checking cultural connotations.
09
Never use cold lighting, luxury settings, or extreme retouching.
10
Never place the logo anywhere other than the top of any material.