MAKEUP PRODUCTS (NON-PERMANENT)

While many chemicals in beauty products and cosmetics pose very little or absolutely no risk, several dozen have been linked with considerable health issues, including cancer, and neurological harm. Chemicals in cosmetics enter a person's body through the skin, inhalation, ingestion and internal use, and lead to similar dangers as food chemicals, per this site.

Chemicals and contaminants linked to cancer can be found in food, water, and several other commonly used items. Still, no category of consumer items is subject to less government management than cosmetics and other personal care products, including Loose Pigment (Shade Crystal). Although most of the chemicals and contaminants in cosmetics and personal care products in all likelihood present minimal risk, being exposed to some is linked to serious health concerns, including cancer.