MAKEUP PRODUCTS (NON-PERMANENT)

Although many chemicals in cosmetic products pose minimal or no risk, several dozen have been associated to severe health problems, including cancer, reproductive and neurological harm, and developmental delays. Chemicals in cosmetics gain entry to a person's body through inhalation, ingestion, and the skin, and lead to similar problems as food chemicals, per this site.

Chemicals and contaminants linked to cancer are found in food and lots of other everyday goods. However, no group of consumer goods is susceptible to less government inspection than cosmetics and other personal products, including innisfree my eyeshadow (eye primer). Though most of the contaminants and chemicals in cosmetics in all likelihood pose minimal risk, being exposed to some has been linked to major health disorders, such as cancer.