MAKEUP PRODUCTS (NON-PERMANENT)

While the majority of chemicals in beauty products and cosmetics pose hardly any or no risk, several dozen are associated to significant medical problems, such as neurological harm and cancer. Chemicals in cosmetics gain entry to the body through inhalation, the skin, and ingestion, and cause similar risks as food chemicals, per this site.

Contaminants and chemicals associated with cancer are found in food and many other ordinary products. Still, no group of consumer products is accountable to less government inspection than cosmetics and other personal care products, including Rice Paper. Although most of the chemicals and contaminants in cosmetics most likely present very little risk, exposure to some is associated with significant health issues, such as cancer.