MAKEUP PRODUCTS (NON-PERMANENT)

While most chemicals in beauty products present little or zero risk, dozens have been linked to considerable medical problems, such as neurological harm and cancer. Cosmetic chemicals gain entry to your body through the skin, inhalation, ingestion and internal use, and pose similar problems as food chemicals, per this site.

Chemicals associated with cancer are found in food and several other commonly used items. However, no category of consumer items is subject to less government direction than cosmetics, including Burts Bees Tinted Lip Balm. Though many of the chemicals and contaminants in cosmetics almost certainly pose little risk, subjection to some is associated with serious health problems, such as cancer.