MAKEUP PRODUCTS (NON-PERMANENT)

Although many chemicals in beauty products and cosmetics pose slight or no threat, several dozen are linked to considerable health problems, such as neurological harm and cancer. Chemicals in cosmetics get into the body through the skin and inhalation, and pose the same risks as food chemicals, per this site.

Chemicals and contaminants associated with cancer are found in food and various other everyday goods. Still, no category of consumer goods is susceptible to less government management than cosmetics, including AVON SMOOTH MINERAL BLUSH . Although most of the chemicals and contaminants in cosmetics and personal care products probably present very little risk, being exposed to a few is associated with major health disorders, including cancer.