MAKEUP PRODUCTS (NON-PERMANENT)

While most chemicals in beauty products and cosmetics present slight or zero danger, several dozen have been linked to serious health conditions, such as cancer, reproductive and neurological harm, and developmental delays. Cosmetic chemicals get into the body through the skin, inhalation, ingestion and internal use, and pose the same problems as food chemicals, per this site.

Contaminants and chemicals associated with cancer can be found in food and several other ordinary goods. However, no sector of consumer goods is susceptible to less government oversight than cosmetics, including Iridescent cream eyeshadow. Although most of the chemicals in cosmetics almost certainly pose minimal risk, subjection to some has been associated with serious health problems, such as cancer.