MAKEUP PRODUCTS (NON-PERMANENT)

While many chemicals in beauty products pose limited or no threat, dozens have been associated with serious medical issues, including developmental delays and cancer. Chemicals in cosmetics enter the body through the skin, inhalation, ingestion and internal use, and lead to similar risks as food chemicals, per this site.

Chemicals linked to cancer are found in food and many other common goods. But, no type of consumer goods is accountable to less government management than cosmetics, including VELVET FINISH POUDRE COMPACTE / COMPACT POWDER (ALL SHADES). While most of the chemicals and contaminants in cosmetics likely pose very little risk, exposure to some is linked to major health disorders, such as cancer.