MAKEUP PRODUCTS (NON-PERMANENT)

Although most chemicals in beauty products pose little or no threat, several dozen are linked to significant medical problems, such as neurological harm and cancer. Chemicals in cosmetics get into a person's body through inhalation, ingestion, and the skin, and cause the same risks as food chemicals, per this site.

Contaminants and chemicals associated with cancer can be found in food and many other common items. Still, no group of consumer items is accountable to less government direction than cosmetics, including DOUBLE WEAR/Stay-in-Place Eye Pencil. Though many of the contaminants and chemicals in cosmetics very likely present minimal risk, being exposed to some is associated with substantial health conditions, including cancer.