MAKEUP PRODUCTS (NON-PERMANENT)

While most chemicals in beauty products and cosmetics pose minimal or absolutely no threat, some have been associated with serious medical issues, including cancer, reproductive and neurological harm, and developmental delays. Chemicals in cosmetics enter a person's body through inhalation, the skin, and ingestion, and cause similar dangers as food chemicals, per this site.

Chemicals linked to cancer can be found in food and several other common goods. But, no type of consumer goods is accountable to less government inspection than cosmetics and other personal care products, including Eye Shadow (Illume). Though many of the contaminants and chemicals in cosmetics in all likelihood present very little risk, being exposed to some has been linked to major health problems, including cancer.