MAKEUP PRODUCTS (NON-PERMANENT)

While the majority of chemicals in beauty products present limited or no risk, some are linked with considerable health conditions, such as neurological harm and cancer. Chemicals in cosmetics invade a person's body through inhalation, the skin, and ingestion, and lead to the same risks as food chemicals, per this site.

Chemicals and contaminants associated with cancer are found in food and various other commonly used goods. Yet, no category of consumer goods is subject to less government management than cosmetics, including Lipbalm. Although most of the chemicals and contaminants in cosmetics and personal care products almost certainly present very little risk, exposure to some is associated with critical health disorders, such as cancer.