MAKEUP PRODUCTS (NON-PERMANENT)

While many chemicals in beauty products and cosmetics present minimal or no risk, dozens are linked with considerable medical issues, such as developmental delays and cancer. Chemicals in cosmetics enter a person's body through the skin, inhalation, ingestion and internal use, and pose similar dangers as food chemicals, per this site.

Contaminants and chemicals linked to cancer can be found in food and many other common goods. But, no group of consumer goods is subject to less government direction than cosmetics and other personal care products, including 16 Eye Colour. Though most of the chemicals and contaminants in cosmetics probably pose minimal risk, being exposed to some has been linked to critical health issues, such as cancer.