MAKEUP PRODUCTS (NON-PERMANENT)

While most chemicals in beauty products and cosmetics pose little or zero threat, dozens are linked to serious health problems, such as neurological harm and cancer. Chemicals in cosmetics get into the body through the skin, inhalation, ingestion and internal use, and cause the same dangers as food chemicals, per this site.

Chemicals linked to cancer are found in food, water, and several other commonly used goods. Still, no area of consumer goods is subject to less government direction than cosmetics, including lid primer. Though many of the chemicals and contaminants in cosmetics likely present very little risk, being exposed to a few is linked to critical health concerns, such as cancer.