MAKEUP PRODUCTS (NON-PERMANENT)

While most chemicals in beauty products present slight or no risk, several have been associated with considerable medical problems, such as cancer, and neurological harm. Chemicals in cosmetics get into a person's body through inhalation, the skin, and ingestion, and cause the same dangers as food chemicals, per this site.

Chemicals linked to cancer are found in food and lots of other everyday products. But, no classification of consumer products is subject to less government inspection than cosmetics, including Eye Shadow (Sand). Though many of the contaminants and chemicals in cosmetics almost certainly present very little risk, exposure to some has been linked to significant health concerns, including cancer.