MAKEUP PRODUCTS (NON-PERMANENT)

While most chemicals in beauty products and cosmetics present slight or absolutely no threat, several dozen have been linked to substantial medical problems, including cancer, and neurological harm. Chemicals in cosmetics gain entry to a person's body through internal use, the skin, and inhalation, and pose similar risks as food chemicals, per this site.

Contaminants and chemicals linked to cancer are found in food and many other commonly used goods. However, no category of consumer goods is accountable to less government inspection than cosmetics, including Eye Shadow (Linen). Though many of the contaminants and chemicals in cosmetics almost certainly present very little risk, being exposed to some has been linked to worrying health conditions, including cancer.