MAKEUP PRODUCTS (NON-PERMANENT)

Although many chemicals in beauty products and cosmetics pose minimal or no risk, several dozen have been associated with significant health issues, including cancer, and neurological harm. Chemicals in cosmetics gain entry to a person's body through ingestion, inhalation, and internal use, and cause the same dangers as food chemicals, per this site.

Contaminants and chemicals associated with cancer are found in water, food, and various other common goods. However, no category of consumer goods is accountable to less government management than cosmetics, including Lip Polish (Posh). Although many of the chemicals in cosmetics very likely present little risk, exposure to some has been associated with major health conditions, such as cancer.