MAKEUP PRODUCTS (NON-PERMANENT)

While many chemicals in cosmetics pose limited or zero risk, several are linked to significant health problems, including cancer, and neurological harm. Cosmetic chemicals gain entry to a person's body through inhalation, the skin, and ingestion, and lead to the same dangers as food chemicals, per this site.

Chemicals associated with cancer can be found in food and several other common products. But, no category of consumer products is subject to less government inspection than cosmetics and other personal care products, including bareMinerals Tutorials: The Foiled Eye. While most of the chemicals and contaminants in cosmetics and personal care products probably pose minimal risk, exposure to a few has been associated with significant health conditions, including cancer.