MAKEUP PRODUCTS (NON-PERMANENT)

While many chemicals in beauty products pose little or zero risk, some have been associated to considerable health problems, such as cancer, and neurological harm. Chemicals in cosmetics enter a person's body through inhalation, ingestion, and the skin, and cause similar risks as food chemicals, per this site.

Contaminants and chemicals associated with cancer are found in food, water, and several other everyday items. Still, no type of consumer items is accountable to less government oversight than cosmetics and other personal products, including PROTECTIVE MINERAL FOUNDATION COMPACT MEDIUM #1. Though most of the contaminants and chemicals in cosmetics most likely present very little risk, exposure to a few has been associated with significant health problems, such as cancer.