MAKEUP PRODUCTS (NON-PERMANENT)

Though most chemicals in cosmetics present minimal or no threat, several are linked with serious health problems, such as neurological harm and cancer. Chemicals in cosmetics can enter a person's body through inhalation, ingestion, and the skin, and cause the same dangers as food chemicals, per this site.

Chemicals linked to cancer are found in food, water, and various other commonly used products. Still, no classification of consumer products is accountable to less government direction than cosmetics and other personal products, including Waterproof Shadow Liner Duo (Slate). Though many of the chemicals in cosmetics very likely present minimal risk, exposure to some has been linked to critical health problems, such as cancer.