MAKEUP PRODUCTS (NON-PERMANENT)

While many chemicals in beauty products and cosmetics present minimal or zero threat, several dozen are associated with substantial health problems, such as cancer, and neurological harm. Cosmetic chemicals enter a person's body through the skin, inhalation, ingestion and internal use, and pose the same problems as food chemicals, per this site.

Contaminants and chemicals linked to cancer can be found in food, water, and many other common goods. Still, no area of consumer goods is accountable to less government direction than cosmetics, including Colorstay Overtime Sheer Lipcolor- Top Coat. Though many of the contaminants and chemicals in cosmetics and personal care products probably pose very little risk, being exposed to some is linked to critical health problems, such as cancer.