MAKEUP PRODUCTS (NON-PERMANENT)

While many chemicals in beauty products and cosmetics pose minimal or no threat, dozens are linked to substantial medical conditions, including developmental delays and cancer. Chemicals in cosmetics gain entry to a person's body through the skin, inhalation, ingestion 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 many other ordinary goods. But, no group of consumer goods is subject to less government management than cosmetics, including Smoothing Lip Pencil. While many of the chemicals in cosmetics and personal care products probably pose very little risk, exposure to some is associated with worrying health problems, including cancer.