MAKEUP PRODUCTS (NON-PERMANENT)

While many chemicals in beauty products pose limited or zero danger, dozens are associated with significant health problems, such as cancer, reproductive and neurological harm, and developmental delays. Chemicals in cosmetics enter your body through the skin, inhalation, ingestion and internal use, and cause similar problems as food chemicals, per this site.

Chemicals and contaminants linked to cancer are found in food, water, and several other common products. Still, no group of consumer products is accountable to less government oversight than cosmetics and other personal care products, including Icon Eyeshadow (The Starlet Limited). Although many of the chemicals and contaminants in cosmetics probably pose minimal risk, your exposure to some is linked to critical health issues, including cancer.