MAKEUP PRODUCTS (NON-PERMANENT)

While the majority of chemicals in beauty products pose very little or absolutely no risk, several are associated with considerable health problems, including developmental delays and cancer. Cosmetic chemicals invade a person's body through the skin and inhalation, and lead to similar dangers as food chemicals, per this site.

Chemicals associated with cancer are found in food and several other commonly used items. Still, no category of consumer items is accountable to less government inspection than cosmetics, including Maybelline Colossal Volum'Express Cat Eyes Mascara Waterproof. While most of the chemicals and contaminants in cosmetics and personal care products likely present very little risk, exposure to some is associated with critical health disorders, including cancer.