MAKEUP PRODUCTS (NON-PERMANENT)

While the majority of chemicals in cosmetics present very little or no threat, dozens have been associated with considerable health issues, such as developmental delays and cancer. Cosmetic chemicals get into the body through inhalation, the skin, and ingestion, and pose similar problems as food chemicals, per this site.

Contaminants and chemicals linked to cancer can be found in food and many other commonly used products. Still, no category of consumer products is accountable to less government management than cosmetics and other personal care products, including Amazonian clay BB illuminating moisturizer. Though many of the chemicals in cosmetics in all likelihood pose very little risk, being exposed to a few has been linked to critical health problems, including cancer.