MAKEUP PRODUCTS (NON-PERMANENT)

While the majority of chemicals in beauty products pose slight or absolutely no threat, several have been associated with serious health problems, such as cancer, reproductive and neurological harm, and developmental delays. Chemicals in cosmetics invade a person's body through inhalation, the skin, and ingestion, and pose the same dangers as food chemicals, per this site.

Chemicals linked to cancer are found in food and many other commonly used products. Still, no area of consumer products is susceptible to less government direction than cosmetics and other personal care products, including Lip Primer. While most of the contaminants and chemicals in cosmetics and personal care products in all likelihood present very little risk, exposure to some is linked to major health concerns, such as cancer.