MAKEUP PRODUCTS (NON-PERMANENT)

Though the majority of chemicals in beauty products and cosmetics pose hardly any or zero risk, dozens have been linked to considerable health problems, including cancer, reproductive and neurological harm, and developmental delays. Chemicals in cosmetics get into a person's body through the skin, inhalation, ingestion and internal use, and pose the same problems as food chemicals, per this site.

Contaminants and chemicals associated with cancer can be found in food and several other everyday items. Still, no area of consumer items is accountable to less government management than cosmetics and other personal products, including Kiehl's Marvelous Mineral Mascara. Though many of the chemicals in cosmetics probably pose very little risk, subjection to a few has been associated with serious health issues, such as cancer.