MAKEUP PRODUCTS (NON-PERMANENT)

Although many chemicals in beauty products present slight or no danger, several dozen are associated with severe medical conditions, such as neurological harm and cancer. Chemicals in cosmetics get into a person's body through inhalation, ingestion, and the skin, and lead to similar dangers as food chemicals, per this site.

Contaminants and chemicals associated with cancer are found in food and several other commonly used products. Still, no classification of consumer products is susceptible to less government direction than cosmetics and other personal products, including Eyeshadow (FEMA-0026). While most of the chemicals in cosmetics in all likelihood present minimal risk, exposure to some is associated with critical health problems, such as cancer.