MAKEUP PRODUCTS (NON-PERMANENT)

Although the majority of chemicals in beauty products and cosmetics present limited or no threat, several are associated to serious health issues, such as cancer, and neurological harm. Chemicals in cosmetics gain entry to a person's body through the skin, inhalation, ingestion and internal use, and pose similar dangers as food chemicals, per this site.

Contaminants and chemicals associated with cancer are found in food and various other everyday goods. Yet, no sector of consumer goods is susceptible to less government direction than cosmetics, including Eye Pigment (Violet-6). While many of the contaminants and chemicals in cosmetics and personal care products very likely pose minimal risk, exposure to some has been associated with serious health issues, including cancer.