MAKEUP PRODUCTS (NON-PERMANENT)

Although most chemicals in beauty products and cosmetics pose little or absolutely no risk, several dozen are associated to substantial medical problems, such as developmental delays and cancer. Cosmetic chemicals invade a person's body through the skin and inhalation, and pose similar risks as food chemicals, per this site.

Chemicals associated with cancer can be found in food and many other ordinary items. However, no category of consumer items is accountable to less government direction than cosmetics, including Lip Gloss (Jitterbug). Although many of the chemicals in cosmetics very likely pose very little risk, exposure to a few has been associated with worrying health problems, including cancer.