MAKEUP PRODUCTS (NON-PERMANENT)

While many chemicals in beauty products pose slight or zero threat, dozens are linked with serious health problems, including cancer, reproductive and neurological harm, and developmental delays. Chemicals in cosmetics invade the body through inhalation, ingestion, and the skin, and lead to the same problems as food chemicals, per this site.

Chemicals linked to cancer can be found in food, water, and many other common products. However, no type of consumer products is accountable to less government oversight than cosmetics, including Lip Gloss (Just a Flirt). Though most of the chemicals in cosmetics likely pose little risk, exposure to some is linked to serious health problems, such as cancer.