MAKEUP PRODUCTS (NON-PERMANENT)

Though most chemicals in cosmetics pose hardly any or no danger, several have been associated with serious health issues, such as cancer, reproductive and neurological harm, and developmental delays. Chemicals in cosmetics gain entry to a person's body through the skin and inhalation, and pose the same dangers as food chemicals, per this site.

Chemicals associated with cancer can be found in food and lots of other common items. But, no category of consumer items is accountable to less government inspection than cosmetics and other personal care products, including Victoria's Secret Gloss Balm Melon Pop. Though most of the contaminants and chemicals in cosmetics and personal care products likely present very little risk, exposure to a few has been associated with worrying health problems, such as cancer.