MAKEUP PRODUCTS (NON-PERMANENT)

While the majority of chemicals in beauty products present hardly any or no risk, dozens are associated to significant health problems, including neurological harm and cancer. Chemicals in cosmetics enter a person's body through the skin, inhalation, ingestion and internal use, and lead to the same risks as food chemicals, per this site.

Chemicals linked to cancer can be found in food, water, and several other ordinary goods. Yet, no category of consumer goods is accountable to less government inspection than cosmetics, including Shu Uemura Pressed Eye Shadow. While most of the chemicals and contaminants in cosmetics almost certainly present little risk, exposure to a few has been linked to critical health conditions, including cancer.