MAKEUP PRODUCTS (NON-PERMANENT)

Although the majority of chemicals in beauty products pose little or zero threat, several dozen have been linked with severe medical issues, including cancer, and neurological harm. Chemicals in cosmetics invade a person's body through inhalation, the skin, and ingestion, and pose similar problems as food chemicals, per this site.

Chemicals linked to cancer are found in food and various other commonly used products. Still, no sector of consumer products is accountable to less government management than cosmetics and other personal care products, including Burt's Bees Lipstick. Though most of the chemicals in cosmetics in all likelihood pose minimal risk, subjection to a few has been linked to significant health concerns, such as cancer.