MAKEUP PRODUCTS (NON-PERMANENT)

While many chemicals in beauty products pose hardly any or zero risk, some have been linked with considerable medical problems, such as neurological harm and cancer. Chemicals in cosmetics get into a person's body through the skin, inhalation, ingestion and internal use, and cause similar problems as food chemicals, per this site.

Chemicals linked to cancer are found in food and several other common items. However, no kind of consumer items is subject to less government inspection than cosmetics, including Lip Smacker Snowflake Cocoa Lip Balm. Although most of the contaminants and chemicals in cosmetics and personal care products most likely pose minimal risk, your exposure to a few has been linked to worrying health issues, including cancer.