MAKEUP PRODUCTS (NON-PERMANENT)

Although many chemicals in beauty products and cosmetics present limited or zero threat, dozens are linked with considerable health problems, such as cancer, reproductive and neurological harm, and developmental delays. Chemicals in cosmetics invade the body through inhalation, the skin, and ingestion, and pose similar risks as food chemicals, per this site.

Chemicals associated with cancer are found in food and various other everyday products. But, no group of consumer products is susceptible to less government management than cosmetics and other personal products, including Refill Eyeshadow (Shade Brownie). Though many of the chemicals in cosmetics very likely pose very little risk, your exposure to some is associated with critical health problems, such as cancer.