MAKEUP PRODUCTS (NON-PERMANENT)

While the majority of chemicals in beauty products and cosmetics pose slight or no risk, dozens have been associated to significant medical conditions, including cancer, and neurological harm. Chemicals in cosmetics get into your body through ingestion, inhalation, and internal use, and lead to similar dangers as food chemicals, per this site.

Contaminants and chemicals linked to cancer are found in food, water, and a lot of other commonly used items. Still, no group of consumer items is susceptible to less government direction than cosmetics and other personal products, including Sally Hansen Healing Butter for Lips. While most of the chemicals and contaminants in cosmetics likely present very little risk, being exposed to some has been linked to critical health issues, including cancer.