MAKEUP PRODUCTS (NON-PERMANENT)

Though many chemicals in cosmetic products present minimal or zero threat, several dozen are linked to significant health problems, such as cancer, and neurological harm. Cosmetic chemicals get into your body through the skin, inhalation, ingestion and internal use, and pose the same problems as food chemicals, per this site.

Chemicals linked to cancer can be found in food and various other commonly used products. Still, no area of consumer products is subject to less government inspection than cosmetics and other personal products, including Stick Foundation (Cocoa). Although many of the contaminants and chemicals in cosmetics in all likelihood present very little risk, being exposed to a few is linked to worrying health conditions, including cancer.