MAKEUP PRODUCTS (NON-PERMANENT)

Although most chemicals in beauty products and cosmetics present little or no risk, several dozen are linked with significant health problems, such as cancer, and neurological harm. Cosmetic chemicals enter a person's body through ingestion, inhalation, and internal use, and cause similar problems as food chemicals, per this site.

Chemicals and contaminants associated with cancer can be found in food and many other everyday goods. Yet, no type of consumer goods is accountable to less government direction than cosmetics, including Stick Foundation (Ebony). While many of the chemicals in cosmetics probably pose minimal risk, exposure to a few has been associated with major health disorders, such as cancer.