MAKEUP PRODUCTS (NON-PERMANENT)

While many chemicals in beauty products pose minimal or no risk, several dozen have been associated to considerable health conditions, such as cancer, reproductive and neurological harm, and developmental delays. Chemicals in cosmetics gain entry to a person's body through inhalation, the skin, and ingestion, and pose the same dangers as food chemicals, per this site.

Contaminants and chemicals associated with cancer can be found in food and many other common goods. However, no area of consumer goods is susceptible to less government direction than cosmetics and other personal care products, including Stick Foundation (Truffle). Although many of the chemicals and contaminants in cosmetics and personal care products almost certainly pose little risk, exposure to a few has been associated with critical health issues, such as cancer.