MAKEUP PRODUCTS (NON-PERMANENT)

Although the majority of chemicals in cosmetic products present limited or no threat, several are linked with considerable medical issues, such as neurological harm and cancer. Chemicals in cosmetics can enter a person's body through the skin, inhalation, ingestion and internal use, and pose the same problems as food chemicals, per this site.

Contaminants and chemicals linked to cancer are found in food and a lot of other common goods. However, no group of consumer goods is accountable to less government oversight than cosmetics and other personal products, including Smoothed Over Lipstick (Orchid). Though most of the contaminants and chemicals in cosmetics probably present little risk, being exposed to a few has been linked to serious health issues, such as cancer.