MAKEUP PRODUCTS (NON-PERMANENT)

While the majority of chemicals in beauty products and cosmetics pose slight or zero threat, several have been associated with considerable medical problems, including developmental delays and cancer. Chemicals in cosmetics enter the body through inhalation, ingestion, and the skin, and pose the same problems as food chemicals, per this site.

Contaminants and chemicals linked to cancer can be found in food and lots of other commonly used items. Still, no kind of consumer items is susceptible to less government direction than cosmetics, including Smoothed Over Lipstick (Willow). Though many of the chemicals in cosmetics and personal care products very likely present little risk, being exposed to a few has been linked to serious health disorders, such as cancer.