MAKEUP PRODUCTS (NON-PERMANENT)

While many chemicals in beauty products and cosmetics pose slight or no risk, several dozen have been linked with considerable health conditions, such as neurological harm and cancer. Chemicals in cosmetics gain entry to the body through inhalation, ingestion, and the skin, and lead to the same risks as food chemicals, per this site.

Contaminants and chemicals linked to cancer are found in food and several other commonly used items. Still, no classification of consumer items is subject to less government management than cosmetics, including Smoothed Over Lipstick (Terra). Though most of the chemicals and contaminants in cosmetics and personal care products almost certainly pose very little risk, your exposure to a few has been linked to serious health conditions, such as cancer.