MAKEUP PRODUCTS (NON-PERMANENT)

While most chemicals in cosmetics pose slight or zero threat, several dozen are associated to significant health issues, such as cancer, and neurological harm. Cosmetic chemicals gain entry to a person's body through the skin, inhalation, ingestion and internal use, and cause similar problems as food chemicals, per this site.

Chemicals and contaminants associated with cancer can be found in food, water, and various other common products. Still, no area of consumer products is accountable to less government inspection than cosmetics, including my eyeshadow (matte) 1. Although most of the chemicals and contaminants in cosmetics and personal care products in all likelihood present very little risk, exposure to some is associated with worrying health concerns, including cancer.