MAKEUP PRODUCTS (NON-PERMANENT)

While many chemicals in beauty products pose very little or no threat, several dozen have been linked with substantial medical issues, including neurological harm and cancer. Chemicals in cosmetics enter a person's body through the skin and inhalation, and pose similar risks as food chemicals, per this site.

Chemicals and contaminants linked to cancer can be found in food and a lot of other everyday products. However, no category of consumer products is subject to less government management than cosmetics and other personal care products, including mineral fit stick [blusher] 1. Although many of the chemicals in cosmetics and personal care products most likely pose very little risk, exposure to a few has been linked to critical health conditions, such as cancer.