MAKEUP PRODUCTS (NON-PERMANENT)

Though most chemicals in beauty products pose hardly any or no risk, several dozen have been linked with severe health issues, including developmental delays and cancer. Chemicals in cosmetics gain entry to a person's body through inhalation, the skin, and ingestion, and cause similar risks as food chemicals, per this site.

Contaminants and chemicals linked to cancer are found in water, food, and many other commonly used goods. But, no kind of consumer goods is susceptible to less government direction than cosmetics, including Caramel Melange (182 oC). Though many of the chemicals in cosmetics almost certainly pose very little risk, exposure to a few is linked to serious health conditions, including cancer.