MAKEUP PRODUCTS (NON-PERMANENT)

While many chemicals in beauty products and cosmetics present slight or no risk, several dozen are linked with serious health conditions, including developmental delays and cancer. Cosmetic chemicals enter a person's body through the skin, inhalation, ingestion and internal use, and cause the same dangers as food chemicals, per this site.

Chemicals linked to cancer can be found in food and several other commonly used items. However, no kind of consumer items is subject to less government direction than cosmetics and other personal products, including Melody Eyeshadow (Gentle Clasp). Although many of the contaminants and chemicals in cosmetics and personal care products probably pose very little risk, your exposure to some has been linked to substantial health problems, including cancer.