Can lipstick be harmful to skin

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Can lipstick be harmful to skin?
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Lipstick is other vital makeup tool for women to
highlight their lips

• While many women now opt for semi permanent
  makeup in Dubai or permanent makeup in Dubai,
  they still require adding a little makeup to
  touch up the look.
• Makeup is an important fashion statement in
  women, especially for the lips and eyebrows in
  Dubai. Lipstick is one product women tend to use
  throughout the day with constant touch up. It
  does make the lips and face in whole more
  appealing. But lipsticks can also contain harmful
  ingredients and can be toxic and poisonous.

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Lipsticks can contain lead

• Many lipstick brands contain a high amount of
  lead. As women keep applying and reapplying
  lipstick throughout the day, they end up
  consuming some of this lead through the skin of
  the lips. Lead may not be a ingredient used in
  the lipstick, but it is a by-product of the
  colorant used or by the process of making the
  lipstick.
• Though the amount of lead consumed through
  lipstick daily many be a small amount, over the
  years it can add up to a significant level of
  exposure to lead.

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The dangers of lead

• Lead being a neurotoxin can greatly affect the
  nerves and lead to brain damage. This can present
  in forms of learning, behavioural and language
  issues. IQ levels can be lowered, it can bring on
  an imbalance in hormones and lead to delays in
  puberty, infertility and miscarriage. It has even
  been researched that it can cause aggression.

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The use of petrochemicals in lipsticks

• Carefully check the ingredients in the lipstick
  before you purchase it. Avoid lipsticks which
  contain talc, carcinogen (bismuth oxychloride),
  Parabens, formaldehyde and mineral oil as much as
  possible.

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Always select natural plant based lipsticks

• The best lipsticks are ones that are plant-based
  and natural. The most common ingredients in these
  products are beeswax, aloe vera extracts,
  Carnauba wax, candellila wax, carmine, hempseed
  oil, cocoa butter, jojoba oil, iron oxide, shea
  butter, mica, lanolin, tocopherol, titanium
  oxide, ultramarines, etc.