Beware -- your make-up could cause cancer!

Beware -- your make-up could cause cancer!

Using cosmetics with toxic chemicals can be detrimental to your health.

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Published by: Kriti Saraswat | Published : February 6, 2015 5:21 PM IST

Make-up is often a girl's best friend as it helps conceal all her flaws and highlight her best features. Make-up can make you look picture-perfect and get you your dream man but did you know the ugly truth of make-up? This video shows you how cosmetics may not be so glamorous after all. They are capable to causing dreaded diseases including cancer. Read how your eye make-up is harming your eyes. Since there is no standard body to regulate what goes into your cosmetics, it is highly feasible for your make-up to contain toxic substances many of which are extremely bad for our health and can alter hormone levels, have unwanted side-effects and disrupt the normal body functioning. Watch this video to know which products contain which chemicals and make sure the next time you buy make-up, you check the label for your own good. Also read - harmful chemical in your cosmetics. Video source: BuzzFeedVideo Image source: Getty Images

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