Table 5.

Concentration (in mg kg⁻¹) of some heavy metals in lipstick in Kano.

Metals	Higher price			Lower price
	Mean ± SD	Median	Range	Mean ± SD	Median	Range
Mn	13.73 ± 2.20	14.71	4.91	11.27 ± 9.27	9.8	19.61
Ni	8.24 ± 3.29	11.03	7.35	5.15 ± 4.19	3.68	11.03
Cu	7.63 ± 4.64	4.24	8.47	7.63 ± 3.54	8.48	8.47
Cd	0.34 ± 0.20	0.35	0.56	0.89 ± 0.58	0.83	1.39
Cr	0.00 ± 0.00	0	0	0.016 ± 0.023	0.1	0.05
Pb	0.06 ± 0.042	0.05	0.1	0.106 ± 0.084	0.1	0.19