Coverage & match quality
2 ratings · 1 of 4 axes
no black box
We don't rate products ourselves. We collect what each public rater already says, put every scale on common ground, and keep the disagreements visible instead of averaging them away.
Collect each rater's own score
Every source keeps its native verdict for this product. We never invent a score for an axis a source didn't measure.
Normalize to 0–100, higher = better
Raters can use different scales and directions: some where a low number means safe, some where a high one does. We map them all onto one 0–100 axis and flip the ones that run backwards so the numbers are finally comparable.
Average per axis, but keep the spread
Scores on the same axis become one representative number (their mean). When raters split by 20+ points we flag it and keep every rater's number. A disagreement is never blended into silence.
Your weights make the overall
The ring is the weighted average of the four pillars using your weights. It's computed fresh every time and never stored, so there's no hidden “objective” default.
worked example · Ingredient safety
Greenlens Ingredient Scan
Independent · EU regulatory reference
Flagged 2 of 58 ingredients: 1 prohibited, 1 restricted. Score capped: a prohibited (banned) substance is present.
Penalties alone would give 35, but a prohibited substance is present, so the score is capped at 15 — a genuine hazard isn’t diluted away by a long ingredient list.
Starts at 100; 56 other ingredients carried no recognized regulated hazard. Absence of a flag means no regulated hazard was recognized — not proof of safety. This is one lens; see where raters disagree above.
Why this score
Every ingredient, under all three lenses
The Scan is one opinion. The strict and lenient lenses read the same list and land 85 points apart. See what each one flags, and what it costs.
Tune your weights
composite recomputes live
+No rater covers this axis for this product, so its weight can't move the score.
No rater covers this axis for this product, so its weight can't move the score.
No rater covers this axis for this product, so its weight can't move the score.
Data availability
Robust54 of 58 characterized
Our sources have reference data on 54 of 58 listed ingredients; 4 are uncharacterized in our data — a gap, not a clean bill.
| Ingredient | What it does | Safety | Data |
|---|---|---|---|
| Galactomyces Ferment Filtratehumectant | humectant | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Sodium Hyaluronatehumectantskin conditioning | humectantskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Oryza Sativa Bran Waterperfumingfragrance | perfumingfragrance | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Hyaluronic Acidhumectantantistaticmoisturising | humectantantistaticmoisturising | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Zinc Hydrolyzed Hyaluronatehumectantskin conditioning | humectantskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Hydroxypropyltrimonium Hyaluronatefilm forming | film forming | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Sodium Hyaluronate Dimethylsilanolhumectantskin conditioning | humectantskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Sodium Hyaluronate Crosspolymerhumectantskin conditioning | humectantskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| C12-13 Alkyl Glyceryl Hydrolyzed Hyaluronate | Not in our sources | No data | |
| Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acidhumectanthair conditioningskin conditioning | humectanthair conditioningskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Sodium Acetylated Hyaluronatehumectant | humectant | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Ascorbyl Propyl Hyaluronateskin conditioning | skin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| sh-Oligopeptide-1skin conditioning | skin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Oligopeptide 223 | Not in our sources | No data | |
| sh-polypeptide-123skin protecting | skin protecting | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1skin conditioning | skin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7skin conditioning | skin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Acetyl sh-Tetrapeptide-1skin conditioning | skin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Lauroyl sh-Tetrapeptide-1skin conditioning | skin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Palmitoyl Tripeptide-5skin conditioning | skin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Palmitoyl Tripeptide-8skin conditioning | skin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Teprenoneskin conditioning | skin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Carboxymethyl Beta-Glucan | Not in our sources | No data | |
| Superoxide Dismutaseantioxidantreducingskin conditioning | antioxidantreducingskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Sodium PCAhumectantantistatichair conditioning | humectantantistatichair conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Pseudoalteromonas Ferment Extracthumectant | humectant | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Resveratrolantioxidantskin protecting | antioxidantskin protecting | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Simmondsia Chinensis Seed Oilemollienthair conditioningskin conditioning | emollienthair conditioningskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Adansonia Digitata Seed Oilemollienthair conditioningskin conditioning | emollienthair conditioningskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Trehalosehumectantmoisturising | humectantmoisturising | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Citrullus Lanatus Seed Oilemollientskin conditioning | emollientskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Triacetinfragranceantimicrobialfilm forming | fragranceantimicrobialfilm forming | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Glycyrrhiza Glabra Root Extractperfumingemollientbleaching | perfumingemollientbleaching | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Hamamelis Virginiana Waterastringenthair conditioningsoothing | astringenthair conditioningsoothing | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Tasmannia Lanceolata Fruit/Leaf Extractantioxidanthair conditioningskin conditioning | antioxidanthair conditioningskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Glutathionereducing | reducing | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Hydrolyzed Wheat Proteinantistatichair conditioningskin conditioning | antistatichair conditioningskin conditioning | EU-restricted (with limits)· flagged by 2 of 9raters disagree | Referenced |
| Hydrolyzed Oat Proteinantistatichair conditioningskin conditioning | antistatichair conditioningskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Glycerinperfuminghumectantdenaturant | perfuminghumectantdenaturant | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Phospholipidsskin conditioning | skin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Argania Spinosa Sprout Cell Extractskin conditioning | skin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Rhododendron Ferrugineum Leaf Cell Culture Extractskin conditioning | skin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Saccharomyces Cerevisiae Extractskin conditioning | skin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Adansonia Digitata Fruit Extractemollient | emollient | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Ureahumectantantistaticbuffering | humectantantistaticbuffering | EU-prohibited· flagged by 2 of 9raters disagree | Well-characterized |
| Laminaria Cloustoni Extractskin protecting | skin protecting | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Dipalmitoyl Hydroxyprolineantistatichair conditioningskin conditioning | antistatichair conditioningskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Hydrogenated Ethylhexyl Olivateemollientskin conditioning | emollientskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Hydrogenated Olive Oil Unsaponifiablesemollienthair conditioningskin conditioning | emollienthair conditioningskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Lecithinemollientantistaticsurfactant - emulsifying | emollientantistaticsurfactant - emulsifying | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Linoleic Acidemollientantistaticcleansing | emollientantistaticcleansing | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Sodium Ascorbateantioxidant | antioxidant | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Beta Sitosterolfragranceemulsion stabilisinglight stabilizer | fragranceemulsion stabilisinglight stabilizer | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Glucosamine HClantistatichair conditioning | antistatichair conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Beta-Glucanskin conditioning | skin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Tocopherolfragranceantioxidantskin conditioning | fragranceantioxidantskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Hydrogenated Lecithinsurfactant - emulsifyingskin conditioning | surfactant - emulsifyingskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Dipotassium G | Not in our sources | No data |