Coverage & match quality
3 ratings · 2 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 71 ingredients: 2 restricted.
Starts at 100; 69 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 20 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.
Data availability
Robust70 of 71 characterized
Our sources have reference data on 70 of 71 listed ingredients; 1 is uncharacterized in our data — a gap, not a clean bill.
| Ingredient | What it does | Safety | Data |
|---|---|---|---|
| Water/Aqua/Eausolvent | solvent | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Cetearyl Alcoholemollientemulsion stabilisingopacifying | emollientemulsion stabilisingopacifying | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Astrocaryum Murumuru Seed Butteremollientskin conditioning | emollientskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Propanediolsolventviscosity controlling | solventviscosity controlling | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Behentrimonium Chloridepreservativeantistatichair conditioning | preservativeantistatichair conditioning | EU-restricted (with limits)· flagged by 2 of 9raters disagree | Referenced |
| Glycerinperfuminghumectantdenaturant | perfuminghumectantdenaturant | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Cetyl Alcoholfragranceemollientemulsion stabilising | fragranceemollientemulsion stabilising | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Isoamyl Laurateemollientskin conditioning | emollientskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Squalaneemollienthair conditioningrefatting | emollienthair conditioningrefatting | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Bis-Aminopropyl Diglycol Dimaleatehair conditioninghair waving or straighteningskin conditioning | hair conditioninghair waving or straighteningskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Brassicyl Valinate Esylateemollientemulsion stabilisinghair conditioning | emollientemulsion stabilisinghair conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Cetyl Estersemollientskin conditioning | emollientskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Pentylene Glycolskin conditioningsolvent | skin conditioningsolvent | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Phenethyl Benzoateperfumingemollient | perfumingemollient | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Brassica Campestris/Aleurites Fordi Oil Copolymerfilm formingskin conditioning | film formingskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Hydroxypropyl Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chlorideantistatichair conditioning | antistatichair conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Caprylic/Capric Triglycerideperfumingfragranceskin conditioning | perfumingfragranceskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Cetrimonium Chloridepreservativeantimicrobialantistatic | preservativeantimicrobialantistatic | EU-restricted (with limits)· flagged by 2 of 9raters disagree | Referenced |
| Caesalpinia Spinosa Gumfilm formingskin conditioningviscosity controlling | film formingskin conditioningviscosity controlling | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Fructooligosaccharideshumectantskin conditioning | humectantskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Beta Vulgaris Root Extractskin conditioning | skin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Sodium PCAhumectantantistatichair conditioning | humectantantistatichair conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Hydroxypropyl Starch Phosphatebulkingviscosity controlling | bulkingviscosity controlling | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloridefilm formingantistaticskin conditioning | film formingantistaticskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Sodium Lactatehumectantbufferingkeratolytic | humectantbufferingkeratolytic | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Hydrogenated Ethylhexyl Olivateemollientskin conditioning | emollientskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Calcium Gluconatehumectantoral careskin conditioning | humectantoral careskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Argania Spinosa Kernel Oilemollientskin conditioning | emollientskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Caprylyl Glycolemollientdeodoranthair conditioning | emollientdeodoranthair conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Cocos Nucifera Oilperfumingfragrancehair conditioning | perfumingfragrancehair conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Panthenolantistatichair conditioningskin conditioning | antistatichair conditioningskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Argininefragranceantistatichair conditioning | fragranceantistatichair conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Ethylhexylglycerindeodorantskin conditioning | deodorantskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Oryza Sativa Bran Extractskin conditioningskin protecting | skin conditioningskin protecting | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Sodium Phytatechelatingoral care | chelatingoral care | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Aspartic Acidfragranceantistatichair conditioning | fragranceantistatichair conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Potassium Lactatehumectantbufferingskin conditioning | humectantbufferingskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Ximenia Americana Seed Oilfragranceemollient | fragranceemollient | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| PCAhumectantmoisturising | humectantmoisturising | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Hydrogenated Olive Oil Unsaponifiablesemollienthair conditioningskin conditioning | emollienthair conditioningskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Butylene Glycolfragrancehumectantskin conditioning | fragrancehumectantskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Lactic Acidhumectantbufferingskin conditioning | humectantbufferingskin conditioning | Health Canada Hotlist — restricted· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagree | Referenced |
| Raphanus Sativus Seed Extractskin conditioning | skin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Octyldodecyl Oleateemollient | emollient | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Octyldodecanolperfumingfragranceemollient | perfumingfragranceemollient | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Helianthus Annuus Extractemollienthair conditioningskin conditioning | emollienthair conditioningskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Propylene Glycolhumectantskin conditioningsolvent | humectantskin conditioningsolvent | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Glycineantistaticbufferinghair conditioning | antistaticbufferinghair conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Citric Acidfragrancechelatingbuffering | fragrancechelatingbuffering | Health Canada Hotlist — restricted· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagree | Referenced |
| Alaninefragranceantistatichair conditioning | fragranceantistatichair conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Alginfragrancebindingviscosity controlling | fragrancebindingviscosity controlling | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Coco-Glucosidecleansingfoamingsurfactant - cleansing | cleansingfoamingsurfactant - cleansing | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Sorbitan Oleatesurfactant - emulsifying | surfactant - emulsifying | ANSES endocrine candidate· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagree | Referenced |
| Serinefragranceantistatichair conditioning | fragranceantistatichair conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Tocopherolfragranceantioxidantskin conditioning | fragranceantioxidantskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Rosmarinus Officinalis Leaf Extractfragranceantimicrobialskin conditioning | fragranceantimicrobialskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Valinefragranceantistatichair conditioning | fragranceantistatichair conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Carrageenan | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized | |
| Chitosanfilm forminghair fixing | film forminghair fixing | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Xanthan Gumbindingemulsion stabilisinggel forming | bindingemulsion stabilisinggel forming | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Isoleucineantistatichair conditioningskin conditioning | antistatichair conditioningskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Prolinehair conditioningskin conditioning | hair conditioningskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Threonineantistatichair conditioninghair waving or straightening | antistatichair conditioninghair waving or straightening | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Histidinehumectantantistaticskin conditioning | humectantantistaticskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Phenylalaninefragrancehair conditioningskin conditioning | fragrancehair conditioningskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Magnolia Officinalis Bark Extractantimicrobialskin conditioning | antimicrobialskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Betula Alba Bark Extractperfumingfragranceflavouring | perfumingfragranceflavouring | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Crambe Maritima Extracthair conditioningskin protecting | hair conditioningskin protecting | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Ulmus Fulva Bark Extractmoisturising | moisturising | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Caesalpinia Spinosa Fruit Extractskin protecting | skin protecting | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Sodium Hya | Not in our sources | No data |