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We never blend a score that hides who disagrees. Funding model travels with every rating. Weights are computed at read time and never stored.

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The Hand Retinol | 0.25% Retinol
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The Hand Retinol | 0.25% Retinol

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58OUT OF 100Fair

range 40–98

58▲▼ split
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Why this score

27-point split

71

Scan

98

Precautionary

88

Tolerance

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9 ingredients

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Ingredient safety

A 58-point gap between the two loudest voices.

40Health Canada Ingredient HotlistGovernment
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98Greenlens Precautionary ScreenIndependent
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Every rater, every axis

Ingredient safety

Split · 58 pts apart
  • ANSES Endocrine DisruptorsGovernmentunverified match
    80
  • Health Canada Ingredient HotlistGovernmentunverified match
    40
  • Greenlens Precautionary ScreenIndependentunverified match
    98
  • Greenlens Tolerance ScreenIndependentunverified match
    88
  • Greenlens Ingredient ScanIndependentunverified match
    71
  • EU Harmonised Classification (CLP Annex VI)Governmentunverified match
    90
  • California Proposition 65Governmentunverified match
    65

Lowest 40 · highest 98 · gap 58

Also screened — no listing found

  • ECHA SVHC Candidate List
  • IARC Monographs
  • US NTP Report on Carcinogens

Environmental

    Also screened — no listing found

    • EU Microplastics Restriction

    Coverage & match quality

    7 ratings · 1 of 4 axes

    • Some ratings rest on an automatic match that has not been human-reviewed.
    • Fewer raters reach smaller-brand products, so a missing rating is not a clean bill of health, only a gap.

    no black box

    How this score is built

    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.

    1. 1

      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.

    2. 2

      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.

    3. 3

      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.

    4. 4

      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

    • ANSES Endocrine Disruptors80 on 0–100→80
    • Health Canada Ingredient Hotlist40 on 0–100→40
    • Greenlens Precautionary Screen98 on 0–100→98
    • Greenlens Tolerance Screen88 on 0–100→88
    • Greenlens Ingredient Scan71 on 0–100→71
    • EU Harmonised Classification (CLP Annex VI)90 on 0–100→90
    • California Proposition 6565 on 0–100→65
    Average of 80 · 40 · 98 · 88 · 71 · 90 · 65pillar58

    Raters split here, so this 58 is a midpoint, not a consensus. The spread stays on the “every rater” list above.

    Why the safety score

    Greenlens Ingredient Scan

    Independent · EU regulatory reference

    71/100

    Flagged 6 of 57 ingredients: 2 restricted, 3 regulated allergens.

    • Rosa Damascena Flower OilEU Cosmetics Regulation Annex III / Reg. (EU) 2023/1545 (labelled fragrance allergen)−3
    • POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE / SODIUM HYDROXIDEEU Cosmetics Regulation Annex III (restricted)−10
    • RetinolEU Cosmetics Regulation Annex III (restricted)−10
    • CitronellolEU Cosmetics Regulation Annex III / Reg. (EU) 2023/1545 (labelled fragrance allergen)−3
    • GeraniolEU Cosmetics Regulation Annex III / Reg. (EU) 2023/1545 (labelled fragrance allergen)−3

    Starts at 100; 52 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 27 points apart. See what each one flags, and what it costs.

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    Environmentalno rating

    No rater covers this axis for this product, so its weight can't move the score.

    Laborno rating

    No rater covers this axis for this product, so its weight can't move the score.

    Packagingno rating

    No rater covers this axis for this product, so its weight can't move the score.

    0 means ignored. Higher = more weight in your composite.

    Flagged ingredients

    • Citric Acid4 positions →
    • Citronellol4 positions →
    • Geraniol4 positions →
    • Glycolic Acid4 positions →
    • Mandelic Acid4 positions →
    • Phenoxyethanol3 positions →
    • Retinol5 positions →
    • Rosa Damascena Flower Oil3 positions →
    • POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE / SODIUM HYDROXIDE3 positions →

    Ingredients, decoded

    Data availability

    Robust·57 of 57 characterized

    Our sources have reference data on all 57 listed ingredients.

    Every listed ingredient: its function, where our safety lists land, and whether our sources have data on it.
    IngredientWhat it doesSafetyData
    Aqua/Water/Eau→—No flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride→perfumingfragranceskin conditioningperfumingfragranceskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Glycerin→perfuminghumectantdenaturantperfuminghumectantdenaturantNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Rosa Damascena Flower Water→fragranceskin conditioningskin protectingfragranceskin conditioningskin protecting4/10EU-regulated fragrance allergen· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
    Cetearyl Alcohol→emollientemulsion stabilisingopacifyingemollientemulsion stabilisingopacifyingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Cellulose Acetate Butyrate→film formingfilm formingNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
    Cetearyl Olivate→hair conditioninghair conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Sorbitan Olivate→surfactant - emulsifyingsurfactant - emulsifyingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Glycolic Acid→bufferingbuffering4/10Health Canada Hotlist — restricted· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
    Sodium Hydroxide→bufferingdenaturantbufferingdenaturant4/10EU-restricted (with limits)· flagged by 2 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
    Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer→emulsion stabilisingviscosity controllingemulsion stabilisingviscosity controllingNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
    Retinol→skin conditioningskin conditioning8/10Prop 65-listed· flagged by 4 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
    Mandelic Acid→antimicrobialantimicrobial4/10Health Canada Hotlist — restricted· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
    Magnesium Stearate→colorantanticakingmoisturisingcolorantanticakingmoisturisingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Arginine→fragranceantistatichair conditioningfragranceantistatichair conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
    Alanine→fragranceantistatichair conditioningfragranceantistatichair conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
    Valine→fragranceantistatichair conditioningfragranceantistatichair conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
    Isoleucine→antistatichair conditioningskin conditioningantistatichair conditioningskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
    Glycine→antistaticbufferinghair conditioningantistaticbufferinghair conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Serine→fragranceantistatichair conditioningfragranceantistatichair conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
    Threonine→antistatichair conditioninghair waving or straighteningantistatichair conditioninghair waving or straighteningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
    Histidine→humectantantistaticskin conditioninghumectantantistaticskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
    Proline→hair conditioningskin conditioninghair conditioningskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
    Phenylalanine→fragrancehair conditioningskin conditioningfragrancehair conditioningskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
    Aspartic Acid→fragranceantistatichair conditioningfragranceantistatichair conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
    Niacinamide→smoothingsmoothingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Tocopherol→fragranceantioxidantskin conditioningfragranceantioxidantskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Sodium PCA→humectantantistatichair conditioninghumectantantistatichair conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    PCA→humectantmoisturisinghumectantmoisturisingNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
    Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1→skin conditioningskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
    Palmitoyl Tripeptide-5→skin conditioningskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
    Palmitoyl Hexapeptide-12→skin conditioningskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
    Nicotiana Benthamiana Hexapeptide-40 sh-Polypeptide-76→skin conditioningskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
    Hippophae Rhamnoides Fruit Oil→skin protectingskin protectingNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
    Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate→antioxidantskin conditioningantioxidantskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
    Pentaerythrityl Tetra-di-t-butyl Hydroxyhydrocinnamate→antioxidantantioxidantNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Decyl Glucoside→cleansingemulsion stabilisingsurfactant - cleansingcleansingemulsion stabilisingsurfactant - cleansingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Tricaprylin→perfumingfragranceskin conditioningperfumingfragranceskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
    C13-14 Alkane→solventsolventNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
    C15-23 Alkane→solventsolventNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
    Citric Acid→fragrancechelatingbufferingfragrancechelatingbuffering4/10Health Canada Hotlist — restricted· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
    Panthenol→antistatichair conditioningskin conditioningantistatichair conditioningskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Caprylyl Glycol→emollientdeodoranthair conditioningemollientdeodoranthair conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Butylene Glycol→fragrancehumectantskin conditioningfragrancehumectantskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Potassium Sorbate→preservativefragrancepreservativefragranceNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Sodium Lactate→humectantbufferingkeratolytichumectantbufferingkeratolyticNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Sodium Hyaluronate→humectantskin conditioninghumectantskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Silica→abrasiveabsorbentanticakingabrasiveabsorbentanticakingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Silica Silylate→emollientanticakingantifoamingemollientanticakingantifoamingNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
    Sodium Carbonate→bufferingbulkingbufferingbulkingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Sodium Chloride→fragranceoral carebulkingfragranceoral carebulkingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Sodium Benzoate→preservativefragranceanticorrosivepreservativefragranceanticorrosiveNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Ethylhexylglycerin→deodorantskin conditioningdeodorantskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Chlorphenesin→preservativeantimicrobialpreservativeantimicrobialNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
    Phenoxyethanol→preservativeantimicrobialpreservativeantimicrobial4/10Mild sensitizer for some· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
    Citronellol→perfumingperfuming6/10ANSES endocrine candidate· flagged by 2 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
    Geraniol→perfumingtonicperfumingtonic6/10EU harmonised skin sensitizer· flagged by 2 of 9raters disagreeReferenced