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The one rule

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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Your composite

79OUT OF 100Good

range 74–93

66▲▼ split
Safety
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Eco
92
Labor
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Pkg

Why this score

39-point split

78

Scan

55

Precautionary

94

Tolerance

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Flagged

7 ingredients

What's flagged →

Raters split

Ingredient safety

A 39-point gap between the two loudest voices.

55Greenlens Precautionary ScreenIndependent
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94Greenlens Tolerance ScreenIndependent
050100
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Every rater, every axis

Ingredient safety

Split · 39 pts apart
  • ANSES Endocrine DisruptorsGovernmentunverified match
    80
  • Greenlens Precautionary ScreenIndependentunverified match
    55
  • Greenlens Tolerance ScreenIndependentunverified match
    94
  • Greenlens Ingredient ScanIndependentunverified match
    78

Lowest 55 · highest 94 · gap 39

Also screened — no listing found

  • EU Harmonised Classification (CLP Annex VI)
  • IARC Monographs
  • ECHA SVHC Candidate List
  • Health Canada Ingredient Hotlist
  • California Proposition 65
  • US NTP Report on Carcinogens

Environmental

    Also screened — no listing found

    • EU Microplastics Restriction

    Labor

    • Cruelty-Free CertificationNonprofitunverified match
      92

    Coverage & match quality

    5 ratings · 2 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
    • Greenlens Precautionary Screen55 on 0–100→55
    • Greenlens Tolerance Screen94 on 0–100→94
    • Greenlens Ingredient Scan78 on 0–100→78
    Average of 80 · 55 · 94 · 78pillar66

    Raters split here, so this 66 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

    78/100

    Flagged 6 of 58 ingredients: 1 restricted, 4 regulated allergens.

    • BenzaldehydeEU Cosmetics Regulation Annex III / Reg. (EU) 2023/1545 (labelled fragrance allergen)−3
    • TRANS-2-HEXENALEU Cosmetics Regulation Annex III (restricted)−10
    • VanillinEU Cosmetics Regulation Annex III / Reg. (EU) 2023/1545 (labelled fragrance allergen)−3
    • MentholEU Cosmetics Regulation Annex III / Reg. (EU) 2023/1545 (labelled fragrance allergen)−3
    • Mentha Piperita OilEU Cosmetics Regulation Annex III / Reg. (EU) 2023/1545 (labelled fragrance allergen)−3

    Starts at 100; 36 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 39 points apart. See what each one flags, and what it costs.

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    Weighted by what you care about

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    Environmentalno rating

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

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    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

    • Benzaldehyde3 positions →
    • Homosalate4 positions →
    • Mentha Piperita Oil3 positions →
    • Menthol3 positions →
    • Octocrylene3 positions →
    • TRANS-2-HEXENAL3 positions →
    • Vanillin3 positions →

    Ingredients, decoded

    Data availability

    Good·34 of 41 characterized

    Our sources have reference data on 34 of 41 listed ingredients; 7 are uncharacterized in our data — a gap, not a clean bill.

    Every listed ingredient: its function, where our safety lists land, and whether our sources have data on it.
    IngredientWhat it doesSafetyData
    Acai Avobenzone→—Not in our sourcesNo data
    Homosalate→uv filteruv absorberfragranceuv filteruv absorberfragrance7/10Endocrine-active· flagged by 2 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
    Octocrylene→uv filteruv absorberlight stabilizeruv filteruv absorberlight stabilizer6/10Strong contact sensitizer· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
    Octisalate→—Examined, no flagReferenced
    Mint Avobenzone→—Not in our sourcesNo data
    Acai Hydrogenated Polyisobutene→—Not in our sourcesNo data
    Polyisobutene→film formingbindingviscosity controllingfilm formingbindingviscosity controllingNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
    Butyloctyl Salicylate→hair conditioningskin conditioningsolventhair conditioningskin conditioningsolventNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
    Butyrospermum Parkii Nut Extract→emollientemollientNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    C18-38 Alkyl Hydroxystearoyl Stearate→emollientemulsion stabilisingviscosity controllingemollientemulsion stabilisingviscosity controllingNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
    Ozokerite→bindingemulsion stabilisingopacifyingbindingemulsion stabilisingopacifyingNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
    Cetyl Alcohol→fragranceemollientemulsion stabilisingfragranceemollientemulsion stabilisingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Diethylhexyl 2→—Not in our sourcesNo data
    6-Naphthalate→—Not in our sourcesNo data
    Glyceryl Stearate→emollientsurfactant - emulsifyingemollientsurfactant - emulsifyingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Polyglyceryl-10 Decaoleate→skin conditioningskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
    Carthamus Tinctorius Seed Oil→fragranceskin conditioningfragranceskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Sesamum Indicum Seed Oil→fragranceemollienthair conditioningfragranceemollienthair conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Trihydroxystearin→skin conditioningviscosity controllingskin conditioningviscosity controllingNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
    Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil→fragranceemollientskin conditioningfragranceemollientskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Stevioside→fragranceoral carefragranceoral careNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
    2-Methylbutyric Acid→perfumingperfumingNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
    Barosma Betulina Leaf Oil→perfumingperfumingNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
    Benzaldehyde→perfumingfragrancedenaturantperfumingfragrancedenaturant4/10EU-regulated fragrance allergen· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
    Dimethylhydroxy Furanone→fragrancetonicfragrancetonicNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
    Trans-2-Hexenal→perfumingperfuming4/10EU-restricted (with limits)· flagged by 2 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
    Tocopherol→fragranceantioxidantskin conditioningfragranceantioxidantskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Glycine Soja Oil→perfumingemollientskin conditioningperfumingemollientskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Euterpe Oleracea Fruit Extract→hair conditioninghair conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
    Ethyl Acetate→perfumingsolventperfumingsolventNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
    Gamma-Undecalactone→perfumingskin conditioningperfumingskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Vanillin→fragrancefragrance4/10EU-regulated fragrance allergen· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
    Mint Hydrogenated Polyisobutene→—Not in our sourcesNo data
    Butyrospermum Parkii Butter→skin conditioningviscosity controllingskin conditioningviscosity controllingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Oryza Sativa Bran Extract→skin conditioningskin protectingskin conditioningskin protectingNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
    Menthol→fragrancedenaturantrefreshingfragrancedenaturantrefreshing4/10EU-regulated fragrance allergen· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
    Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate→humectantskin conditioninghumectantskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
    Helianthus Annuus Extract→emollienthair conditioningskin conditioningemollienthair conditioningskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Mentha Piperita Oil→perfumingfragrancerefreshingperfumingfragrancerefreshing4/10EU-regulated fragrance allergen· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
    Rosmarinus Officinalis Leaf Extract→fragranceantimicrobialskin conditioningfragranceantimicrobialskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
    Menth→—Not in our sourcesNo data

    Where this came from

    Cruelty-free status recorded from crueltyfree.peta.org ↗

    Researched facts on Greenlens always carry the page that stated them — nothing is inferred from a model's memory.