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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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CLEAR CELL clarifying acne lotion
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CLEAR CELL clarifying acne lotion

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Your composite

68OUT OF 100Fair

range 56–94

45▲▼ split
Safety
90
Eco
—
Labor
—
Pkg

Why this score

17-point split

81

Scan

98

Precautionary

94

Tolerance

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Alternatives

No category on file, so no fair comparison.

Flags

No ingredient flags.

Raters split

Ingredient safety

A 76-point gap between the two loudest voices.

22IARC MonographsGovernment
vs
98Greenlens Precautionary ScreenIndependent
050100
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Every rater, every axis

Ingredient safety

Split · 76 pts apart
  • IARC MonographsGovernmentunverified match
    22
  • Greenlens Ingredient ScanIndependentunverified match
    81
  • Greenlens Precautionary ScreenIndependentunverified match
    98
  • US NTP Report on CarcinogensGovernmentunverified match
    40
  • Greenlens Tolerance ScreenIndependentunverified match
    94
  • ANSES Endocrine DisruptorsGovernmentunverified match
    80
  • EU Harmonised Classification (CLP Annex VI)Governmentunverified match
    60

Lowest 22 · highest 98 · gap 76

Also screened — no listing found

  • California Proposition 65
  • ECHA SVHC Candidate List
  • Health Canada Ingredient Hotlist

Environmental

  • EU Microplastics RestrictionGovernmentunverified match
    90

Coverage & match quality

8 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

  • IARC Monographs22 on 0–100→22
  • Greenlens Ingredient Scan81 on 0–100→81
  • Greenlens Precautionary Screen98 on 0–100→98
  • US NTP Report on Carcinogens40 on 0–100→40
  • Greenlens Tolerance Screen94 on 0–100→94
  • ANSES Endocrine Disruptors80 on 0–100→80
  • EU Harmonised Classification (CLP Annex VI)60 on 0–100→60
Average of 22 · 81 · 98 · 40 · 94 · 80 · 60pillar45

Raters split here, so this 45 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

81/100

Flagged 5 of 40 ingredients: 1 restricted, 3 regulated allergens.

  • POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE / SODIUM HYDROXIDEEU Cosmetics Regulation Annex III (restricted)−10
  • Eucalyptus Globulus Leaf OilEU Cosmetics Regulation Annex III / Reg. (EU) 2023/1545 (labelled fragrance allergen)−3
  • LimoneneEU Cosmetics Regulation Annex III / Reg. (EU) 2023/1545 (labelled fragrance allergen)−3
  • LinaloolEU 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 17 points apart. See what each one flags, and what it costs.

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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.

Ingredients, decoded

Data availability

Robust·39 of 40 characterized

Our sources have reference data on 39 of 40 listed ingredients; 1 is 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
BENZOYL PEROXIDE 5→—Not in our sourcesNo data
WATER/AQUA/EAU→solventsolventNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
ALOE BARBADENSIS LEAF JUICE→skin conditioningskin conditioning4/10IARC possible carcinogen (Group 2B)· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
GLYCERIN→perfuminghumectantdenaturantperfuminghumectantdenaturantNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
CARBOMER→emulsion stabilisinggel formingviscosity controllingemulsion stabilisinggel formingviscosity controlling4/10EU microplastics-restricted· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
SODIUM CITRATE→fragrancechelatingbufferingfragrancechelatingbufferingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
PHENOXYETHANOL→preservativeantimicrobialpreservativeantimicrobial4/10Mild sensitizer for some· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
TOCOPHERYL ACETATE→antioxidantskin conditioningantioxidantskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
KAOLIN→colorantabrasiveabsorbentcolorantabrasiveabsorbentNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
BUTYLENE GLYCOL→fragrancehumectantskin conditioningfragrancehumectantskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
SODIUM HYDROXIDE→bufferingdenaturantbufferingdenaturant4/10EU-restricted (with limits)· flagged by 2 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
CAPRYLYL GLYCOL→emollientdeodoranthair conditioningemollientdeodoranthair conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
MELALEUCA ALTERNIFOLIA LEAF OIL→perfumingantioxidantperfumingantioxidantNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
XANTHAN GUM→bindingemulsion stabilisinggel formingbindingemulsion stabilisinggel formingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
ARNICA MONTANA FLOWER EXTRACT→perfumingfragranceskin conditioningperfumingfragranceskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
ETHYLHEXYLGLYCERIN→deodorantskin conditioningdeodorantskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
HEXYLENE GLYCOL→perfumingsurfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifyingperfumingsurfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifyingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
PROPANEDIOL→solventviscosity controllingsolventviscosity controllingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
PEG-8 / SMDI COPOLYMER→film formingfilm formingNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS LEAF OIL→perfumingskin conditioningperfumingskin conditioning4/10EU-regulated fragrance allergen· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
DIETHYLHEXYL SODIUM SULFOSUCCINATE→cleansingsurfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifyingcleansingsurfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifyingNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
SODIUM PHYTATE→chelatingoral carechelatingoral careNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
MELIA AZADIRACHTA LEAF EXTRACT→skin conditioningskin conditioning6/10EU harmonised CMR (cat. 2)· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
LIMONENE→perfumingdeodorantsolventperfumingdeodorantsolvent7/10ANSES endocrine candidate· flagged by 3 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
CINNAMOMUM CAMPHORA BARK OIL→fragrancetonicskin conditioningfragrancetonicskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
SODIUM BENZOATE→preservativefragranceanticorrosivepreservativefragranceanticorrosiveNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
CAMELLIA SINENSIS LEAF EXTRACT→uv absorberfragranceantimicrobialuv absorberfragranceantimicrobialNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
ORYZA SATIVA BRAN EXTRACT→skin conditioningskin protectingskin conditioningskin protectingNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
BOSWELLIA SERRATA EXTRACT→skin conditioningskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
HONEY EXTRACT→humectantflavouringskin conditioninghumectantflavouringskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
DIMETHICONE→emollientantifoamingskin conditioningemollientantifoamingskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
SILICA→abrasiveabsorbentanticakingabrasiveabsorbentanticakingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
SORBITAN STEARATE→surfactant - emulsifyingsurfactant - emulsifyingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
PEG-40 STEARATE→surfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifyingsurfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifyingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
LINALOOL→perfumingdeodorantperfumingdeodorant6/10EU harmonised skin sensitizer· flagged by 2 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
AESCULUS HIPPOCASTANUM EXTRACT→antioxidantemollientastringentantioxidantemollientastringentNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
ANTHEMIS NOBILIS FLOWER EXTRACT→perfumingfragranceskin conditioningperfumingfragranceskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
OLIGOPEPTIDE-10→antimicrobialdeodorantskin conditioningantimicrobialdeodorantskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
CRYSTALLINE SILICA→—9/10NTP known carcinogen· flagged by 2 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
POTASSIUM SORBATE→preservativefragrancepreservativefragranceNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized