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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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Catalog/Ahava North America/Refining Mud Exfoliator
Refining Mud Exfoliator
Ahava North America

Refining Mud Exfoliator

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Your composite

70OUT OF 100Good

range 60–94

70▲▼ split
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Why this score

34-point split

87

Scan

60

Precautionary

94

Tolerance

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Alternatives

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Flags

No ingredient flags.

Raters split

Ingredient safety

A 34-point gap between the two loudest voices.

60Greenlens Precautionary ScreenIndependent
vs
94Greenlens Tolerance ScreenIndependent
050100
See why, ingredient by ingredient→

Every rater, every axis

Ingredient safety

Split · 34 pts apart
  • Greenlens Ingredient ScanIndependentunverified match
    87
  • Greenlens Tolerance ScreenIndependentunverified match
    94
  • Greenlens Precautionary ScreenIndependentunverified match
    60

Lowest 60 · highest 94 · gap 34

Also screened — no listing found

  • Health Canada Ingredient Hotlist

Coverage & match quality

3 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

  • Greenlens Ingredient Scan87 on 0–100→87
  • Greenlens Tolerance Screen94 on 0–100→94
  • Greenlens Precautionary Screen60 on 0–100→60
Average of 87 · 94 · 60pillar70

Raters split here, so this 70 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

87/100

Flagged 2 of 37 ingredients: 1 restricted, 1 regulated allergen.

  • Benzyl AlcoholEU Cosmetics Regulation Annex III / Reg. (EU) 2023/1545 (labelled fragrance allergen)−3
  • TITANIUM DIOXIDEEU Cosmetics Regulation Annex III (restricted)−10

Starts at 100; 35 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 34 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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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.

Ingredients, decoded

Data availability

Robust·37 of 37 characterized

Our sources have reference data on all 37 listed ingredients.

Every listed ingredient: its function, where our safety lists land, and whether our sources have data on it.
IngredientWhat it doesSafetyData
Aqua→solventsolventNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride→perfumingfragranceskin conditioningperfumingfragranceskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Glycerin→perfuminghumectantdenaturantperfuminghumectantdenaturantNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Cellulose→absorbentopacifyingbulkingabsorbentopacifyingbulkingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Cetearyl Alcohol→emollientemulsion stabilisingopacifyingemollientemulsion stabilisingopacifyingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Calcium Carbonate→abrasivebufferingopacifyingabrasivebufferingopacifyingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Glyceryl Stearate→emollientsurfactant - emulsifyingemollientsurfactant - emulsifyingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Silt→humectantabsorbentastringenthumectantabsorbentastringentNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Microcrystalline Cellulose→abrasiveabsorbentanticakingabrasiveabsorbentanticakingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Silica→abrasiveabsorbentanticakingabrasiveabsorbentanticakingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Zea Mays Starch→abrasiveabsorbentanticakingabrasiveabsorbentanticakingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Magnesium Aluminum Silicate→absorbentanticakingopacifyingabsorbentanticakingopacifyingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Cetyl Alcohol→fragranceemollientemulsion stabilisingfragranceemollientemulsion stabilisingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate→cleansinghair conditioningsurfactant - cleansingcleansinghair conditioningsurfactant - cleansingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Disodium lauryl Sulfosuccinate→cleansingfoamingsurfactant - cleansingcleansingfoamingsurfactant - cleansingNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Benzyl Alcohol→preservativeperfumingsolventpreservativeperfumingsolvent6/10EU harmonised skin sensitizer· flagged by 2 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
Hydrolyzed Oat Protein→antistatichair conditioningskin conditioningantistatichair conditioningskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Hydrogenated Castor Oil→emollientsurfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifyingemollientsurfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifyingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Cetearyl Glucoside→surfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifyingsurfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifyingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Glyceryl Oleate→perfumingemollientsurfactant - emulsifyingperfumingemollientsurfactant - emulsifyingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Sclerotium Gum→emulsion stabilisingskin conditioningviscosity controllingemulsion stabilisingskin conditioningviscosity controllingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Behenyl Behenate→emollientskin conditioningemollientskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Panthenyl Triacetate→antistatichair conditioningantistatichair conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Tribehenin→emollientskin conditioningemollientskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Xanthan Gum→bindingemulsion stabilisinggel formingbindingemulsion stabilisinggel formingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Benzoic Acid→preservativefragranceph adjusterspreservativefragranceph adjustersNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Hydroxypropylcellulose→film formingbindingemulsion stabilisingfilm formingbindingemulsion stabilisingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Sodium Benzoate→preservativefragranceanticorrosivepreservativefragranceanticorrosiveNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Potassium Sorbate→preservativefragrancepreservativefragranceNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Sorbic Acid→preservativefragrancepreservativefragranceNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Titanium Dioxide→uv filteruv absorbercolorantuv filteruv absorbercolorant8/10ANSES CMR-listed· flagged by 5 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
Cocamidopropyl Betaine→antistaticcleansinghair conditioningantistaticcleansinghair conditioning6/10Strong contact sensitizer· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil→fragranceemollientskin conditioningfragranceemollientskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Tocopherol→fragranceantioxidantskin conditioningfragranceantioxidantskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Olea Europaea Fruit Oil→perfumingfragranceskin conditioningperfumingfragranceskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Squalane→emollienthair conditioningrefattingemollienthair conditioningrefattingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Maris Sal→skin conditioningskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued