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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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Flawless Nightly Pro 5% Retinoid Serum
Dr Sam's

Flawless Nightly Pro 5% Retinoid Serum

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Your composite

75OUT OF 100Good

range 67–98

75▲▼ split
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Why this score

31-point split

67

Scan

98

Precautionary

82

Tolerance

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Flags

No ingredient flags.

Raters split

Ingredient safety

A 31-point gap between the two loudest voices.

67Greenlens Ingredient ScanIndependent
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98Greenlens Precautionary ScreenIndependent
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Every rater, every axis

Ingredient safety

Split · 31 pts apart
  • Greenlens Ingredient ScanIndependentunverified match
    67
  • Greenlens Precautionary ScreenIndependentunverified match
    98
  • Greenlens Tolerance ScreenIndependentunverified match
    82
  • Health Canada Ingredient HotlistGovernmentunverified match
    85

Lowest 67 · highest 98 · gap 31

Also screened — no listing found

  • California Proposition 65
  • IARC Monographs
  • US NTP Report on Carcinogens
  • ANSES Endocrine Disruptors

Environmental

    Also screened — no listing found

    • EU Microplastics Restriction

    Coverage & match quality

    4 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 Scan67 on 0–100→67
    • Greenlens Precautionary Screen98 on 0–100→98
    • Greenlens Tolerance Screen82 on 0–100→82
    • Health Canada Ingredient Hotlist85 on 0–100→85
    Average of 67 · 98 · 82 · 85pillar75

    Raters split here, so this 75 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

    67/100

    Flagged 5 of 22 ingredients: 3 restricted, 1 regulated allergen.

    • ETHOXYDIGLYCOLEU Cosmetics Regulation Annex III (restricted)−10
    • Benzyl AlcoholEU Cosmetics Regulation Annex III / Reg. (EU) 2023/1545 (labelled fragrance allergen)−3
    • PolyacrylamidesEU Cosmetics Regulation Annex III (restricted)−10
    • LAURETH-9EU Cosmetics Regulation Annex III (restricted)−10

    Starts at 100; 18 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 31 points apart. See what each one flags, and what it costs.

    All three lenses →

    Weighted by what you care about

    Tune your weights

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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.

    Ingredients, decoded

    Data availability

    Robust·22 of 22 characterized

    Our sources have reference data on all 22 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
    Butylene Glycol→fragrancehumectantskin conditioningfragrancehumectantskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Niacinamide→smoothingsmoothingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Dicaprylyl Carbonate→emollientskin conditioningemollientskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
    Dimethyl Isosorbide→solventviscosity controllingsolventviscosity controllingNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
    Glycerin→perfuminghumectantdenaturantperfuminghumectantdenaturantNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Ethoxydiglycol→perfuminghumectantsolventperfuminghumectantsolvent4/10EU-restricted (with limits)· flagged by 2 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
    Cetearyl Alcohol→emollientemulsion stabilisingopacifyingemollientemulsion stabilisingopacifyingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Bakuchiol→antimicrobialantioxidantemollientantimicrobialantioxidantemollientNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
    Sodium Stearoyl Glutamate→cleansinghair conditioningsurfactant - emulsifyingcleansinghair conditioningsurfactant - emulsifyingNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
    Tapioca Starch→viscosity controllingviscosity controllingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Xanthan Gum→bindingemulsion stabilisinggel formingbindingemulsion stabilisinggel formingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Benzyl Alcohol→preservativeperfumingsolventpreservativeperfumingsolvent6/10EU harmonised skin sensitizer· flagged by 2 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
    Hydroxypinacolone Retinoate→skin conditioningskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
    Citric Acid→fragrancechelatingbufferingfragrancechelatingbuffering4/10Health Canada Hotlist — restricted· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
    Phenoxyethanol→preservativeantimicrobialpreservativeantimicrobial4/10Mild sensitizer for some· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
    Polyacrylamide→film formingantistaticbindingfilm formingantistaticbinding4/10EU-restricted (with limits)· flagged by 2 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
    C13-14 Isoparaffin→emollientsolventemollientsolventNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
    Disodium EDTA→chelatingviscosity controllingchelatingviscosity controllingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Dehydroacetic Acid→preservativepreservativeNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Laureth-7→surfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifyingsurfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifying4/10EU-restricted (with limits)· flagged by 2 of 9raters disagreeWell-characterized
    Polymethylsilsesquioxane→opacifyingopacifyingNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued