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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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Catalog/C O S M E D I X/X-Cell+ Brightening Serum
X-Cell+ Brightening Serum
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X-Cell+ Brightening Serum

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Your composite

56OUT OF 100Fair

range 40–98

56▲▼ split
Safety
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Eco
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Labor
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Why this score

18-point split

80

Scan

98

Precautionary

88

Tolerance

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Flags

No ingredient flags.

Raters split

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
  • California Proposition 65Governmentunverified match
    65
  • Greenlens Ingredient ScanIndependentunverified match
    80
  • Greenlens Precautionary ScreenIndependentunverified match
    98
  • Greenlens Tolerance ScreenIndependentunverified match
    88
  • Health Canada Ingredient HotlistGovernmentunverified match
    40
  • ANSES Endocrine DisruptorsGovernmentunverified match
    60

Lowest 40 · highest 98 · gap 58

Also screened — no listing found

  • IARC Monographs
  • US NTP Report on Carcinogens

Environmental

    Also screened — no listing found

    • EU Microplastics Restriction

    Coverage & match quality

    6 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

    • California Proposition 6565 on 0–100→65
    • Greenlens Ingredient Scan80 on 0–100→80
    • Greenlens Precautionary Screen98 on 0–100→98
    • Greenlens Tolerance Screen88 on 0–100→88
    • Health Canada Ingredient Hotlist40 on 0–100→40
    • ANSES Endocrine Disruptors60 on 0–100→60
    Average of 65 · 80 · 98 · 88 · 40 · 60pillar56

    Raters split here, so this 56 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

    80/100

    Flagged 3 of 39 ingredients: 2 restricted.

    • N,N-BIS(2-HYDROXYETHYL)- P-PHENYLENEDIAMINE SULFATEEU Cosmetics Regulation Annex III (restricted)−10
    • RetinolEU Cosmetics Regulation Annex III (restricted)−10

    Starts at 100; 37 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 18 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·34 of 39 characterized

    Our sources have reference data on 34 of 39 listed ingredients; 5 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
    Close Hamamelis Virginiana Water→—Not in our sourcesNo data
    Alcohol→fragranceantimicrobialantifoamingfragranceantimicrobialantifoaming6/10ANSES endocrine candidate· flagged by 3 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
    Aqua/Water/Eau→—No flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Glycerin→perfuminghumectantdenaturantperfuminghumectantdenaturantNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Propanediol→solventviscosity controllingsolventviscosity controllingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Lactic Acid→humectantbufferingskin conditioninghumectantbufferingskin conditioning4/10Health Canada Hotlist — restricted· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
    Niacinamide→smoothingsmoothingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Mannitol→fragrancehumectantbindingfragrancehumectantbindingNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
    Salicylic Acid [Exfoliant→—Not in our sourcesNo data
    Ascorbic Acid→fragranceantioxidantbufferingfragranceantioxidantbuffering6/10ANSES endocrine candidate· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
    Retinol→skin conditioningskin conditioning8/10Prop 65-listed· flagged by 4 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
    Retinal→skin conditioningskin conditioning4/10Health Canada Hotlist — restricted· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
    Ferulic Acid→antimicrobialantioxidantantimicrobialantioxidantNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Waltheria Indica Leaf Extract→skin conditioningskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
    Palmaria Palmata Extract→skin protectingskin protectingNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
    Glycosaminoglycans→film formingemollientskin conditioningfilm formingemollientskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
    Phospholipids→skin conditioningskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
    Carnitine→antistaticcleansinghair conditioningantistaticcleansinghair conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
    Bellis Perennis Flower Extract→skin conditioningskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
    Rumex Occidentalis Extract→soothingskin conditioningsoothingskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
    Glycyrrhiza Glabra Root Extract→perfumingemollientbleachingperfumingemollientbleachingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Bisabolol→fragrancesoothingskin conditioningfragrancesoothingskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Tocopherol→fragranceantioxidantskin conditioningfragranceantioxidantskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Camellia Sinensis Extract→antioxidantbleachingskin conditioningantioxidantbleachingskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
    Carotene→—Not in our sourcesNo data
    Morus Nigra Fruit Extract→skin conditioningskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
    Sodium Gluconate→chelatingskin conditioningchelatingskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Gluconolactone→chelatingskin conditioningchelatingskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Sodium Citrate→fragrancechelatingbufferingfragrancechelatingbufferingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Dextrin→absorbentbindingbulkingabsorbentbindingbulkingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Citric Acid→fragrancechelatingbufferingfragrancechelatingbuffering4/10Health Canada Hotlist — restricted· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
    Xanthan Gum→bindingemulsion stabilisinggel formingbindingemulsion stabilisinggel formingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrate→antimicrobialanti-seborrheicantimicrobialanti-seborrheicNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
    Citrus Paradisi Oil→—Not in our sourcesNo data
    Lavandula Officinalis Oil→—Not in our sourcesNo data
    Tetrasodium Edta→chelatingchelatingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Phenoxyethanol→preservativeantimicrobialpreservativeantimicrobial4/10Mild sensitizer for some· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
    Ethylhexylglycerin→deodorantskin conditioningdeodorantskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Potassium Sorbate→preservativefragrancepreservativefragranceNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized