Coverage & match quality
1 rating · 1 of 4 axes
no black box
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 Scan
Independent · EU regulatory reference
Flagged 4 of 52 ingredients: 3 restricted, 1 of concern.
Starts at 100; 48 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 24 points apart. See what each one flags, and what it costs.
Tune your weights
composite recomputes live
+No rater covers this axis for this product, so its weight can't move the score.
No rater covers this axis for this product, so its weight can't move the score.
No rater covers this axis for this product, so its weight can't move the score.
Data availability
Robust50 of 52 characterized
Our sources have reference data on 50 of 52 listed ingredients; 2 are uncharacterized in our data — a gap, not a clean bill.
| Ingredient | What it does | Safety | Data |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aqua/Water/Eau | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized | |
| Glycerinperfuminghumectantdenaturant | perfuminghumectantdenaturant | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Cocamidopropyl Betaineantistaticcleansinghair conditioning | antistaticcleansinghair conditioning | Strong contact sensitizer· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagree | Referenced |
| Disodium Laureth Sulfosuccinatecleansingfoamingsurfactant - cleansing | cleansingfoamingsurfactant - cleansing | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Sodium Lauroyl Sarcosinateantistaticcleansingfoaming | antistaticcleansingfoaming | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Sodium C14-16 Olefin Sulfonatecleansingfoamingsurfactant - cleansing | cleansingfoamingsurfactant - cleansing | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Laureth-3surfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifying | surfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifying | EU-restricted (with limits)· flagged by 2 of 9raters disagree | Well-characterized |
| PEG-120 Methyl Glucose Trioleateemollientcleansingviscosity controlling | emollientcleansingviscosity controlling | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Panthenolantistatichair conditioningskin conditioning | antistatichair conditioningskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Cocamide MEAemulsion stabilisingsurfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifying | emulsion stabilisingsurfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifying | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Glycol Distearateemollientopacifyingsurfactant - emulsifying | emollientopacifyingsurfactant - emulsifying | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Chondrus Crispus Extractskin conditioningviscosity controlling | skin conditioningviscosity controlling | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Ascophyllum Nodosum Extractskin conditioning | skin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Laminaria Saccharina Extractskin protecting | skin protecting | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Palmaria Palmata Extractskin protecting | skin protecting | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Undaria Pinnatifida Extractskin conditioningskin protecting | skin conditioningskin protecting | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Trichilia Emetica Seed Butteremollientskin conditioning | emollientskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Aspergillus Fermentskin conditioning | skin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Argininefragranceantistatichair conditioning | fragranceantistatichair conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Xylitylglucosidehumectantskin conditioning | humectantskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Anhydroxylitolhumectantskin conditioning | humectantskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Xylitolhumectantskin conditioning | humectantskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Sodium Methyl 2-Sulfolauratecleansingfoamingsurfactant - cleansing | cleansingfoamingsurfactant - cleansing | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Sodium Lauryl Sulfoacetatecleansingfoamingsurfactant - cleansing | cleansingfoamingsurfactant - cleansing | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Propanediolsolventviscosity controlling | solventviscosity controlling | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Parfum/Fragrance | Transparency concern· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagree | Referenced | |
| Polyquaternium-7film formingantistatic | film formingantistatic | EU-restricted (with limits)· flagged by 2 of 9raters disagree | Referenced |
| Dimethicone PG-Diethylmonium Chloridehair conditioning | hair conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Polyquaternium-10film formingantistatic | film formingantistatic | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Gluconolactonechelatingskin conditioning | chelatingskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Butylene Glycolfragrancehumectantskin conditioning | fragrancehumectantskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Sodium Chloridefragranceoral carebulking | fragranceoral carebulking | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Silicone Quaternium-20hair conditioningskin conditioning | hair conditioningskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Sodium Sulfatebulkingviscosity controlling | bulkingviscosity controlling | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Lauric Acidcleansingsurfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifying | cleansingsurfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifying | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Xanthan Gumbindingemulsion stabilisinggel forming | bindingemulsion stabilisinggel forming | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Amodimethiconeantistatichair conditioning | antistatichair conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Hydroxypropyl Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chlorideantistatichair conditioning | antistatichair conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Bis-4-PCA Dimethicone | Not in our sources | No data | |
| Cetrimonium Chloridepreservativeantimicrobialantistatic | preservativeantimicrobialantistatic | EU-restricted (with limits)· flagged by 2 of 9raters disagree | Referenced |
| Quaternium-80antistatichair conditioning | antistatichair conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Sarcosineskin conditioning | skin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Trideceth-12surfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifying | surfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifying | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Linoleamidopropyl PG-Dimonium Chloride Phosphate Dimethiconehair conditioning | hair conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Disodium 2-Sulfolauratecleansingsurfactant - cleansing | cleansingsurfactant - cleansing | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Hydroxypropylammonium Gluconatehumectanthair conditioning | humectanthair conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Hydroxypropylgluconamidehumectanthair conditioning | humectanthair conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Hexylene Glycolperfumingsurfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifying | perfumingsurfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifying | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Disodium PEG-12 Dimethicone Sulfosuccinatecleansingsurfactant - cleansingsurfactant - hydrotrope | cleansingsurfactant - cleansingsurfactant - hydrotrope | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Propylene Glycolhumectantskin conditioningsolvent | humectantskin conditioningsolvent | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Isopropyl Alcoholperfumingantifoamingsolvent | perfumingantifoamingsolvent | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Malei | Not in our sources | No data |