Coverage & match quality
2 ratings · 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 6 of 57 ingredients: 3 regulated allergens.
Starts at 100; 54 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 9 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
Robust56 of 57 characterized
Our sources have reference data on 56 of 57 listed ingredients; 1 is 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 |
| VITIS VINIFERA FRUIT WATERskin conditioning | skin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| OLEA EUROPAEA FRUIT OILperfumingfragranceskin conditioning | perfumingfragranceskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| PRUNUS ARMENIACA KERNEL OILfragranceskin conditioning | fragranceskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| GLYCERYL STEARATEemollientsurfactant - emulsifying | emollientsurfactant - emulsifying | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| CETEARYL ALCOHOLemollientemulsion stabilisingopacifying | emollientemulsion stabilisingopacifying | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| STEARIC ACIDfragrancecleansingemulsion stabilising | fragrancecleansingemulsion stabilising | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| SIMMONDSIA CHINENSIS SEED OILemollienthair conditioningskin conditioning | emollienthair conditioningskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| DIMETHICONEemollientantifoamingskin conditioning | emollientantifoamingskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| PANTHENOLantistatichair conditioningskin conditioning | antistatichair conditioningskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| PHENYL TRIMETHICONEantifoaminghair conditioningskin conditioning | antifoaminghair conditioningskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| ALOE BARBADENSIS LEAF JUICE POWDERskin conditioning | skin conditioning | IARC possible carcinogen (Group 2B)· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagree | Referenced |
| CAMELLIA SINENSIS LEAF EXTRACTuv absorberfragranceantimicrobial | uv absorberfragranceantimicrobial | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| TETRAHEXYLDECYL ASCORBATEantioxidantskin conditioning | antioxidantskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| TOCOPHERYL ACETATEantioxidantskin conditioning | antioxidantskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| TOCOPHEROLfragranceantioxidantskin conditioning | fragranceantioxidantskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| LACTIC ACIDhumectantbufferingskin conditioning | humectantbufferingskin conditioning | Health Canada Hotlist — restricted· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagree | Referenced |
| ARCTIUM LAPPA ROOT EXTRACTskin conditioning | skin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| CALENDULA OFFICINALIS FLOWER EXTRACTperfumingfragranceskin conditioning | perfumingfragranceskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| CURCUMA LONGA ROOT EXTRACTperfumingfragrance | perfumingfragrance | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| NELUMBO NUCIFERA FLOWER EXTRACTskin conditioning | skin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| TAMARINDUS INDICA FRUIT EXTRACTskin conditioning | skin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE FLOWER EXTRACTfragranceastringent | fragranceastringent | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| VANILLA PLANIFOLIA FRUIT EXTRACTsmoothingskin conditioningskin protecting | smoothingskin conditioningskin protecting | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| MANGIFERA INDICA SEED BUTTERskin conditioning | skin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| BUTYROSPERMUM PARKII BUTTERskin conditioningviscosity controlling | skin conditioningviscosity controlling | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| HYDROXYDECYL UBIQUINONEantioxidant | antioxidant | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| SODIUM HYALURONATEhumectantskin conditioning | humectantskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| ASCORBYL PALMITATEfragranceantioxidant | fragranceantioxidant | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| VITIS VINIFERA SEED OILemollientskin conditioning | emollientskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| PALMITOYL TRIPEPTIDE-5skin conditioning | skin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| PALMITOYL TETRAPEPTIDE-10skin conditioning | skin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| CAPRYLIC/CAPRIC TRIGLYCERIDEperfumingfragranceskin conditioning | perfumingfragranceskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| ALLANTOINsoothingskin conditioningskin protecting | soothingskin conditioningskin protecting | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| HYDROGENATED LECITHINsurfactant - emulsifyingskin conditioning | surfactant - emulsifyingskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| XANTHAN GUMbindingemulsion stabilisinggel forming | bindingemulsion stabilisinggel forming | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| HYDROXYETHYL ACRYLATE/SODIUM ACRYLOYLDIMETHYL TAURATE COPOLYMERemulsion stabilisingviscosity controlling | emulsion stabilisingviscosity controlling | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| POLYACRYLATE CROSSPOLYMER-6emulsion stabilisingviscosity controlling | emulsion stabilisingviscosity controlling | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| CETYL PALMITATEfragranceemollientskin conditioning | fragranceemollientskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| ETHYLHEXYLGLYCERINdeodorantskin conditioning | deodorantskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| CITRIC ACIDfragrancechelatingbuffering | fragrancechelatingbuffering | Health Canada Hotlist — restricted· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagree | Referenced |
| CITRUS NOBILIS PEEL OILfragrancetonicskin conditioning | fragrancetonicskin conditioning | Examined, no flag | CosIng-catalogued |
| CITRUS PARADISI PEEL OILperfumingfragrance | perfumingfragrance | Examined, no flag | Referenced |
| CITRUS AURANTIUM PEEL OIL | Not in our sources | No data | |
| LIMONENEperfumingdeodorantsolvent | perfumingdeodorantsolvent | ANSES endocrine candidate· flagged by 3 of 9raters disagree | Referenced |
| PINENEfragranceantifoaming | fragranceantifoaming | EU-regulated fragrance allergen· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagree | Referenced |
| LINALOOLperfumingdeodorant | perfumingdeodorant | EU harmonised skin sensitizer· flagged by 2 of 9raters disagree | Referenced |
| POTASSIUM SORBATEpreservativefragrance | preservativefragrance | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| POLYSORBATE 80denaturantsurfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifying | denaturantsurfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifying | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| POLYSORBATE 60surfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifying | surfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifying | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| SORBITAN STEARATEsurfactant - emulsifying | surfactant - emulsifying | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| SORBITAN ISOSTEARATEsurfactant - emulsifying | surfactant - emulsifying | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| T-BUTYL ALCOHOLperfumingdenaturantsolvent | perfumingdenaturantsolvent | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| SODIUM BENZOATEpreservativefragranceanticorrosive | preservativefragranceanticorrosive | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| AMINOMETHYL PROPANOLbuffering | buffering | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| PHENOXYETHANOLpreservativeantimicrobial | preservativeantimicrobial | Mild sensitizer for some· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagree | Referenced |