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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/Pattern Beauty/Palo Santo Medium Conditioner
Palo Santo Medium Conditioner
Pattern Beauty

Palo Santo Medium Conditioner

hair

Your composite

83OUT OF 100Good

range 78–98

83▲▼ split
Safety
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Eco
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Labor
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Why this score

20-point split

78

Scan

98

Precautionary

94

Tolerance

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Flags

No ingredient flags.

Raters split

Ingredient safety

A 20-point gap between the two loudest voices.

78Greenlens Ingredient ScanIndependent
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98Greenlens Precautionary ScreenIndependent
050100
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Every rater, every axis

Ingredient safety

Split · 20 pts apart
  • Health Canada Ingredient HotlistGovernmentunverified match
    85
  • Greenlens Ingredient ScanIndependentunverified match
    78
  • Greenlens Tolerance ScreenIndependentunverified match
    94
  • IARC MonographsGovernmentunverified match
    82
  • Greenlens Precautionary ScreenIndependentunverified match
    98

Lowest 78 · highest 98 · gap 20

Also screened — no listing found

  • US NTP Report on Carcinogens
  • California Proposition 65
  • ECHA SVHC Candidate List
  • ANSES Endocrine Disruptors
  • EU Harmonised Classification (CLP Annex VI)

Recognized on a safer-ingredients list

  • US EPA Safer Choice (SCIL) — 51% of ingredients recognized

Environmental

    Also screened — no listing found

    • EU Microplastics Restriction

    Coverage & match quality

    5 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

    • Health Canada Ingredient Hotlist85 on 0–100→85
    • Greenlens Ingredient Scan78 on 0–100→78
    • Greenlens Tolerance Screen94 on 0–100→94
    • IARC Monographs82 on 0–100→82
    • Greenlens Precautionary Screen98 on 0–100→98
    Average of 85 · 78 · 94 · 82 · 98pillar83

    Raters split here, so this 83 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

    78/100

    Flagged 3 of 37 ingredients: 1 restricted, 1 of concern.

    • CETRIMONIUM CHLORIDE (1) / STRARTRIMONIUM CHLORIDE (1)EU Cosmetics Regulation Annex III (restricted)−10
    • Fragrance / Parfum (undisclosed)Common transparency/sensitization concern (not a regulatory ban)−12

    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 20 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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    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·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
    Cetearyl Alcohol→emollientemulsion stabilisingopacifyingemollientemulsion stabilisingopacifyingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Glycol Distearate→emollientopacifyingsurfactant - emulsifyingemollientopacifyingsurfactant - emulsifyingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Steartrimonium Chloride→preservativeantistatichair conditioningpreservativeantistatichair conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
    Cocoglucosides Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride→cleansingsurfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifyingcleansingsurfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifyingNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
    Sodium Chloride→fragranceoral carebulkingfragranceoral carebulkingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Citric Acid→fragrancechelatingbufferingfragrancechelatingbuffering4/10Health Canada Hotlist — restricted· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
    Butyrospermum Parkii Butter→skin conditioningviscosity controllingskin conditioningviscosity controllingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Cetrimonium Chloride→preservativeantimicrobialantistaticpreservativeantimicrobialantistatic4/10EU-restricted (with limits)· flagged by 2 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
    Amodimethicone→antistatichair conditioningantistatichair conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
    Biotin→anti-sebumhair conditioningskin conditioninganti-sebumhair conditioningskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
    Argania Spinosa Kernel Oil→emollientskin conditioningemollientskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Simmondsia Chinensis Seed Oil→emollienthair conditioningskin conditioningemollienthair conditioningskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Cocos Nucifera Oil→perfumingfragrancehair conditioningperfumingfragrancehair conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Persea Gratissima Oil→skin conditioningskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Melaleuca Alternifolia Leaf Oil→perfumingantioxidantperfumingantioxidantNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
    Mel→humectantemollientmoisturisinghumectantemollientmoisturisingNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
    Olea Europaea Fruit Oil→perfumingfragranceskin conditioningperfumingfragranceskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis Oil→skin conditioningskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Ricinus Communis Seed Oil→perfumingfragranceskin conditioningperfumingfragranceskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice→skin conditioningskin conditioning4/10IARC possible carcinogen (Group 2B)· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
    Copernicia Cerifera Wax/Copernicia Cerifera Cera/Cire de carnauba→—No flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Ethylhexylglycerin→deodorantskin conditioningdeodorantskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Panthenol→antistatichair conditioningskin conditioningantistatichair conditioningskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein PG-Propyl Silanetriol→hair conditioningskin conditioninghair conditioningskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
    Tocopherol→fragranceantioxidantskin conditioningfragranceantioxidantskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Trideceth-15→surfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifyingsurfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifyingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Trideceth-3→surfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifyingsurfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifyingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Isopropyl Alcohol→perfumingantifoamingsolventperfumingantifoamingsolventNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Disodium EDTA→chelatingviscosity controllingchelatingviscosity controllingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Polyquaternium-37→film formingantistaticfilm formingantistaticNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
    Propylene Glycol Dicaprylate/Dicaprate→emollientemollientNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
    PPG-1 Trideceth-6→surfactant - cleansingskin conditioningsurfactant - cleansingskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
    C11-13 Isoparaffin→solventsolventNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
    Potassium Sorbate→preservativefragrancepreservativefragranceNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Phenoxyethanol→preservativeantimicrobialpreservativeantimicrobial4/10Mild sensitizer for some· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
    Parfum→perfumingfragranceperfumingfragrance4/10Transparency concern· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagreeReferenced

    Where this came from

    Cruelty-free status recorded from crueltyfree.peta.org ↗

    Researched facts on Greenlens always carry the page that stated them — nothing is inferred from a model's memory.