Coverage & match quality
3 ratings · 2 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 3 of 31 ingredients: 2 restricted.
Starts at 100; 29 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.
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.
Data availability
Robust28 of 31 characterized
Our sources have reference data on 28 of 31 listed ingredients; 3 are uncharacterized in our data — a gap, not a clean bill.
| Ingredient | What it does | Safety | Data |
|---|---|---|---|
| water/eau | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized | |
| glycerinperfuminghumectantdenaturant | perfuminghumectantdenaturant | 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 |
| caprylic/capric triglycerideperfumingfragranceskin conditioning | perfumingfragranceskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| coco-caprylate/caprateemollientskin conditioning | emollientskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| fructooligosaccharideshumectantskin conditioning | humectantskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| aloe barbadensis leaf extracthumectantemollientoral care | humectantemollientoral care | IARC possible carcinogen (Group 2B)· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagree | Referenced |
| squalaneemollienthair conditioningrefatting | emollienthair conditioningrefatting | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| pentylene glycolskin conditioningsolvent | skin conditioningsolvent | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| retinolskin conditioning | skin conditioning | Prop 65-listed· flagged by 4 of 9raters disagree | Referenced |
| hydroxypinacolone retinoate1 | Not in our sources | No data | |
| retinal2 | Not in our sources | No data | |
| tocopherolfragranceantioxidantskin conditioning | fragranceantioxidantskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| centella asiatica extract3 | Not in our sources | No data | |
| allantoinsoothingskin conditioningskin protecting | soothingskin conditioningskin protecting | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| beta vulgaris root extractskin conditioning | skin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| glycine soja oilperfumingemollientskin conditioning | perfumingemollientskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| sodium hyaluronatehumectantskin conditioning | humectantskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| tamarindus indica seed polysaccharideskin conditioning | skin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| caprylyl glycolemollientdeodoranthair conditioning | emollientdeodoranthair conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| potassium lactatehumectantbufferingskin conditioning | humectantbufferingskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| celluloseabsorbentopacifyingbulking | absorbentopacifyingbulking | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| dimethyl isosorbidesolventviscosity controlling | solventviscosity controlling | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| hexylene glycolperfumingsurfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifying | perfumingsurfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifying | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| propanediolsolventviscosity controlling | solventviscosity controlling | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| tetrasodium glutamate diacetatechelating | chelating | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| lactic acidhumectantbufferingskin conditioning | humectantbufferingskin conditioning | Health Canada Hotlist — restricted· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagree | Referenced |
| phenoxyethanolpreservativeantimicrobial | preservativeantimicrobial | Mild sensitizer for some· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagree | Referenced |
| 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 |
| sodium hydroxidebufferingdenaturant | bufferingdenaturant | EU-restricted (with limits)· flagged by 2 of 9raters disagree | Referenced |