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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/Image Skincare/VITAL C hydrating repair crème (travel size)
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Image Skincare

VITAL C hydrating repair crème (travel size)

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Your composite

91OUT OF 100Excellent

range 87–94

91
Safety
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Eco
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Labor
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Pkg

Why this score

26-point split

87

Scan

68

Precautionary

94

Tolerance

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Flags

No ingredient flags.

Every rater, every axis

Ingredient safety

Raters agree
  • Greenlens Ingredient ScanIndependentunverified match
    87
  • Greenlens Tolerance ScreenIndependentunverified match
    94

Coverage & match quality

2 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.

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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

  • Greenlens Ingredient Scan87 on 0–100→87
  • Greenlens Tolerance Screen94 on 0–100→94
Average of 87 · 94pillar91

Why the safety score

Greenlens Ingredient Scan

Independent · EU regulatory reference

87/100

Flagged 4 of 53 ingredients: 1 restricted, 1 regulated allergen.

  • LimoneneEU Cosmetics Regulation Annex III / Reg. (EU) 2023/1545 (labelled fragrance allergen)−3
  • POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE / SODIUM HYDROXIDEEU Cosmetics Regulation Annex III (restricted)−10

Starts at 100; 51 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 26 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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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·52 of 53 characterized

Our sources have reference data on 52 of 53 listed ingredients; 1 is 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
AQUA/WATER/EAU→—No flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
GLYCERIN→perfuminghumectantdenaturantperfuminghumectantdenaturantNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
DIMETHICONE→emollientantifoamingskin conditioningemollientantifoamingskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
C12-15 ALKYL BENZOATE→antimicrobialemollientskin conditioningantimicrobialemollientskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
GLYCERYL STEARATE→emollientsurfactant - emulsifyingemollientsurfactant - emulsifyingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
ISOSTEARYL NEOPENTANOATE→emollientbindingskin conditioningemollientbindingskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
PEG-100 STEARATE→surfactant - cleansingsurfactant - cleansingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
SIMMONDSIA CHINENSIS SEED OIL→emollienthair conditioningskin conditioningemollienthair conditioningskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
CAPRYLIC/CAPRIC TRIGLYCERIDE→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
CETEARYL ALCOHOL→emollientemulsion stabilisingopacifyingemollientemulsion stabilisingopacifyingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
CITRUS AURANTIUM DULCIS OIL→fragrancefragranceNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
LIMONENE→perfumingdeodorantsolventperfumingdeodorantsolvent7/10ANSES endocrine candidate· flagged by 3 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
BRASSICA CAMPESTRIS/ALEURITES FORDI OIL COPOLYMER→film formingskin conditioningfilm formingskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
CETYL ALCOHOL→fragranceemollientemulsion stabilisingfragranceemollientemulsion stabilisingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
TETRAHEXYLDECYL ASCORBATE→antioxidantskin conditioningantioxidantskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
STEARYL ALCOHOL→fragranceemollientemulsion stabilisingfragranceemollientemulsion stabilisingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
PHENOXYETHANOL→preservativeantimicrobialpreservativeantimicrobial4/10Mild sensitizer for some· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
CYCLOPENTASILOXANE→emollienthair conditioningskin conditioningemollienthair conditioningskin conditioning4/10Persistent / bioaccumulative· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
TOCOPHEROL→fragranceantioxidantskin conditioningfragranceantioxidantskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
CETETH-10 PHOSPHATE→cleansingsurfactant - cleansingcleansingsurfactant - cleansingNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
DICETYL PHOSPHATE→surfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifyingsurfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifyingNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
MAGNESIUM ASCORBYL PHOSPHATE→antioxidantskin conditioningantioxidantskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
PANTHENOL→antistatichair conditioningskin conditioningantistatichair conditioningskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
SQUALANE→emollienthair conditioningrefattingemollienthair conditioningrefattingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
CAPRYLYL GLYCOL→emollientdeodoranthair conditioningemollientdeodoranthair conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
GLYCINE SOJA STEROLS→emollientskin conditioningemollientskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
LINOLEIC ACID→emollientantistaticcleansingemollientantistaticcleansingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
PHOSPHOLIPIDS→skin conditioningskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
ETHYLHEXYLGLYCERIN→deodorantskin conditioningdeodorantskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
GLUCOSAMINE HCL→antistatichair conditioningantistatichair conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
HEXYLENE GLYCOL→perfumingsurfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifyingperfumingsurfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifyingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
XANTHAN GUM→bindingemulsion stabilisinggel formingbindingemulsion stabilisinggel formingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
MAGNESIUM ALUMINUM SILICATE→absorbentanticakingopacifyingabsorbentanticakingopacifyingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
PEG-8→humectantsolventhumectantsolventNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
BUTYLENE GLYCOL→fragrancehumectantskin conditioningfragrancehumectantskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
PHYTIC ACID→chelatingchelatingNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
SODIUM HYDROXIDE→bufferingdenaturantbufferingdenaturant4/10EU-restricted (with limits)· flagged by 2 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
PISUM SATIVUM EXTRACT→skin conditioningskin protectingskin conditioningskin protectingNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
ALLANTOIN→soothingskin conditioningskin protectingsoothingskin conditioningskin protectingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
BAMBUSA VULGARIS LEAF/STEM EXTRACT→humectantoral carehumectantoral careNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
CITRUS NOBILIS PEEL OIL→fragrancetonicskin conditioningfragrancetonicskin conditioningExamined, no flagCosIng-catalogued
YEAST POLYSACCHARIDES→film formingskin conditioningskin protectingfilm formingskin conditioningskin protectingNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
DIPOTASSIUM GLYCYRRHIZATE→humectantskin conditioninghumectantskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
DISODIUM EDTA→chelatingviscosity controllingchelatingviscosity controllingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
SODIUM HYALURONATE→humectantskin conditioninghumectantskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
BENZOIC ACID→preservativefragranceph adjusterspreservativefragranceph adjustersNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
ASCORBYL PALMITATE→fragranceantioxidantfragranceantioxidantNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
PYRUVIC ACID→fragrancefragranceNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
TREMELLA FUCIFORMIS SPOROCAP EXTRACT→—Not in our sourcesNo data
CITRIC ACID→fragrancechelatingbufferingfragrancechelatingbuffering4/10Health Canada Hotlist — restricted· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
ASCORBIC ACID→fragranceantioxidantbufferingfragranceantioxidantbuffering6/10ANSES endocrine candidate· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
VITIS VINIFERA SEED EXTRACT→uv absorberantimicrobialantioxidantuv absorberantimicrobialantioxidantNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued