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The one rule

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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Your composite

75OUT OF 100Good

range 65–100

75▲▼ split
Safety
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Why this score

35-point split

65

Scan

100

Precautionary

88

Tolerance

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Flags

No ingredient flags.

Raters split

Ingredient safety

A 35-point gap between the two loudest voices.

65Greenlens Ingredient ScanIndependent
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100Greenlens Precautionary ScreenIndependent
050100
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Cleaner options

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Every rater, every axis

Ingredient safety

Split · 35 pts apart
  • Health Canada Ingredient HotlistGovernmentunverified match
    85
  • Greenlens Ingredient ScanIndependentunverified match
    65
  • Greenlens Tolerance ScreenIndependentunverified match
    88
  • Greenlens Precautionary ScreenIndependentunverified match
    100

Lowest 65 · highest 100 · gap 35

Also screened — no listing found

  • California Proposition 65

Coverage & match quality

4 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

  • Health Canada Ingredient Hotlist85 on 0–100→85
  • Greenlens Ingredient Scan65 on 0–100→65
  • Greenlens Tolerance Screen88 on 0–100→88
  • Greenlens Precautionary Screen100 on 0–100→100
Average of 85 · 65 · 88 · 100pillar75

Raters split here, so this 75 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

65/100

Flagged 7 of 33 ingredients: 2 restricted, 1 of concern, 1 regulated allergen.

  • Benzyl AlcoholEU Cosmetics Regulation Annex III / Reg. (EU) 2023/1545 (labelled fragrance allergen)−3
  • Salicylic AcidEU Cosmetics Regulation Annex III (restricted)−10
  • POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE / SODIUM HYDROXIDEEU Cosmetics Regulation Annex III (restricted)−10
  • Fragrance / Parfum (undisclosed)Common transparency/sensitization concern (not a regulatory ban)−12

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 35 points apart. See what each one flags, and what it costs.

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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

Good·27 of 33 characterized

Our sources have reference data on 27 of 33 listed ingredients; 6 are 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
Water→antiplaqueskin conditioningsolventantiplaqueskin conditioningsolventNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Dicaprylyl Carbonate→emollientskin conditioningemollientskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Diethylamino Hydroxybenzoyl Hexyl Benzoate→uv filteruv absorberlight stabilizeruv filteruv absorberlight stabilizerExamined, no flagReferenced
Ethylhexyl Triazone→uv filteruv absorberlight stabilizeruv filteruv absorberlight stabilizerExamined, no flagReferenced
Potassium Cetyl Phosphate→surfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifyingsurfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifyingNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Glyceryl Monostearate→—No flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Bemotrizinol→—Examined, no flagReferenced
Glycerol→—No flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Cetostearyl Alcohol→—Not in our sourcesNo data
Tris-Biphenyl Triazine→uv filteruv absorberlight stabilizeruv filteruv absorberlight stabilizerNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Tapioca Starch→viscosity controllingviscosity controllingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Propanediol→solventviscosity controllingsolventviscosity controllingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Aloe Vera Leaf Juice→—Not in our sourcesNo data
Tocopherol→fragranceantioxidantskin conditioningfragranceantioxidantskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Ubidecarenone→—Not in our sourcesNo data
Soya Oil→—Not in our sourcesNo data
Terminalia Ferdinandiana Fruit Extract→antioxidantbleachingantioxidantbleachingNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Jojoba Esters→emollientmoisturisingsoothingemollientmoisturisingsoothingNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Xanthan Gum→bindingemulsion stabilisinggel formingbindingemulsion stabilisinggel formingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Octyldodecanol→perfumingfragranceemollientperfumingfragranceemollientNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Butylene Glycol→fragrancehumectantskin conditioningfragrancehumectantskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Trihydroxystearin→skin conditioningviscosity controllingskin conditioningviscosity controllingNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Decyl Glucoside→cleansingemulsion stabilisingsurfactant - cleansingcleansingemulsion stabilisingsurfactant - cleansingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Glyceryl Caprylate→emollientsurfactant - emulsifyingemollientsurfactant - emulsifyingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Benzyl Alcohol→preservativeperfumingsolventpreservativeperfumingsolvent6/10EU harmonised skin sensitizer· flagged by 2 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
Octanohydroxamic Acid→—Not in our sourcesNo data
Salicylic Acid→preservativefragranceanti-seborrheicpreservativefragranceanti-seborrheic6/10EU harmonised CMR (cat. 2)· flagged by 4 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
Dibasic Sodium Phosphate→—Not in our sourcesNo data
Sorbic Acid→preservativefragrancepreservativefragranceNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Sodium Dehydroacetate→preservativepreservativeNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Potassium Hydroxide→bufferingbuffering4/10EU-restricted (with limits)· flagged by 2 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
Iron Oxides→—No flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Fragrance→—4/10Transparency concern· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagreeReferenced