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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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Catalog/C O S M E D I X/Purity Balance Exfoliating Prep Toner
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Purity Balance Exfoliating Prep Toner

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Your composite

83OUT OF 100Good

range 77–88

83
Safety
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Why this score

23-point split

77

Scan

100

Precautionary

88

Tolerance

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Flags

No ingredient flags.

Every rater, every axis

Ingredient safety

Raters agree
  • Greenlens Ingredient ScanIndependentunverified match
    77
  • Greenlens Tolerance ScreenIndependentunverified match
    88

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.

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

  • Greenlens Ingredient Scan77 on 0–100→77
  • Greenlens Tolerance Screen88 on 0–100→88
Average of 77 · 88pillar83

Why the safety score

Greenlens Ingredient Scan

Independent · EU regulatory reference

77/100

Flagged 3 of 30 ingredients: 2 restricted, 1 regulated allergen.

  • N,N-BIS(2-HYDROXYETHYL)- P-PHENYLENEDIAMINE SULFATEEU Cosmetics Regulation Annex III (restricted)−10
  • POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE / SODIUM HYDROXIDEEU Cosmetics Regulation Annex III (restricted)−10
  • Mentha Piperita OilEU Cosmetics Regulation Annex III / Reg. (EU) 2023/1545 (labelled fragrance allergen)−3

Starts at 100; 27 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 23 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·27 of 30 characterized

Our sources have reference data on 27 of 30 listed ingredients; 3 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
Close Hamamelis Virginiana Water→—Not in our sourcesNo data
Alcohol Denat→fragranceantimicrobialantifoamingfragranceantimicrobialantifoaming6/10ANSES endocrine candidate· flagged by 3 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
Polysorbate-20→surfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifyingsurfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifyingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Salicylic Acid [Exfoliant→—Not in our sourcesNo data
Lactic Acid→humectantbufferingskin conditioninghumectantbufferingskin conditioning4/10Health Canada Hotlist — restricted· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
Niacinamide→smoothingsmoothingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Aloe Barbadensis Flower Extract→emollientskin conditioningemollientskin conditioning4/10IARC possible carcinogen (Group 2B)· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
Sodium Hydroxide→bufferingdenaturantbufferingdenaturant4/10EU-restricted (with limits)· flagged by 2 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
Lens Esculenta Seed Extract→skin protectingskin protectingNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Lavandula Angustifolia Oil→fragrancetonicfragrancetonicNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Melaleuca Alternifolia Leaf Oil→perfumingantioxidantperfumingantioxidantNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Mentha Piperita Oil→perfumingfragrancerefreshingperfumingfragrancerefreshing4/10EU-regulated fragrance allergen· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
Allantoin→soothingskin conditioningskin protectingsoothingskin conditioningskin protectingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Panthenol→antistatichair conditioningskin conditioningantistatichair conditioningskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Riboflavin→colorantskin conditioningcolorantskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Melia Azadirachta Leaf Extract→skin conditioningskin conditioning6/10EU harmonised CMR (cat. 2)· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
Melia Azadirachta Flower Extract→skin conditioningskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Coccinia Indica Leaf Extract→—Not in our sourcesNo data
Solanum Melongena Fruit Extract→skin conditioningskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Curcuma Longa Root Extract→perfumingfragranceperfumingfragranceNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Ocimum Basilicum Extract→antioxidanthair conditioningskin conditioningantioxidanthair conditioningskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Ocimum Sanctum Leaf Extract→skin conditioningskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Aqua/Water/Eau→—No flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Anthemis Nobilis Flower Oil→perfumingfragranceskin conditioningperfumingfragranceskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Bisabolol→fragrancesoothingskin conditioningfragrancesoothingskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Pyridoxine Hcl→antistatichair conditioningskin conditioningantistatichair conditioningskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Biotin→anti-sebumhair conditioningskin conditioninganti-sebumhair conditioningskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Corallina Officinalis Extract→skin conditioningskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Lawsonia Inermis Extract→hair dyeingantimicrobialantioxidanthair dyeingantimicrobialantioxidantNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Simmondsia Chinensis Seed Oil→emollienthair conditioningskin conditioningemollienthair conditioningskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized