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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/African Botanics/Resurrection Cell Recovery Serum
Resurrection Cell Recovery Serum
African Botanics

Resurrection Cell Recovery Serum

skincare30ml

Your composite

41OUT OF 100Poor

range 25–82

41▲▼ split
Safety
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Eco
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Labor
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Pkg

Why this score

57-point split

49

Scan

25

Precautionary

82

Tolerance

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Flags

No ingredient flags.

Raters split

Ingredient safety

A 57-point gap between the two loudest voices.

25Greenlens Precautionary ScreenIndependent
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82Greenlens Tolerance ScreenIndependent
050100
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Every rater, every axis

Ingredient safety

Split · 57 pts apart
  • Health Canada Ingredient HotlistGovernmentunverified match
    70
  • Greenlens Ingredient ScanIndependentunverified match
    49
  • Greenlens Tolerance ScreenIndependentunverified match
    82
  • California Proposition 65Governmentunverified match
    30
  • Greenlens Precautionary ScreenIndependentunverified match
    25
  • ANSES Endocrine DisruptorsGovernmentunverified match
    80

Lowest 25 · highest 82 · gap 57

Also screened — no listing found

  • IARC Monographs
  • US NTP Report on Carcinogens

Environmental

    Also screened — no listing found

    • EU Microplastics Restriction

    Coverage & match quality

    6 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 Hotlist70 on 0–100→70
    • Greenlens Ingredient Scan49 on 0–100→49
    • Greenlens Tolerance Screen82 on 0–100→82
    • California Proposition 6530 on 0–100→30
    • Greenlens Precautionary Screen25 on 0–100→25
    • ANSES Endocrine Disruptors80 on 0–100→80
    Average of 70 · 49 · 82 · 30 · 25 · 80pillar41

    Raters split here, so this 41 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

    49/100

    Flagged 9 of 32 ingredients: 3 restricted, 1 of concern, 3 regulated allergens.

    • RetinolEU Cosmetics Regulation Annex III (restricted)−10
    • RetinolEU Cosmetics Regulation Annex III (restricted)−10
    • Citrus Aurantium Amara Flower OilEU Cosmetics Regulation Annex III / Reg. (EU) 2023/1545 (labelled fragrance allergen)−3
    • POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE / SODIUM HYDROXIDEEU Cosmetics Regulation Annex III (restricted)−10
    • LinaloolEU Cosmetics Regulation Annex III / Reg. (EU) 2023/1545 (labelled fragrance allergen)−3
    • LimoneneEU Cosmetics Regulation Annex III / Reg. (EU) 2023/1545 (labelled fragrance allergen)−3
    • Fragrance / Parfum (undisclosed)Common transparency/sensitization concern (not a regulatory ban)−12

    Starts at 100; 25 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 57 points apart. See what each one flags, and what it costs.

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    Weighted by what you care about

    Tune your weights

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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·24 of 32 characterized

    Our sources have reference data on 24 of 32 listed ingredients; 8 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
    Aqua→solventsolventNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Hamamelis Virginia Distillate Oil→—Not in our sourcesNo data
    Arnica Cordifolia Extract→—Not in our sourcesNo data
    Cucumis Sativus Extract→skin conditioningskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
    Sambucus Nigra Extract→skin conditioningskin conditioningExamined, no flagCosIng-catalogued
    Malva Sylvestris Extract→emollientastringentsmoothingemollientastringentsmoothingNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
    Hedera Helix Extract→antimicrobialanticakingastringentantimicrobialanticakingastringentNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
    Anacyclus Pyrethrum Extract→—Not in our sourcesNo data
    Glycerin→perfuminghumectantdenaturantperfuminghumectantdenaturantNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Acetyl Hexapeptide-3→—Not in our sourcesNo data
    Lepidium Sativum Extract→—Not in our sourcesNo data
    Lecithin→emollientantistaticsurfactant - emulsifyingemollientantistaticsurfactant - emulsifyingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Myrothamus Flabellifolius Plant→—Not in our sourcesNo data
    Retinyl Palmitate→skin conditioningskin conditioning9/10Carcinogen-linked· flagged by 5 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
    Retinol→skin conditioningskin conditioning8/10Prop 65-listed· flagged by 4 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
    Centella Asiatica Extract→cleansingsmoothingsoothingcleansingsmoothingsoothingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Alpha Tocopheryl Acetate→—Not in our sourcesNo data
    Sodium Ascorbyl Phosphate→antioxidantantioxidantNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Panthenol→antistatichair conditioningskin conditioningantistatichair conditioningskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Hyaluronic Acid→humectantantistaticmoisturisinghumectantantistaticmoisturisingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Fucus Vesiculosis Extract→—Not in our sourcesNo data
    Pichia/Resveratrol Ferment Extract→skin conditioningskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
    Citrus Aurantium Flower Extract→perfumingperfuming4/10EU-regulated fragrance allergen· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
    Eriocephalus Punctulatus Oil→fragrancefragranceNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
    Tetrasodium Glutamate Diacetate→chelatingchelatingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Rosmarinus Officinalis Extract→antimicrobialrefreshingtonicantimicrobialrefreshingtonicNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
    Sodium Hydroxide→bufferingdenaturantbufferingdenaturant4/10EU-restricted (with limits)· flagged by 2 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
    Phenoxyethanol→preservativeantimicrobialpreservativeantimicrobial4/10Mild sensitizer for some· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
    Ethylhexylglycerin→deodorantskin conditioningdeodorantskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Linalool→perfumingdeodorantperfumingdeodorant6/10EU harmonised skin sensitizer· flagged by 2 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
    Limonene→perfumingdeodorantsolventperfumingdeodorantsolvent7/10ANSES endocrine candidate· flagged by 3 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
    Parfum→perfumingfragranceperfumingfragrance4/10Transparency concern· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagreeReferenced