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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/Advanced Retinol Body Treatment Cream
Advanced Retinol Body Treatment Cream
African Botanics

Advanced Retinol Body Treatment Cream

body100ml

Your composite

80OUT OF 100Good

range 74–98

80▲▼ split
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Why this score

24-point split

74

Scan

98

Precautionary

88

Tolerance

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Flags

No ingredient flags.

Raters split

Ingredient safety

A 24-point gap between the two loudest voices.

74Greenlens Ingredient ScanIndependent
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98Greenlens Precautionary ScreenIndependent
050100
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Every rater, every axis

Ingredient safety

Split · 24 pts apart
  • Greenlens Ingredient ScanIndependentunverified match
    74
  • Greenlens Tolerance ScreenIndependentunverified match
    88
  • Greenlens Precautionary ScreenIndependentunverified match
    98

Lowest 74 · highest 98 · gap 24

Coverage & match quality

3 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 Scan74 on 0–100→74
  • Greenlens Tolerance Screen88 on 0–100→88
  • Greenlens Precautionary Screen98 on 0–100→98
Average of 74 · 88 · 98pillar80

Raters split here, so this 80 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

74/100

Flagged 5 of 38 ingredients: 2 restricted, 2 regulated allergens.

  • RetinolEU Cosmetics Regulation Annex III (restricted)−10
  • Citrus Aurantium Bergamia Peel OilEU Cosmetics Regulation Annex III / Reg. (EU) 2023/1545 (labelled fragrance allergen)−3
  • 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

Starts at 100; 34 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 24 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

Robust·37 of 38 characterized

Our sources have reference data on 37 of 38 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→solventsolventNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Butyrospermum Parkii Butter→skin conditioningviscosity controllingskin conditioningviscosity controllingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Vitis Vinifera Seed Oil→emollientskin conditioningemollientskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Glycerin→perfuminghumectantdenaturantperfuminghumectantdenaturantNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Cetearyl Alcohol→emollientemulsion stabilisingopacifyingemollientemulsion stabilisingopacifyingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Cetearyl Glucoside→surfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifyingsurfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifyingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Isoamyl Laurate→emollientskin conditioningemollientskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Isopropyl Myristate→perfumingfragranceemollientperfumingfragranceemollientNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Niacinamide→smoothingsmoothingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Glycolic Acid→bufferingbuffering4/10Health Canada Hotlist — restricted· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
Mandelic Acid→antimicrobialantimicrobial4/10Health Canada Hotlist — restricted· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
Lactic Acid→humectantbufferingskin conditioninghumectantbufferingskin conditioning4/10Health Canada Hotlist — restricted· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
Polyglutamic Acid→skin conditioningskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Caffeine→perfumingskin conditioningperfumingskin conditioning6/10ANSES endocrine candidate· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
Allantoin→soothingskin conditioningskin protectingsoothingskin conditioningskin protectingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Cetyl Alcohol→fragranceemollientemulsion stabilisingfragranceemollientemulsion stabilisingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Carbomer→emulsion stabilisinggel formingviscosity controllingemulsion stabilisinggel formingviscosity controlling4/10EU microplastics-restricted· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
Butylene Glycol→fragrancehumectantskin conditioningfragrancehumectantskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Potassium Cetyl Phosphate→surfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifyingsurfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifyingNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Pelargonium Roseum Oil→—Not in our sourcesNo data
Sclerocarya Birrea Seed Oil→humectanthair conditioninghumectanthair conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Retinol→skin conditioningskin conditioning8/10Prop 65-listed· flagged by 4 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil→fragranceemollientskin conditioningfragranceemollientskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Tocopherol→fragranceantioxidantskin conditioningfragranceantioxidantskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Rosmarinus Officinalis Leaf Extract→fragranceantimicrobialskin conditioningfragranceantimicrobialskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Persea Gratissima Oil→skin conditioningskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Citrus Aurantium Bergamia Peel Oil→—4/10EU-regulated fragrance allergen· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
Citrus Aurantium Amara Leaf/Twig Oil→fragranceflavouringfragranceflavouring4/10EU-regulated fragrance allergen· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
Boswellia Carterii Oil→fragrancetonicfragrancetonicNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Olea Europaea Fruit Oil→perfumingfragranceskin conditioningperfumingfragranceskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Cyclopia Genistoides Leaf Extract→antioxidantantioxidantNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Aspalathus Linearis Leaf Extract→skin conditioningskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Centella Asiatica extract→cleansingsmoothingsoothingcleansingsmoothingsoothingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Aloe Ferox Leaf Extract→skin conditioningskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Piper Nigrum Fruit Oil→perfumingfragranceperfumingfragranceNo 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