Coverage & match quality
2 ratings · 1 of 4 axes
no black box
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 Scan
Independent · EU regulatory reference
Flagged 2 of 40 ingredients: 1 prohibited, 1 restricted. Score capped: a prohibited (banned) substance is present.
Penalties alone would give 35, but a prohibited substance is present, so the score is capped at 15 — a genuine hazard isn’t diluted away by a long ingredient list.
Starts at 100; 38 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 10 points apart. See what each one flags, and what it costs.
Tune your weights
composite recomputes live
+No rater covers this axis for this product, so its weight can't move the score.
No rater covers this axis for this product, so its weight can't move the score.
No rater covers this axis for this product, so its weight can't move the score.
Data availability
Robust39 of 40 characterized
Our sources have reference data on 39 of 40 listed ingredients; 1 is uncharacterized in our data — a gap, not a clean bill.
| Ingredient | What it does | Safety | Data |
|---|---|---|---|
| Water/Aqua/Eausolvent | solvent | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Sodium Hyaluronatehumectantskin conditioning | humectantskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Glycerinperfuminghumectantdenaturant | perfuminghumectantdenaturant | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Squalaneemollienthair conditioningrefatting | emollienthair conditioningrefatting | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Caprylic/Capric Triglycerideperfumingfragranceskin conditioning | perfumingfragranceskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Tocopherolfragranceantioxidantskin conditioning | fragranceantioxidantskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Panthenyl Triacetateantistatichair conditioning | antistatichair conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Ethyl Linoleateperfumingemollient | perfumingemollient | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Butylene Glycolfragrancehumectantskin conditioning | fragrancehumectantskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Acetyl Tyrosinetanningskin conditioning | tanningskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Prolinehair conditioningskin conditioning | hair conditioningskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Lecithinemollientantistaticsurfactant - emulsifying | emollientantistaticsurfactant - emulsifying | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Glycosaminoglycansfilm formingemollientskin conditioning | film formingemollientskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Beta Vulgaris Root Extract [Extrait de racine de betterave | Not in our sources | No data | |
| Haberlea Rhodopensis Leaf Extractskin conditioning | skin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Xanthan Gumbindingemulsion stabilisinggel forming | bindingemulsion stabilisinggel forming | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Carbomeremulsion stabilisinggel formingviscosity controlling | emulsion stabilisinggel formingviscosity controlling | EU microplastics-restricted· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagree | Referenced |
| Aminomethyl Propanolbuffering | buffering | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Ureahumectantantistaticbuffering | humectantantistaticbuffering | EU-prohibited· flagged by 2 of 9raters disagree | Well-characterized |
| Glucosehumectant | humectant | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Guanidine HClbuffering | buffering | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Cetearyl Alcoholemollientemulsion stabilisingopacifying | emollientemulsion stabilisingopacifying | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Ceteareth-20cleansingsurfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifying | cleansingsurfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifying | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Dimethiconeemollientantifoamingskin conditioning | emollientantifoamingskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Yeast Extract/Faex/Extrait de levure | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued | |
| Dipalmitoyl Hydroxyprolineantistatichair conditioningskin conditioning | antistatichair conditioningskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Hydrolyzed Vegetable Proteinantistatichair conditioningskin conditioning | antistatichair conditioningskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Hydrolyzed Soy Proteinhumectantantistatichair conditioning | humectantantistatichair conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Tripeptide-10 Citrullineskin conditioning | skin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Tripeptide-1skin conditioningskin protecting | skin conditioningskin protecting | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Polysorbate 40surfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifying | surfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifying | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Superoxide Dismutaseantioxidantreducingskin conditioning | antioxidantreducingskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| PVPfilm formingantistaticbinding | film formingantistaticbinding | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Panthenolantistatichair conditioningskin conditioning | antistatichair conditioningskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Phospholipidsskin conditioning | skin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Retinyl Palmitateskin conditioning | skin conditioning | Carcinogen-linked· flagged by 5 of 9raters disagree | Referenced |
| Tocopheryl Acetateantioxidantskin conditioning | antioxidantskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Ascorbyl Palmitatefragranceantioxidant | fragranceantioxidant | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Pantothenic Acidantistatichair conditioningskin conditioning | antistatichair conditioningskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Ethylbisiminomethylguaiacol Manganese Chlorideantioxidant | antioxidant | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |