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 4 of 39 ingredients: 3 restricted.
Starts at 100; 36 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.
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
Robust38 of 39 characterized
Our sources have reference data on 38 of 39 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 |
| PVPfilm formingantistaticbinding | film formingantistaticbinding | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Caffeineperfumingskin conditioning | perfumingskin conditioning | ANSES endocrine candidate· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagree | Referenced |
| Glycerinperfuminghumectantdenaturant | perfuminghumectantdenaturant | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Disodium EDTAchelatingviscosity controlling | chelatingviscosity controlling | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Hydroxyethylcellulosefilm formingbindingemulsion stabilising | film formingbindingemulsion stabilising | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Ceratonia Siliqua Gumfragrancefilm formingemollient | fragrancefilm formingemollient | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Hydrolyzed Caseinantistatichair conditioningskin conditioning | antistatichair conditioningskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Pseudoalteromonas Ferment Extracthumectant | humectant | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Hydrolyzed Wheat Proteinantistatichair conditioningskin conditioning | antistatichair conditioningskin conditioning | EU-restricted (with limits)· flagged by 2 of 9raters disagree | Referenced |
| 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 |
| Lecithinemollientantistaticsurfactant - emulsifying | emollientantistaticsurfactant - emulsifying | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Butylene Glycolfragrancehumectantskin conditioning | fragrancehumectantskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| 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 |
| Triethanolaminefragrancebufferingsurfactant - cleansing | fragrancebufferingsurfactant - cleansing | ANSES CMR-listed· flagged by 3 of 9raters disagree | Referenced |
| Caprylyl Glycolemollientdeodoranthair conditioning | emollientdeodoranthair conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Phenoxyethanolpreservativeantimicrobial | preservativeantimicrobial | Mild sensitizer for some· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagree | Referenced |
| Ahnfeltia Concinna Extractskin conditioning | skin 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 |
| Yeast Extract/Faex/Extrait de levure | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued | |
| 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 |
| Hydrolyzed Vegetable Proteinantistatichair conditioningskin conditioning | antistatichair conditioningskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Adenosine Triphosphateskin conditioning | skin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Ergothioneineantioxidant | antioxidant | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Saccharide Isomeratehumectant | humectant | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein/PVP Crosspolymerfilm forminghair conditioninghair fixing | film forminghair conditioninghair fixing | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| VP/Dimethylaminoethylmethacrylate Copolymerfilm formingbindinghair fixing | film formingbindinghair fixing | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Phospholipidsskin conditioning | skin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Tocopheryl Acetateantioxidantskin conditioning | antioxidantskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Retinyl Palmitateskin conditioning | skin conditioning | Carcinogen-linked· flagged by 5 of 9raters disagree | Referenced |
| Ascorbyl Palmitatefragranceantioxidant | fragranceantioxidant | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Asiaticosideperfumingantioxidantskin conditioning | perfumingantioxidantskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Asiatic Acidlight stabilizerskin conditioning | light stabilizerskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Madecassic Acidskin conditioning | skin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |