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Same category, ranked by ingredient safety, never by affiliate payout.
Coverage & match quality
2 ratings · 2 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 44 ingredients: 4 regulated allergens.
Starts at 100; 40 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 12 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.
Data availability
Robust44 of 44 characterized
Our sources have reference data on all 44 listed ingredients.
| Ingredient | What it does | Safety | Data |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waterantiplaqueskin conditioningsolvent | antiplaqueskin conditioningsolvent | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Chondrus Crispus Extractskin conditioningviscosity controlling | skin conditioningviscosity controlling | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Saccharum Officinarum Extractmoisturisingskin conditioning | moisturisingskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Pentylene Glycolskin conditioningsolvent | skin conditioningsolvent | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Niacinamidesmoothing | smoothing | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Polyquaternium-51film formingskin conditioning | film formingskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Diethoxyethyl Succinatesolvent | solvent | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Squalaneemollienthair conditioningrefatting | emollienthair conditioningrefatting | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Panthenolantistatichair conditioningskin conditioning | antistatichair conditioningskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Polyglyceryl-10 Laurateskin conditioning | skin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Hydrogenated Lecithinsurfactant - emulsifyingskin conditioning | surfactant - emulsifyingskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Carbomeremulsion stabilisinggel formingviscosity controlling | emulsion stabilisinggel formingviscosity controlling | EU microplastics-restricted· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagree | Referenced |
| Lactobacillus Fermentskin conditioning | skin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Lactobacillus Ferment Lysateskin conditioning | skin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrateantimicrobialanti-seborrheic | antimicrobialanti-seborrheic | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Lactococcus Fermentskin conditioning | skin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Lactobacillus/Acerola Cherry Fermentskin protecting | skin protecting | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Lactobacillus/Soybean Ferment Extractskin conditioning | skin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Lactobacillus/Punica Granatum Fruit Ferment Extracthair conditioningskin conditioning | hair conditioningskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Lactococcus Ferment Lysateskin conditioning | skin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Bifida Ferment Filtrateskin conditioning | skin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Tromethaminefragrancebuffering | fragrancebuffering | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Solanum Melongena Fruit Extractskin conditioning | skin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Daucus Carota Sativa Root Extractskin conditioning | skin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Brassica Oleracea Capitata Leaf Extractskin conditioning | skin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Beta Vulgaris Root Extractskin conditioning | skin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Vaccinium Angustifolium Fruit Extractsoothingskin protecting | soothingskin protecting | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Ethylhexylglycerindeodorantskin conditioning | deodorantskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Xanthan Gumbindingemulsion stabilisinggel forming | bindingemulsion stabilisinggel forming | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Aspergillus Fermentskin conditioning | skin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Swiftlet Nest Extractskin conditioning | skin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Dextrinabsorbentbindingbulking | absorbentbindingbulking | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Theobroma Cacao Extractskin conditioning | skin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Adenosineskin conditioning | skin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Citrus Aurantium Bergamia Fruit Oilperfumingfragrance | perfumingfragrance | EU-regulated fragrance allergen· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagree | Referenced |
| Pelargonium Graveolens Flower Oilfragrance | fragrance | EU-regulated fragrance allergen· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagree | Referenced |
| Citrus Aurantium Dulcis Peel Oilfragranceskin conditioning | fragranceskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Lavandula Angustifolia Oilfragrancetonic | fragrancetonic | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Anthemis Nobilis Flower Oilperfumingfragranceskin conditioning | perfumingfragranceskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Santalum Album Oilfragrance | fragrance | EU-regulated fragrance allergen· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagree | Referenced |
| Limoneneperfumingdeodorantsolvent | perfumingdeodorantsolvent | ANSES endocrine candidate· flagged by 3 of 9raters disagree | Referenced |
| Disodium EDTAchelatingviscosity controlling | chelatingviscosity controlling | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Sodium Hyaluronatehumectantskin conditioning | humectantskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Helianthus Annuus Seedskin conditioning | skin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
Where this came from
Cruelty-free status recorded from ethicalelephant.com ↗
Researched facts on Greenlens always carry the page that stated them — nothing is inferred from a model's memory.