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The one rule

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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One Step Rich Cream
DHC Care

One Step Rich Cream

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Your composite

15OUT OF 100Horrible
15
Safety
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Eco
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Labor
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Pkg

Why this score

85-point split

15

Scan

100

Precautionary

25

Tolerance

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Every rater, every axis

Ingredient safety

  • Greenlens Ingredient ScanIndependentunverified match
    15

Coverage & match quality

1 rating · 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

  • Greenlens Ingredient Scan15 on 0–100→15
Single raterpillar15

Why the safety score

Greenlens Ingredient Scan

Independent · EU regulatory reference

15/100

Flagged 2 of 64 ingredients: 1 prohibited. Score capped: a prohibited (banned) substance is present.

Penalties alone would give 45, 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.

  • (2 -Isopropylpent-4-enoyl)urea (apronalide)EU Cosmetics Regulation Annex II (prohibited)−55

Starts at 100; 63 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 85 points apart. See what each one flags, and what it costs.

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Weighted by what you care about

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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·63 of 64 characterized

Our sources have reference data on 63 of 64 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
water/aqua/eau→solventsolventNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
jojoba esters→emollientmoisturisingsoothingemollientmoisturisingsoothingNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
butylene glycol→fragrancehumectantskin conditioningfragrancehumectantskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
stearyl alcohol→fragranceemollientemulsion stabilisingfragranceemollientemulsion stabilisingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
behenyl alcohol→emollientbindingemulsion stabilisingemollientbindingemulsion stabilisingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
glycerin→perfuminghumectantdenaturantperfuminghumectantdenaturantNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
cetyl ethylhexanoate→emollientemollientNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
isostearyl isostearate→emollientbindingskin conditioningemollientbindingskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
pentylene glycol→skin conditioningsolventskin conditioningsolventNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
glyceryl stearate→emollientsurfactant - emulsifyingemollientsurfactant - emulsifyingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
PEG-100 stearate→surfactant - cleansingsurfactant - cleansingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
potassium cetyl phosphate→surfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifyingsurfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifyingNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
squalane→emollienthair conditioningrefattingemollienthair conditioningrefattingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
saccharide isomerate→humectanthumectantNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
glycosyl trehalose→film formingemulsion stabilisingfilm formingemulsion stabilisingNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
xanthan gum→bindingemulsion stabilisinggel formingbindingemulsion stabilisinggel formingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
ethylhexylglycerin→deodorantskin conditioningdeodorantskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
hydrogenated starch hydrolysate→humectanthumectantNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
sodium citrate→fragrancechelatingbufferingfragrancechelatingbufferingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
niacinamide→smoothingsmoothingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
polyglyceryl-10 pentastearate→skin conditioningskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
sodium stearoyl lactylate→surfactant - emulsifyingsurfactant - emulsifyingNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
ceramide NP→hair conditioningskin conditioninghair conditioningskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
sodium PCA→humectantantistatichair conditioninghumectantantistatichair conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
sodium lactate→humectantbufferingkeratolytichumectantbufferingkeratolyticNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
tocopherol→fragranceantioxidantskin conditioningfragranceantioxidantskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
arginine→fragranceantistatichair conditioningfragranceantistatichair conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
aspartic acid→fragranceantistatichair conditioningfragranceantistatichair conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
PCA→humectantmoisturisinghumectantmoisturisingNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
citrus reticulata peel extract→skin conditioningskin conditioningExamined, no flagReferenced
hydrolyzed silk→humectantantistatichair conditioninghumectantantistatichair conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
prunus mume fruit extract→humectanthumectantNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
eriobotrya japonica leaf extract→tonicskin conditioningskin protectingtonicskin conditioningskin protectingNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
lactobacillus/nelumbo nucifera seed ferment filtrate→bleachingskin conditioningbleachingskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
citrus depressa peel extract→humectanthumectantNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
glycine→antistaticbufferinghair conditioningantistaticbufferinghair conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
alanine→fragranceantistatichair conditioningfragranceantistatichair conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
prunus lannesiana flower extract→skin conditioningskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
rubus ellipticus root extract→humectanthumectantNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
saccharomyces/coix lacryma-jobi ma-yuen seed ferment filtrate→skin conditioningskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
sodium hyaluronate→humectantskin conditioninghumectantskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
urea→humectantantistaticbufferinghumectantantistaticbuffering8/10EU-prohibited· flagged by 2 of 9raters disagreeWell-characterized
hydrolyzed elastin→emollienthair conditioningskin conditioningemollienthair conditioningskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
serine→fragranceantistatichair conditioningfragranceantistatichair conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
glycine soja seed extract→skin conditioningskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
valine→fragranceantistatichair conditioningfragranceantistatichair conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
glycyrrhiza glabra leaf extract→skin conditioningskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
calendula officinalis flower extract→perfumingfragranceskin conditioningperfumingfragranceskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
achillea millefolium flower extract→antioxidanthumectantantioxidanthumectantNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
althaea officinalis root extract→skin conditioningskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
angelica acutiloba root extract→skin conditioningskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
apium graveolens extract→skin conditioningskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
chamomilla recutita flower extract→fragranceskin conditioningfragranceskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
equisetum arvense extract→emollientastringentsoothingemollientastringentsoothingNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
hydrolyzed collagen→film forminghumectantemollientfilm forminghumectantemollientNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
hydrolyzed conchiolin protein→hair conditioningskin conditioninghair conditioningskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
isoleucine→antistatichair conditioningskin conditioningantistatichair conditioningskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
melissa officinalis leaf extract→skin conditioningskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
morus alba root extract→bleachingskin conditioningbleachingskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
ononis spinosa root extract→anti-sebumsoothinganti-sebumsoothingNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
paeonia albiflora root extract→skin conditioningskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
proline→hair conditioningskin conditioninghair conditioningskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
rosa multiflora fruit extract→fragrancetonicfragrancetonicNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
salvia officinalis→—Not in our sourcesNo data