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 1 of 37 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.
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 85 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
Robust37 of 37 characterized
Our sources have reference data on all 37 listed ingredients.
| Ingredient | What it does | Safety | Data |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aquasolvent | solvent | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Helianthus Annuus Seed Oilfragranceemollientskin conditioning | fragranceemollientskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Squalaneemollienthair conditioningrefatting | emollienthair conditioningrefatting | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Undaria Pinnatifida Cell Culture Extracthair conditioningskin conditioning | hair conditioningskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Mineral Saltsskin conditioning | skin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Sodium PCAhumectantantistatichair conditioning | humectantantistatichair conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Cetearyl Alcoholemollientemulsion stabilisingopacifying | emollientemulsion stabilisingopacifying | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Cetearyl Glucosidesurfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifying | surfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifying | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Sorbitan Oleatesurfactant - emulsifying | surfactant - emulsifying | ANSES endocrine candidate· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagree | Referenced |
| Brassica Oleracea Italica Seed Oilemollienthair conditioningskin conditioning | emollienthair conditioningskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrateantimicrobialanti-seborrheic | antimicrobialanti-seborrheic | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Sorbitan Lauratesurfactant - emulsifying | surfactant - emulsifying | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Gluconolactonechelatingskin conditioning | chelatingskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Ureahumectantantistaticbuffering | humectantantistaticbuffering | EU-prohibited· flagged by 2 of 9raters disagree | Well-characterized |
| Cholesterolemollientlight stabilizersurfactant - emulsifying | emollientlight stabilizersurfactant - emulsifying | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Ganoderma Lucidum Extractskin protecting | skin protecting | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Ascorbyl Palmitatefragranceantioxidant | fragranceantioxidant | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Magnesium Ascorbyl Phosphateantioxidantskin conditioning | antioxidantskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Curcuma Longa Root Extractperfumingfragrance | perfumingfragrance | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Beta-Glucanskin conditioning | skin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Phosphatidylserineemulsion stabilisinghair conditioningskin conditioning | emulsion stabilisinghair conditioningskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Camellia Sinensis Polyphenolsantioxidant | antioxidant | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Quercetinantioxidantskin conditioning | antioxidantskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Carnosineskin conditioning | skin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Resveratrolantioxidantskin protecting | antioxidantskin protecting | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Squaleneemollientantistatichair conditioning | emollientantistatichair conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Solanum Lycopersicum Fruit/Leaf Stem Extractastringentskin conditioning | astringentskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Polyglyceryl-4 Lauratesurfactant - emulsifying | surfactant - emulsifying | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Glucosamine HClantistatichair conditioning | antistatichair conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Prunus Armeniaca Kernel Oilfragranceskin conditioning | fragranceskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Tocopherolfragranceantioxidantskin conditioning | fragranceantioxidantskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Beta-Sitosterolfragranceemulsion stabilisinglight stabilizer | fragranceemulsion stabilisinglight stabilizer | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Ceramide NPhair conditioningskin conditioning | hair conditioningskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Phospholipidsskin conditioning | skin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Xanthan Gumbindingemulsion stabilisinggel forming | bindingemulsion stabilisinggel forming | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Dilauryl Citrateemollientskin conditioning | emollientskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Sodium Bicarbonateabrasivebufferingdeodorant | abrasivebufferingdeodorant | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |