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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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Age Control Firming Gel Cream
Ahava North America

Age Control Firming Gel Cream

skincare

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

83-point split

15

Scan

98

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.

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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 3 of 59 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.

  • (2 -Isopropylpent-4-enoyl)urea (apronalide)EU Cosmetics Regulation Annex II (prohibited)−55
  • Inorganic sulfites and bisulfites (12)EU Cosmetics Regulation Annex III (restricted)−10

Starts at 100; 57 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 83 points apart. See what each one flags, and what it costs.

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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·58 of 59 characterized

Our sources have reference data on 58 of 59 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
Aqua→solventsolventNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Propanediol→solventviscosity controllingsolventviscosity controllingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer→emulsion stabilisingviscosity controllingemulsion stabilisingviscosity controllingNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Glycerin→perfuminghumectantdenaturantperfuminghumectantdenaturantNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Squalene→emollientantistatichair conditioningemollientantistatichair conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Caprylyl Methicone→skin conditioningskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Isostearyl Isostearate→emollientbindingskin conditioningemollientbindingskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Phenoxyethanol→preservativeantimicrobialpreservativeantimicrobial4/10Mild sensitizer for some· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
Peg-12 Dimethicone/PPG-20 Crosspolymer→—Not in our sourcesNo data
Urea→humectantantistaticbufferinghumectantantistaticbuffering8/10EU-prohibited· flagged by 2 of 9raters disagreeWell-characterized
Saccharide Hydrolysate→humectanthumectantNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Ethylhexylglycerin→deodorantskin conditioningdeodorantskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Alanine→fragranceantistatichair conditioningfragranceantistatichair conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Steareth-20→cleansingsurfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifyingcleansingsurfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifyingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Magnesium Aspartate→skin conditioningskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Glycine→antistaticbufferinghair conditioningantistaticbufferinghair conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate→humectantskin conditioninghumectantskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Disodium Lauriminodipropionate Tocopheryl Phosphates→antistaticcleansingfoamingantistaticcleansingfoamingNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Lecithin→emollientantistaticsurfactant - emulsifyingemollientantistaticsurfactant - emulsifyingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Butylene Glycol→fragrancehumectantskin conditioningfragrancehumectantskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Creatine→skin conditioningskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Sodium Benzoate→preservativefragranceanticorrosivepreservativefragranceanticorrosiveNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Glycine Soja Oil→perfumingemollientskin conditioningperfumingemollientskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Hydrogenated Vegetable Glycerides Citrate→emollientlight stabilizersurfactant - emulsifyingemollientlight stabilizersurfactant - emulsifyingNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Beta-Sitosterol→fragranceemulsion stabilisinglight stabilizerfragranceemulsion stabilisinglight stabilizerNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Aminomethyl Propanol→bufferingbufferingNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Simmondsia Chinensis Seed Extract→emollientabrasivehair conditioningemollientabrasivehair conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Potassium Sorbate→preservativefragrancepreservativefragranceNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Propylene Glycol→humectantskin conditioningsolventhumectantskin conditioningsolventNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Sodium Citrate→fragrancechelatingbufferingfragrancechelatingbufferingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
N-Hydroxysuccinimide→skin conditioningskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Chlorhexidine Digluconate→preservativeantimicrobialoral carepreservativeantimicrobialoral care4/10Health Canada Hotlist — restricted· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
Palmitoyl Carnitine→skin conditioningskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Citric Acid→fragrancechelatingbufferingfragrancechelatingbuffering4/10Health Canada Hotlist — restricted· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
Trisodium EDTA→chelatingchelatingNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Tocopherol→fragranceantioxidantskin conditioningfragranceantioxidantskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Sodium Metabisulfite→preservativeantioxidantreducingpreservativeantioxidantreducing4/10EU-restricted (with limits)· flagged by 2 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
Chrysin→skin conditioningskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Dehydroacetic Acid→preservativepreservativeNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Benzoic Acid→preservativefragranceph adjusterspreservativefragranceph adjustersNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7→skin conditioningskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Biotin→anti-sebumhair conditioningskin conditioninganti-sebumhair conditioningskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1→skin conditioningskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Panax Ginseng Root Extract→emollienthair conditioningtonicemollienthair conditioningtonicNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Zingiber Officinale Root Extract→perfumingfragrancetonicperfumingfragrancetonicNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Ginkgo Biloba Leaf Extract→skin conditioningskin conditioning8/10Prop 65-listed· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
Biosaccharide Gum-1→skin conditioningskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Ascorbyl Palmitate→fragranceantioxidantfragranceantioxidantNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Calendula Officinalis Flower Extract→perfumingfragranceskin conditioningperfumingfragranceskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Caffeine→perfumingskin conditioningperfumingskin conditioning6/10ANSES endocrine candidate· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
Centella Asiatica Leaf Extract→skin conditioningskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract→uv absorberfragranceantimicrobialuv absorberfragranceantimicrobialNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Allantoin→soothingskin conditioningskin protectingsoothingskin conditioningskin protectingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Olea Europaea Fruit Oil→perfumingfragranceskin conditioningperfumingfragranceskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Bisabolol→fragrancesoothingskin conditioningfragrancesoothingskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice→skin conditioningskin conditioning4/10IARC possible carcinogen (Group 2B)· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
Phoenix Dactylifera Fruit Extract→emollientemollientNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Dunaliella Salina Extract→skin conditioningskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Maris Aqua→humectantsolventhumectantsolventNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued