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Coverage & match quality
1 rating · 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 2 of 50 ingredients: 1 of concern.
Starts at 100; 49 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.
No rater covers this axis for this product, so its weight can't move the score.
Data availability
Robust44 of 50 characterized
Our sources have reference data on 44 of 50 listed ingredients; 6 are uncharacterized in our data — a gap, not a clean bill.
| Ingredient | What it does | Safety | Data |
|---|---|---|---|
| AQUAsolvent | solvent | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| GLYCERINperfuminghumectantdenaturant | perfuminghumectantdenaturant | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| BUTYROSPERMUM PARKII | Not in our sources | No data | |
| PENTAERYTHRITYL DISTEARATEsurfactant - emulsifying | surfactant - emulsifying | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| GLYCERYL STEARATEemollientsurfactant - emulsifying | emollientsurfactant - emulsifying | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| CETEARYL ETHYLHEXANOATEemollienthair conditioningskin conditioning | emollienthair conditioningskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| ISONONYL ISONONANOATEemollientantistaticskin conditioning | emollientantistaticskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| SIMMONDSIA CHINENSIS SEED OILemollienthair conditioningskin conditioning | emollienthair conditioningskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| CETEARYL ALCOHOLemollientemulsion stabilisingopacifying | emollientemulsion stabilisingopacifying | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| PEG-75 STEARATEsurfactant - cleansing | surfactant - cleansing | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| PANTHENOLantistatichair conditioningskin conditioning | antistatichair conditioningskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| ETHYLHEXYL STEARATEemollient | emollient | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| SQUALANEemollienthair conditioningrefatting | emollienthair conditioningrefatting | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| CAPRYLIC/CAPRIC TRIGLYCERIDEperfumingfragranceskin conditioning | perfumingfragranceskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| BETA-GLUCANskin conditioning | skin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| GLUCOSYL CERAMIDEskin conditioning | skin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| LENTINUS EDODES EXTRACTskin conditioning | skin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| CURCUMA LONGA ROOT EXTRACTperfumingfragrance | perfumingfragrance | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| LENS ESCULENTA SEED EXTRACTskin protecting | skin protecting | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| HYDROLYZED HIBISCUS ESCULENTUS EXTRACTskin conditioning | skin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| STEARYL HEPTANOATEemollientskin conditioning | emollientskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| AMARANTHUS CAUDATUS SEED EXTRACTskin conditioning | skin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| RUBUS FRUTICOSUS FRUIT EXTRACTfragranceastringenttonic | fragranceastringenttonic | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| HYDROGENATED POLY | Not in our sources | No data | |
| BIFIDA FERMENT LYSATEskin conditioning | skin conditioning | 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 |
| CHOLESTEROLemollientlight stabilizersurfactant - emulsifying | emollientlight stabilizersurfactant - emulsifying | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| GLUCONOLACTONEchelatingskin conditioning | chelatingskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| PHENOXYETHANOLpreservativeantimicrobial | preservativeantimicrobial | Mild sensitizer for some· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagree | Referenced |
| DEXTRINabsorbentbindingbulking | absorbentbindingbulking | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| STEARYL CAPRYLATEemollientskin conditioning | emollientskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| BUTYLENE GLYCOLfragrancehumectantskin conditioning | fragrancehumectantskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| THEOBROMA CACAO EXTRACTskin conditioning | skin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| CAPRYLYL GLYCOLemollientdeodoranthair conditioning | emollientdeodoranthair conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| DECYLENE GLYCOLskin conditioning | skin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| XANTHAN GUMbindingemulsion stabilisinggel forming | bindingemulsion stabilisinggel forming | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| GLYCERYL ACRYLATE/ACRYLIC ACID COPOLYMERhumectantviscosity controlling | humectantviscosity controlling | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| POTASSIUM SORBATEpreservativefragrance | preservativefragrance | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| PVM/MA COPOLYMERfilm formingantistaticbinding | film formingantistaticbinding | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| SODIUM BENZOATEpreservativefragranceanticorrosive | preservativefragranceanticorrosive | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| DISODIUM EDTAchelatingviscosity controlling | chelatingviscosity controlling | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| ACETIC ACIDfragrancebuffering | fragrancebuffering | EU harmonised CMR (cat. 1)· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagree | Well-characterized |
| LACTIC ACIDhumectantbufferingskin conditioning | humectantbufferingskin conditioning | Health Canada Hotlist — restricted· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagree | Referenced |
| PARFUMperfumingfragrance | perfumingfragrance | Transparency concern· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagree | Referenced |
| CALCIUM GLUCONATEhumectantoral careskin conditioning | humectantoral careskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Precauciones | Not in our sources | No data | |
| Evitar el contacto con los ojos | Not in our sources | No data | |
| De ocurrir | Not in our sources | No data | |
| aclarar con abundante agua | Not in our sources | No data |