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 14 of 39 ingredients: 1 prohibited, 1 of concern, 11 regulated allergens. Score capped: a prohibited (banned) substance is present.
Penalties alone would give 21, 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; 25 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
Robust36 of 38 characterized
Our sources have reference data on 36 of 38 listed ingredients; 2 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 |
| PLUMERIA ACUTIFOLIA FLOWER EXTRACTskin conditioning | skin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| SIMMONDSIA CHINENSIS SEED OILemollienthair conditioningskin conditioning | emollienthair conditioningskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| BEHENTRIMONIUM METHOSULFATEantistatichair conditioningsurfactant - cleansing | antistatichair conditioningsurfactant - cleansing | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| CETYL ALCOHOLfragranceemollientemulsion stabilising | fragranceemollientemulsion stabilising | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| GLYCERINperfuminghumectantdenaturant | perfuminghumectantdenaturant | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| SQUALANEemollienthair conditioningrefatting | emollienthair conditioningrefatting | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| HYDROLYZED SILKhumectantantistatichair conditioning | humectantantistatichair conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| COCO-CAPRYLATE/CAPRATEemollientskin conditioning | emollientskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| C13-15 ALKANEsolvent | solvent | Examined, no flag | Referenced |
| ISOSTEARIC ACIDbindingcleansingsurfactant - cleansing | bindingcleansingsurfactant - cleansing | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| BENZYL ALCOHOLpreservativeperfumingsolvent | preservativeperfumingsolvent | EU harmonised skin sensitizer· flagged by 2 of 9raters disagree | Referenced |
| BUTYLENE GLYCOLfragrancehumectantskin conditioning | fragrancehumectantskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| ECLIPTA PROSTRATA LEAF OILhair conditioning | hair conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| HYDROLYZED KERATINfilm forminghumectantantistatic | film forminghumectantantistatic | EU-prohibited· flagged by 2 of 9raters disagree | CosIng-catalogued |
| NIACINAMIDEsmoothing | smoothing | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| CANANGA ODORATA FLOWER OILperfumingfragrance | perfumingfragrance | EU-regulated fragrance allergen· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagree | Referenced |
| DEHYDROACETIC ACIDpreservative | preservative | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| CUCURBITA PEPO SEED OILemollientskin conditioning | emollientskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| ISOSTEAROYL HYDROLYZED SILKskin conditioning | skin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| EMBLICA OFFICINALIS FRUIT EXTRACTskin conditioning | skin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| BRASSICA OLERACEA ITALICA SEED OILemollienthair conditioningskin conditioning | emollienthair conditioningskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| SODIUM HYALURONATEhumectantskin conditioning | humectantskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| TOCOPHEROLfragranceantioxidantskin conditioning | fragranceantioxidantskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| PANTHENOLantistatichair conditioningskin conditioning | antistatichair conditioningskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| PARFUMperfumingfragrance | perfumingfragrance | Transparency concern· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagree | Referenced |
| AMBROXIDE | Not in our sources | No data | |
| JASMINUM SAMBAC FLOWER EXTRACTperfumingfragrance | perfumingfragrance | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| ROSA DAMASCENA FLOWER OILfragranceskin conditioning | fragranceskin conditioning | EU-regulated fragrance allergen· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagree | Referenced |
| LINALYL ACETATEfragrance | fragrance | ANSES endocrine candidate· flagged by 2 of 9raters disagree | Referenced |
| LIMONENEperfumingdeodorantsolvent | perfumingdeodorantsolvent | ANSES endocrine candidate· flagged by 3 of 9raters disagree | Referenced |
| LINALOOLperfumingdeodorant | perfumingdeodorant | EU harmonised skin sensitizer· flagged by 2 of 9raters disagree | Referenced |
| CITRUS AURANTIUM PEEL OIL | Not in our sources | No data | |
| CITRUS LIMON PEEL OILperfumingfragranceskin conditioning | perfumingfragranceskin conditioning | EU-regulated fragrance allergen· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagree | Referenced |
| GERANIOLperfumingtonic | perfumingtonic | EU harmonised skin sensitizer· flagged by 2 of 9raters disagree | Referenced |
| PINENEfragranceantifoaming | fragranceantifoaming | EU-regulated fragrance allergen· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagree | Referenced |
| BENZYL BENZOATEperfumingantimicrobialsolvent | perfumingantimicrobialsolvent | ANSES endocrine candidate· flagged by 2 of 9raters disagree | Referenced |
| CITRONELLOLperfuming | perfuming | ANSES endocrine candidate· flagged by 2 of 9raters disagree | Referenced |