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
No EU-regulated hazards recognized among 44 ingredients.
Starts at 100; 44 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 2 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 44 characterized
Our sources have reference data on all 44 listed ingredients.
| Ingredient | What it does | Safety | Data |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aqua/water/eau | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized | |
| caprylic/capric triglycerideperfumingfragranceskin conditioning | perfumingfragranceskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| glycerinperfuminghumectantdenaturant | perfuminghumectantdenaturant | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| cetearyl alcoholemollientemulsion stabilisingopacifying | emollientemulsion stabilisingopacifying | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| squalaneemollienthair conditioningrefatting | emollienthair conditioningrefatting | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| glycol palmitateopacifyingsurfactant - emulsifyingskin conditioning | opacifyingsurfactant - emulsifyingskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| coconut alkanesemollientsolvent | emollientsolvent | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| niacinamidesmoothing | smoothing | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| hexyldecanolemollientskin conditioning | emollientskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| cetearyl olivatehair conditioning | hair conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| sorbitan olivatesurfactant - emulsifying | surfactant - emulsifying | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| maltodextrinfilm formingabsorbentbinding | film formingabsorbentbinding | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| hydrogenated lecithinsurfactant - emulsifyingskin conditioning | surfactant - emulsifyingskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| ceramide NPhair conditioningskin conditioning | hair conditioningskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| ceramide APhair conditioningskin conditioning | hair conditioningskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| ceramide EOPhair conditioningskin conditioning | hair conditioningskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| phytosphingosinehair conditioningskin conditioning | hair conditioningskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| hydrolyzed caesalpinia spinosa gumemollientabsorbenthair conditioning | emollientabsorbenthair conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| caesalpinia spinosa gumfilm formingskin conditioningviscosity controlling | film formingskin conditioningviscosity controlling | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| cetylhydroxyproline palmitamideskin conditioning | skin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| hydroxyphenyl propamidobenzoic acidskin conditioning | skin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| tetraselmis suecica extractskin conditioning | skin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| lactobacillus fermentskin conditioning | skin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| brassica campestris sterolsemollientskin conditioning | emollientskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| punica granatum pericarp extractskin conditioning | skin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| bisabololfragrancesoothingskin conditioning | fragrancesoothingskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| argininefragranceantistatichair conditioning | fragranceantistatichair conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| allantoinsoothingskin conditioningskin protecting | soothingskin conditioningskin protecting | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| tocopherolfragranceantioxidantskin conditioning | fragranceantioxidantskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| cholesterolemollientlight stabilizersurfactant - emulsifying | emollientlight stabilizersurfactant - emulsifying | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| avena sativa kernel flourabrasiveabsorbentbulking | abrasiveabsorbentbulking | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| coco-caprylate/caprateemollientskin conditioning | emollientskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| pentylene glycolskin conditioningsolvent | skin conditioningsolvent | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| butylene glycolfragrancehumectantskin conditioning | fragrancehumectantskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| sodium lauroyl lactylatesurfactant - emulsifying | surfactant - emulsifying | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| stearic acidfragrancecleansingemulsion stabilising | fragrancecleansingemulsion stabilising | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| acacia senegal gumfragrancefilm forming | fragrancefilm forming | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| xanthan gumbindingemulsion stabilisinggel forming | bindingemulsion stabilisinggel forming | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| carbomeremulsion stabilisinggel formingviscosity controlling | emulsion stabilisinggel formingviscosity controlling | EU microplastics-restricted· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagree | Referenced |
| phenoxyethanolpreservativeantimicrobial | preservativeantimicrobial | Mild sensitizer for some· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagree | Referenced |
| caprylyl glycolemollientdeodoranthair conditioning | emollientdeodoranthair conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| ethylhexylglycerindeodorantskin conditioning | deodorantskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| disodium EDTAchelatingviscosity controlling | chelatingviscosity controlling | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| citric acidfragrancechelatingbuffering | fragrancechelatingbuffering | Health Canada Hotlist — restricted· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagree | Referenced |