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The one rule

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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Catalog/Cetaphil/Gentle Clear Mattifying Acne Moisturizer
Gentle Clear Mattifying Acne Moisturizer
Cetaphil

Gentle Clear Mattifying Acne Moisturizer

skincareGTIN 302994117000

Your composite

55OUT OF 100Fair
80
Safety
—
Eco
30
Labor
—
Pkg

Why this score

18-point split

80

Scan

98

Precautionary

88

Tolerance

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Flags

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Every rater, every axis

Ingredient safety

  • Greenlens Ingredient ScanIndependentunverified match
    80

Labor

  • Cruelty-Free CertificationNonprofitunverified match
    30

Coverage & match quality

2 ratings · 2 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.

no black box

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 Scan80 on 0–100→80
Single raterpillar80

Why the safety score

Greenlens Ingredient Scan

Independent · EU regulatory reference

80/100

Flagged 3 of 38 ingredients: 2 restricted.

  • ZINC ACETATE / ZINC CHLORIDE / ZINC GLUCONATE / ZINC GLUTAMATEEU Cosmetics Regulation Annex III (restricted)−10
  • POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE / SODIUM HYDROXIDEEU Cosmetics Regulation Annex III (restricted)−10

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 18 points apart. See what each one flags, and what it costs.

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Weighted by what you care about

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Environmentalno rating

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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·36 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.

Every listed ingredient: its function, where our safety lists land, and whether our sources have data on it.
IngredientWhat it doesSafetyData
Salicylic Acid 0.5→—Not in our sourcesNo data
Water→antiplaqueskin conditioningsolventantiplaqueskin conditioningsolventNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Butylene Glycol→fragrancehumectantskin conditioningfragrancehumectantskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Cetearyl Alcohol→emollientemulsion stabilisingopacifyingemollientemulsion stabilisingopacifyingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Dimethicone→emollientantifoamingskin conditioningemollientantifoamingskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Sodium Polyacrylate→film formingemollientabsorbentfilm formingemollientabsorbentNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Glycerin→perfuminghumectantdenaturantperfuminghumectantdenaturantNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Ceteareth-20→cleansingsurfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifyingcleansingsurfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifyingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Polysorbate 60→surfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifyingsurfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifyingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Hydrogenated Polydecene→perfumingfragranceemollientperfumingfragranceemollientNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Ethylhexyl Palmitate→perfumingemollientperfumingemollientNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Aluminum Starch Octenylsuccinate→absorbentanticakingviscosity controllingabsorbentanticakingviscosity controllingNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
PPG-2 Myristyl Ether Propionate→emollientskin conditioningemollientskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Phenoxyethanol→preservativeantimicrobialpreservativeantimicrobial4/10Mild sensitizer for some· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
Alpha-Glucan Oligosaccharide→cleansingsmoothingskin conditioningcleansingsmoothingskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Squalane→emollienthair conditioningrefattingemollienthair conditioningrefattingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride→perfumingfragranceskin conditioningperfumingfragranceskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Caprylyl Glycol→emollientdeodoranthair conditioningemollientdeodoranthair conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Zinc Gluconate→deodorantskin conditioningdeodorantskin conditioning4/10EU-restricted (with limits)· flagged by 2 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate→antimicrobialemollientskin conditioningantimicrobialemollientskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Morus Alba Root Extract→bleachingskin conditioningbleachingskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Ethylhexylglycerin→deodorantskin conditioningdeodorantskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Hexylene Glycol→perfumingsurfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifyingperfumingsurfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifyingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Bisabolol→fragrancesoothingskin conditioningfragrancesoothingskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Safflower Oil/Palm Oil Aminopropanediol Esters→skin conditioningskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
PPG-5-Laureth-5→emollientsurfactant - emulsifyingemollientsurfactant - emulsifyingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Sodium Hydroxide→bufferingdenaturantbufferingdenaturant4/10EU-restricted (with limits)· flagged by 2 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
Kojic Acid→antioxidantantioxidantNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Hydroxypropyl Cyclodextrin→fragranceskin conditioningfragranceskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Sophora Angustifolia Root Extract→skin conditioningskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Disodium EDTA→chelatingviscosity controllingchelatingviscosity controllingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Polyquaternium-11→film formingantistaticfilm formingantistaticNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Arctostaphylos Uva-Ursi Leaf Extract→skin conditioningskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Glycyrrhiza Glabra Root Extract→perfumingemollientbleachingperfumingemollientbleachingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Scutellaria Baicalensis Root Extract→humectantastringentsoothinghumectantastringentsoothingNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Sodium Hyaluronate→humectantskin conditioninghumectantskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Allantoin→soothingskin conditioningskin protectingsoothingskin conditioningskin protectingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
container-96d1d0e75f21a6ab772b6ac3d0 .pd-slider→—Not in our sourcesNo data