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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/Garnier/Blackhead Eliminating Scrub - Exfoliator - Garnier SkinActive
Blackhead Eliminating Scrub - Exfoliator - Garnier SkinActive
Garnier

Blackhead Eliminating Scrub - Exfoliator - Garnier SkinActive

skincare

Your composite

75OUT OF 100Good

range 73–80

83▲▼ split
Safety
86
Eco
55
Labor
—
Pkg

Why this score

22-point split

78

Scan

100

Precautionary

94

Tolerance

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Cleaner options

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Flags

No ingredient flags.

Raters split

Ingredient safety

A 22-point gap between the two loudest voices.

78Greenlens Ingredient ScanIndependent
vs
100Greenlens Precautionary ScreenIndependent
050100
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Cleaner options

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Every rater, every axis

Ingredient safety

Split · 22 pts apart
  • Health Canada Ingredient HotlistGovernmentunverified match
    85
  • Greenlens Ingredient ScanIndependentunverified match
    78
  • Greenlens Tolerance ScreenIndependentunverified match
    94
  • IARC MonographsGovernmentunverified match
    82
  • Greenlens Precautionary ScreenIndependentunverified match
    100

Lowest 78 · highest 100 · gap 22

Also screened — no listing found

  • California Proposition 65
  • ECHA SVHC Candidate List
  • US NTP Report on Carcinogens
  • ANSES Endocrine Disruptors
  • EU Harmonised Classification (CLP Annex VI)

Recognized on a safer-ingredients list

  • US EPA Safer Choice (SCIL) — 58% of ingredients recognized

Environmental

  • EU Microplastics RestrictionGovernmentunverified match
    86

Labor

  • Cruelty-Free CertificationNonprofitunverified match
    55

Coverage & match quality

7 ratings · 3 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

  • Health Canada Ingredient Hotlist85 on 0–100→85
  • Greenlens Ingredient Scan78 on 0–100→78
  • Greenlens Tolerance Screen94 on 0–100→94
  • IARC Monographs82 on 0–100→82
  • Greenlens Precautionary Screen100 on 0–100→100
Average of 85 · 78 · 94 · 82 · 100pillar83

Raters split here, so this 83 is a midpoint, not a consensus. The spread stays on the “every rater” list above.

Why the safety score

Greenlens Ingredient Scan

Independent · EU regulatory reference

78/100

Flagged 2 of 24 ingredients: 1 restricted, 1 of concern.

  • POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE / SODIUM HYDROXIDEEU Cosmetics Regulation Annex III (restricted)−10
  • Fragrance / Parfum (undisclosed)Common transparency/sensitization concern (not a regulatory ban)−12

Starts at 100; 22 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 22 points apart. See what each one flags, and what it costs.

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Weighted by what you care about

Tune your weights

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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·23 of 24 characterized

Our sources have reference data on 23 of 24 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
Water→antiplaqueskin conditioningsolventantiplaqueskin conditioningsolventNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Sodium Laureth Sulfate→cleansingfoamingsurfactant - cleansingcleansingfoamingsurfactant - cleansingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Perlite→absorbentbulkingabsorbentbulkingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Sodium Chloride→fragranceoral carebulkingfragranceoral carebulkingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Acrylates Copolymer→film formingantistaticbindingfilm formingantistaticbinding4/10EU microplastics-restricted· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
Coco-Betaine→antistaticcleansinghair conditioningantistaticcleansinghair conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Cocamide Mea→emulsion stabilisingsurfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifyingemulsion stabilisingsurfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifyingNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Glycerin→perfuminghumectantdenaturantperfuminghumectantdenaturantNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Charcoal Powder→abrasiveabsorbentopacifyingabrasiveabsorbentopacifying4/10IARC possible carcinogen (Group 2B)· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagreeCosIng-catalogued
Citric Acid→fragrancechelatingbufferingfragrancechelatingbuffering4/10Health Canada Hotlist — restricted· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
Hydrogenated Castor Oil→emollientsurfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifyingemollientsurfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifyingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Hydrogenated Jojoba Oil→emollientabrasiveskin conditioningemollientabrasiveskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Iron Oxides→—No flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Polyglycerin-10→humectantskin conditioninghumectantskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Polyglycerly-10 Myristate→—Not in our sourcesNo data
Polyglyceryl-10 Stearate→skin conditioningskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
PPG-5-Ceteth-20→surfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifyingsurfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifyingNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Propylene Glycol→humectantskin conditioningsolventhumectantskin conditioningsolventNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Sodium Dehydroacetate→preservativepreservativeNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Sodium Hydroxide→bufferingdenaturantbufferingdenaturant4/10EU-restricted (with limits)· flagged by 2 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
Sorbitol→perfumingfragrancehumectantperfumingfragrancehumectantNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Trisodium Ethylenediamine Disuccinate→chelatingchelatingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Vaccinium Myrtillus Fruit Extract→skin conditioningskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
PARFUM / FRAGRANCE→—4/10Transparency concern· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagreeReferenced