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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/Pantene/Gold Series Curl Defining Pudding
Gold Series Curl Defining Pudding
Pantene

Gold Series Curl Defining Pudding

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Your composite

57OUT OF 100Fair

range 48–73

50▲▼ split
Safety
90
Eco
30
Labor
—
Pkg

Why this score

75-point split

85

Scan

25

Precautionary

100

Tolerance

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Alternatives

No category on file, so no fair comparison.

Flagged

4 ingredients

What's flagged →

Raters split

Ingredient safety

A 75-point gap between the two loudest voices.

25Greenlens Precautionary ScreenIndependent
vs
100Greenlens Tolerance ScreenIndependent
050100
See why, ingredient by ingredient→

Every rater, every axis

Ingredient safety

Split · 75 pts apart
  • Greenlens Precautionary ScreenIndependentunverified match
    25
  • Greenlens Tolerance ScreenIndependentunverified match
    100
  • Greenlens Ingredient ScanIndependentunverified match
    85
  • EU Harmonised Classification (CLP Annex VI)Governmentunverified match
    90

Lowest 25 · highest 100 · gap 75

Also screened — no listing found

  • ANSES Endocrine Disruptors
  • Health Canada Ingredient Hotlist
  • ECHA SVHC Candidate List
  • IARC Monographs
  • California Proposition 65
  • US NTP Report on Carcinogens

Environmental

  • EU Microplastics RestrictionGovernmentunverified match
    90

Labor

  • Cruelty-Free CertificationNonprofitunverified match
    30

Coverage & match quality

6 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

  • Greenlens Precautionary Screen25 on 0–100→25
  • Greenlens Tolerance Screen100 on 0–100→100
  • Greenlens Ingredient Scan85 on 0–100→85
  • EU Harmonised Classification (CLP Annex VI)90 on 0–100→90
Average of 25 · 100 · 85 · 90pillar50

Raters split here, so this 50 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

85/100

Flagged 2 of 14 ingredients: 1 of concern, 1 regulated allergen.

  • Benzyl AlcoholEU Cosmetics Regulation Annex III / Reg. (EU) 2023/1545 (labelled fragrance allergen)−3
  • Fragrance / Parfum (undisclosed)Common transparency/sensitization concern (not a regulatory ban)−12

Starts at 100; 12 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 75 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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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.

Flagged ingredients

  • Benzyl Alcohol4 positions →
  • Carbomer4 positions →
  • DMDM Hydantoin3 positions →
  • Fragrance / Parfum (undisclosed)3 positions →

Ingredients, decoded

Data availability

Robust·14 of 14 characterized

Our sources have reference data on all 14 listed ingredients.

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
Dimethicone→emollientantifoamingskin conditioningemollientantifoamingskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Sorbitol→perfumingfragrancehumectantperfumingfragrancehumectantNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Aminomethyl Propanol→bufferingbufferingNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Carbomer→emulsion stabilisinggel formingviscosity controllingemulsion stabilisinggel formingviscosity controlling4/10EU microplastics-restricted· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
Va/Crotonates Copolymer→film formingantistaticbindingfilm formingantistaticbindingNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Argania Spinosa Kernel Oil→emollientskin conditioningemollientskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Benzyl Alcohol→preservativeperfumingsolventpreservativeperfumingsolvent6/10EU harmonised skin sensitizer· flagged by 2 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
Fragrance→—4/10Transparency concern· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
Dmdm Hydantoin→preservativepreservative8/10Carcinogen-linked· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
Peg-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil→surfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifyingsurfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifyingNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Histidine→humectantantistaticskin conditioninghumectantantistaticskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Panthenyl Ethyl Ether→antistatichair conditioningantistatichair conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Panthenol→antistatichair conditioningskin conditioningantistatichair conditioningskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized