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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/Aveeno/Calm + Restore Oat Gel Face Moisturizer
Aveeno

Calm + Restore Oat Gel Face Moisturizer

Face MoisturizerGTIN 381371191840

Your composite

66OUT OF 100Fair

range 63–73

77▲▼ split
Safety
90
Eco
30
Labor
—
Pkg

Why this score

28-point split

70

Scan

98

Precautionary

82

Tolerance

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Cleaner options

12 found

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Flagged

5 ingredients

What's flagged →

Raters split

Ingredient safety

A 28-point gap between the two loudest voices.

70Greenlens Ingredient ScanIndependent
vs
98Greenlens Precautionary ScreenIndependent
050100
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Cleaner options

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Same category, ranked by ingredient safety, never by affiliate payout.

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Every rater, every axis

Ingredient safety

Split · 28 pts apart
  • Greenlens Tolerance ScreenIndependentunverified match
    82
  • Greenlens Ingredient ScanIndependentunverified match
    70
  • Greenlens Precautionary ScreenIndependentunverified match
    98

Lowest 70 · highest 98 · gap 28

Also screened — no listing found

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

Environmental

  • EU Microplastics RestrictionGovernmentunverified match
    90

Labor

  • Cruelty-Free CertificationNonprofitunverified match
    30

Coverage & match quality

5 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 Tolerance Screen82 on 0–100→82
  • Greenlens Ingredient Scan70 on 0–100→70
  • Greenlens Precautionary Screen98 on 0–100→98
Average of 82 · 70 · 98pillar77

Raters split here, so this 77 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

70/100

Flagged 4 of 22 ingredients: 3 restricted.

  • PolyacrylamidesEU Cosmetics Regulation Annex III (restricted)−10
  • LAURETH-9EU Cosmetics Regulation Annex III (restricted)−10
  • POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE / SODIUM HYDROXIDEEU Cosmetics Regulation Annex III (restricted)−10

Starts at 100; 19 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 28 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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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

  • Polyacrylamides3 positions →
  • Phenoxyethanol3 positions →
  • carbomer4 positions →
  • LAURETH-93 positions →
  • POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE / SODIUM HYDROXIDE3 positions →

Ingredients, decoded

Data availability

Robust·22 of 22 characterized

Our sources have reference data on all 22 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
glycerin→perfuminghumectantdenaturantperfuminghumectantdenaturantNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
dimethicone→emollientantifoamingskin conditioningemollientantifoamingskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
cetearyl olivate→hair conditioninghair conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
avena sativa kernel flour→abrasiveabsorbentbulkingabrasiveabsorbentbulkingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
sorbitan olivate→surfactant - emulsifyingsurfactant - emulsifyingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
polyacrylamide→film formingantistaticbindingfilm formingantistaticbinding4/10EU-restricted (with limits)· flagged by 2 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
synthetic beeswax→bindingemulsion stabilisingviscosity controllingbindingemulsion stabilisingviscosity controllingNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
phenoxyethanol→preservativeantimicrobialpreservativeantimicrobial4/10Mild sensitizer for some· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
c13-14 isoparaffin→emollientsolventemollientsolventNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
butylene glycol→fragrancehumectantskin conditioningfragrancehumectantskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
dimethicone crosspolymer→emulsion stabilisinghair fixingviscosity controllingemulsion stabilisinghair fixingviscosity controllingNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
panthenol→antistatichair conditioningskin conditioningantistatichair conditioningskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
chlorphenesin→preservativeantimicrobialpreservativeantimicrobialNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
dimethiconol→emollientantifoamingmoisturisingemollientantifoamingmoisturisingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
carbomer→emulsion stabilisinggel formingviscosity controllingemulsion stabilisinggel formingviscosity controlling4/10EU microplastics-restricted· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
laureth-7→surfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifyingsurfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifying4/10EU-restricted (with limits)· flagged by 2 of 9raters disagreeWell-characterized
chrysanthemum parthenium flower/leaf/stem juice→antioxidantskin conditioningantioxidantskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
ethylhexylglycerin→deodorantskin conditioningdeodorantskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
sodium hydroxide→bufferingdenaturantbufferingdenaturant4/10EU-restricted (with limits)· flagged by 2 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
avena sativa kernel extract→antioxidantemollientabrasiveantioxidantemollientabrasiveNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
centella asiatica extract→cleansingsmoothingsoothingcleansingsmoothingsoothingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized