Philosophy
vanilla birthday cake
uncategorizedGTIN 3616305458254
Raters split
Labor
A 33-point gap between the two loudest voices.
55Cruelty-Free CertificationNonprofit
vs88Open Beauty Facts CertificationsNonprofit
050100
Every rater, every axis
Ingredient safety
- 13
Labor
Split · 33 pts apart- 88
- 55
Lowest 55 · highest 88 · gap 33
Coverage & match quality
3 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
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
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
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
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
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 · Labor
- Open Beauty Facts Certifications88 on 0–10088
- Cruelty-Free Certification55 on 0–10055
Average of 88 · 55pillar72
Raters split here, so this 72 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
13/100
Flagged 5 of 24 ingredients: 1 prohibited, 2 restricted, 1 of concern.
- Fragrance / Parfum (undisclosed)Common transparency/sensitization concern (not a regulatory ban)−12
- PolyacrylamidesEU Cosmetics Regulation Annex III (restricted)−10
- CI 19140 / ACID YELLOW 23EU Cosmetics Regulation Annex III (restricted)−10
- Disodium 3 -[(2,4-dimethyl-5-sulphonatophenyl)azo]-4-hydroxynaphthalene-1-sulphonate (Ponceaux SX; CI 14700) when used as a substance in hair dye productsEU Cosmetics Regulation Annex II (prohibited)−55
Starts at 100; 20 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 87 points apart. See what each one flags, and what it costs.
Weighted by what you care about
Tune your weights
composite recomputes live
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1.0×
Environmentalno rating
No rater covers this axis for this product, so its weight can't move the score.
1.0×
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.
Printed on the pack
Marks read from a photo of the packaging. Some feed a pillar; some deliberately feed nothing.
- Leaping Bunny — audited cruelty-free — counts toward labor
Ingredients, decoded
Data availability
Robust21 of 24 characterized
Our sources have reference data on 21 of 24 listed ingredients; 3 are uncharacterized in our data — a gap, not a clean bill.
| Ingredient | What it does | Safety | Data |
|---|---|---|---|
| aqua/water/eausolvent | solvent | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| sodium c14-16 olefin sulfonatecleansingfoamingsurfactant - cleansing | cleansingfoamingsurfactant - cleansing | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| glycerinperfuminghumectantdenaturant | perfuminghumectantdenaturant | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| propanediolsolventviscosity controlling | solventviscosity controlling | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| acrylates copolymerfilm formingantistaticbinding | film formingantistaticbinding | EU microplastics-restricted· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagree | Referenced |
| ppg-2 hydroxyethyl cocamidesurfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifying | surfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifying | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| sulfosuccinate | Not in our sources | No data | |
| coco-glucosidecleansingfoamingsurfactant - cleansing | cleansingfoamingsurfactant - cleansing | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| parfum/fragranceperfuming | perfuming | Transparency concern· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagree | Referenced |
| glycol distearateemollientopacifyingsurfactant - emulsifying | emollientopacifyingsurfactant - emulsifying | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| phenone | Not in our sources | No data | |
| sodium chloridefragranceoral carebulking | fragranceoral carebulking | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| sodium benzoatepreservativefragranceanticorrosive | preservativefragranceanticorrosive | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| citric acidfragrancechelatingbuffering | fragrancechelatingbuffering | Health Canada Hotlist — restricted· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagree | Referenced |
| polyquaternium-7film formingantistatic | film formingantistatic | EU-restricted (with limits)· flagged by 2 of 9raters disagree | Referenced |
| hydroxide | Not in our sources | No data | |
| saccharide isomeratehumectant | humectant | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| butyl methoxydibenzoylmethaneuv filteruv absorberlight stabilizer | uv filteruv absorberlight stabilizer | Examined, no flag | Referenced |
| trisodium ethylenediamine disuccinatechelating | chelating | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| alcohol denat.fragranceantimicrobialantifoaming | fragranceantimicrobialantifoaming | ANSES endocrine candidate· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagree | Referenced |
| propylene glycolhumectantskin conditioningsolvent | humectantskin conditioningsolvent | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| sodium citratefragrancechelatingbuffering | fragrancechelatingbuffering | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| yellow 5 (ci 19140) | EU-restricted (with limits)· flagged by 2 of 9raters disagree | Referenced | |
| red 4 (ci 14700) | EU-prohibited· flagged by 2 of 9raters disagree | Referenced |
Where this came from
Cruelty-free status recorded from investors.coty.com ↗
Researched facts on Greenlens always carry the page that stated them — nothing is inferred from a model's memory.