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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/Williams/Expert Sensitive Skin Shaving Gel
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Williams

Expert Sensitive Skin Shaving Gel

Shaving CreamGTIN 3181730117965

Your composite

43OUT OF 100Poor

range 36–66

33▲▼ split
Safety
—
Eco
30
Labor
67
Pkg

Why this score

90-point split

10

Scan

100

Precautionary

25

Tolerance

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10 found

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Flagged

6 ingredients

What's flagged →

Raters split

Ingredient safety

A 90-point gap between the two loudest voices.

10Greenlens Ingredient ScanIndependent
vs
100Greenlens Precautionary ScreenIndependent
050100
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Every rater, every axis

Ingredient safety

Split · 90 pts apart
  • Greenlens Ingredient ScanIndependentunverified match
    10
  • IARC MonographsGovernmentunverified match
    82
  • Greenlens Precautionary ScreenIndependentunverified match
    100
  • ANSES Endocrine DisruptorsGovernmentunverified match
    65
  • EU Harmonised Classification (CLP Annex VI)Governmentunverified match
    55
  • Greenlens Tolerance ScreenIndependentunverified match
    25

Lowest 10 · highest 100 · gap 90

Also screened — no listing found

  • US NTP Report on Carcinogens
  • Health Canada Ingredient Hotlist
  • ECHA SVHC Candidate List
  • California Proposition 65

Recognized on a safer-ingredients list

  • US EPA Safer Choice (SCIL) — 60% of ingredients recognized

Environmental

    Also screened — no listing found

    • EU Microplastics Restriction

    Labor

    • Cruelty-Free CertificationNonprofitunverified match
      30

    Packaging

    • Greenlens Packaging ScanIndependentunverified match
      67

    Coverage & match quality

    8 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 Ingredient Scan10 on 0–100→10
    • IARC Monographs82 on 0–100→82
    • Greenlens Precautionary Screen100 on 0–100→100
    • ANSES Endocrine Disruptors65 on 0–100→65
    • EU Harmonised Classification (CLP Annex VI)55 on 0–100→55
    • Greenlens Tolerance Screen25 on 0–100→25
    Average of 10 · 82 · 100 · 65 · 55 · 25pillar33

    Raters split here, so this 33 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

    10/100

    Flagged 5 of 25 ingredients: 1 prohibited, 2 restricted, 1 of concern, 1 regulated allergen.

    • Trialkylamines, trialkanolamines and their saltsEU Cosmetics Regulation Annex III (restricted)−10
    • Isobutane, if it contains = >0,1% w/w ButadieneEU Cosmetics Regulation Annex II (prohibited)−55
    • Fragrance / Parfum (undisclosed)Common transparency/sensitization concern (not a regulatory ban)−12
    • Benzyl AlcoholEU Cosmetics Regulation Annex III / Reg. (EU) 2023/1545 (labelled fragrance allergen)−3
    • ACID BLUE 9EU Cosmetics Regulation Annex III (restricted)−10

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

    All three lenses →

    Weighted by what you care about

    Tune your weights

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    Environmentalno rating

    No rater covers this axis for this product, so its weight can't move the score.

    1.0×
    1.0×
    0 means ignored. Higher = more weight in your composite.

    Flagged ingredients

    • Trialkylamines, trialkanolamines and their salts4 positions →
    • Isobutane, if it contains = >0,1% w/w Butadiene4 positions →
    • Fragrance / Parfum (undisclosed)3 positions →
    • Benzyl Alcohol4 positions →
    • Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice4 positions →
    • ACID BLUE 93 positions →

    Ingredients, decoded

    Data availability

    Robust·25 of 25 characterized

    Our sources have reference data on all 25 listed ingredients.

    Every listed ingredient: its function, where our safety lists land, and whether our sources have data on it.
    IngredientWhat it doesSafetyData
    Aqua→solventsolventNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Palmitic Acid→emollientsurfactant - emulsifyingemollientsurfactant - emulsifyingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Triethanolamine→fragrancebufferingsurfactant - cleansingfragrancebufferingsurfactant - cleansing8/10ANSES CMR-listed· flagged by 3 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
    Sorbitan Monopalmitate→—No flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Isopentane→propellantsolventviscosity controllingpropellantsolventviscosity controllingNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
    Glycerin→perfuminghumectantdenaturantperfuminghumectantdenaturantNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Hydrogenated Starch Hydrolysate→humectanthumectantNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
    Isobutane→propellantpropellant9/10EU-prohibited· flagged by 3 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
    Caprylyl Glycol→emollientdeodoranthair conditioningemollientdeodoranthair conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    PEG-4 Rapeseedamide→viscosity controllingviscosity controllingNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
    Parfum→perfumingfragranceperfumingfragrance4/10Transparency concern· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
    Hydroxyethylcellulose→film formingbindingemulsion stabilisingfilm formingbindingemulsion stabilisingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Benzyl Alcohol→preservativeperfumingsolventpreservativeperfumingsolvent6/10EU harmonised skin sensitizer· flagged by 2 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
    Allantoin→soothingskin conditioningskin protectingsoothingskin conditioningskin protectingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Myristic Acid→perfumingcleansingsurfactant - emulsifyingperfumingcleansingsurfactant - emulsifyingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Stearic Acid→fragrancecleansingemulsion stabilisingfragrancecleansingemulsion stabilisingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice→skin conditioningskin conditioning4/10IARC possible carcinogen (Group 2B)· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
    PEG-2M→bindingemulsion stabilisingviscosity controllingbindingemulsion stabilisingviscosity controllingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Propylene Glycol→humectantskin conditioningsolventhumectantskin conditioningsolventNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Glucose→humectanthumectantNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Trideceth-9→surfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifyingsurfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifyingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil→surfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifyingsurfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifyingNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
    Panax Ginseng Root Extract→emollienthair conditioningtonicemollienthair conditioningtonicNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
    Silica→abrasiveabsorbentanticakingabrasiveabsorbentanticakingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    CI 42090→coloranthair dyeingcoloranthair dyeing4/10EU-restricted (with limits)· flagged by 2 of 9raters disagreeReferenced

    Where this came from

    Product identity (name, brand, category) verified against connect.megastorexpress.com ↗

    Researched facts on Greenlens always carry the page that stated them — nothing is inferred from a model's memory.