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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/NIVEA/Micellar Water Brightening 400mL
Micellar Water Brightening 400mL
NIVEA

Micellar Water Brightening 400mL

Micellar WaterGTIN 4006000105093

Your composite

61OUT OF 100Fair

range 58–64

92
Safety
—
Eco
30
Labor
—
Pkg

Why this score

8-point split

90

Scan

98

Precautionary

94

Tolerance

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Flagged

3 ingredients

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Every rater, every axis

Ingredient safety

Raters agree
  • Greenlens Ingredient ScanIndependentunverified match
    90
  • Health Canada Ingredient HotlistGovernmentunverified match
    85
  • Greenlens Precautionary ScreenIndependentunverified match
    98
  • Greenlens Tolerance ScreenIndependentunverified match
    94

Also screened — no listing found

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

Environmental

    Also screened — no listing found

    • EU Microplastics Restriction

    Labor

    • Cruelty-Free CertificationNonprofitunverified match
      30

    Coverage & match quality

    5 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

    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 Scan90 on 0–100→90
    • Health Canada Ingredient Hotlist85 on 0–100→85
    • Greenlens Precautionary Screen98 on 0–100→98
    • Greenlens Tolerance Screen94 on 0–100→94
    Average of 90 · 85 · 98 · 94pillar92

    Why the safety score

    Greenlens Ingredient Scan

    Independent · EU regulatory reference

    90/100

    Flagged 4 of 23 ingredients: 1 restricted.

    • POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE / SODIUM HYDROXIDEEU Cosmetics Regulation Annex III (restricted)−10

    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 8 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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    Environmentalno rating

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

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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

    • POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE / SODIUM HYDROXIDE3 positions →
    • Phenoxyethanol3 positions →
    • Benzethonium Chloride4 positions →

    Ingredients, decoded

    Data availability

    Robust·20 of 23 characterized

    Our sources have reference data on 20 of 23 listed ingredients; 3 are 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
    Aqua→solventsolventNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Isododecane→perfumingemollientsolventperfumingemollientsolventNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
    Glycerin→perfuminghumectantdenaturantperfuminghumectantdenaturantNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    C15-19 Alkane→solventsolventExamined, no flagReferenced
    Sodium Ascorbyl Phosphate→antioxidantantioxidantNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Tocopheryl Acetate→antioxidantskin conditioningantioxidantskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Arginine HCL→skin conditioningskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
    Citrus Sinensis Fruit Extract→antioxidantskin conditioningantioxidantskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
    Coco-Caprylate→emollientemollientNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
    Caprate→—Not in our sourcesNo data
    Isopropyl Palmitate→perfumingfragranceemollientperfumingfragranceemollientNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Caprylyl→—Not in our sourcesNo data
    Capryl Glucoside→—Not in our sourcesNo data
    Tocopherol→fragranceantioxidantskin conditioningfragranceantioxidantskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Zea Mays Oil→perfumingfragrancehair conditioningperfumingfragrancehair conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Sodium Chloride→fragranceoral carebulkingfragranceoral carebulkingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Trisodium EDTA→chelatingchelatingNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
    Sodium Hydroxide→bufferingdenaturantbufferingdenaturant4/10EU-restricted (with limits)· flagged by 2 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
    Bis-Ethylhexyloxyphenol Methoxyphenyl Triazine→uv filteruv absorberhair conditioninguv filteruv absorberhair conditioningExamined, no flagReferenced
    Phenoxyethanol→preservativeantimicrobialpreservativeantimicrobial4/10Mild sensitizer for some· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
    Benzethonium Chloride→preservativeantimicrobialdeodorantpreservativeantimicrobialdeodorant4/10Health Canada Hotlist — restricted· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
    Decyl Alcohol→fragranceemollientsurfactant - cleansingfragranceemollientsurfactant - cleansingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    CI 40800→colorantcolorantNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued