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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.

Cosmetics only · lead with safetyOpen data via Open Beauty Facts · no EWG/Yuka scraping
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Catalog/Olay/Complete UV Protection Moisture Lotion Sensitive SPF 15
Complete UV Protection Moisture Lotion Sensitive SPF 15
Olay

Complete UV Protection Moisture Lotion Sensitive SPF 15

Face MoisturizerGTIN 4902430951432

Your composite

63OUT OF 100Fair

range 60–69

68▲▼ split
Safety
90
Eco
30
Labor
—
Pkg

Why this score

28-point split

80

Scan

60

Precautionary

88

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.

60Greenlens Precautionary ScreenIndependent
vs
88Greenlens Tolerance ScreenIndependent
050100
See why, ingredient by ingredient→

Cleaner options

See 12 cleaner alternatives

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 Ingredient ScanIndependentunverified match
    80
  • Greenlens Precautionary ScreenIndependentunverified match
    60
  • Greenlens Tolerance ScreenIndependentunverified match
    88

Lowest 60 · highest 88 · gap 28

Also screened — no listing found

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

Recognized on a safer-ingredients list

  • US EPA Safer Choice (SCIL) — 52% of ingredients recognized

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 Ingredient Scan80 on 0–100→80
  • Greenlens Precautionary Screen60 on 0–100→60
  • Greenlens Tolerance Screen88 on 0–100→88
Average of 80 · 60 · 88pillar68

Raters split here, so this 68 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

80/100

Flagged 6 of 29 ingredients: 2 restricted.

  • PolyacrylamidesEU Cosmetics Regulation Annex III (restricted)−10
  • LAURETH-9EU Cosmetics Regulation Annex III (restricted)−10

Starts at 100; 27 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.

All three lenses →

Weighted by what you care about

Tune your weights

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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

  • Octocrylene3 positions →
  • Polyacrylamides3 positions →
  • Phenoxyethanol3 positions →
  • Carbomer4 positions →
  • LAURETH-93 positions →

Ingredients, decoded

Data availability

Robust·27 of 29 characterized

Our sources have reference data on 27 of 29 listed ingredients; 2 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
Water→antiplaqueskin conditioningsolventantiplaqueskin conditioningsolventNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Glycerin→perfuminghumectantdenaturantperfuminghumectantdenaturantNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Ethylhexyl Salicylate→uv filteruv absorberlight stabilizeruv filteruv absorberlight stabilizerExamined, no flagReferenced
Niacinamide→smoothingsmoothingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Butyl Methoxydibenzoylmethane→uv filteruv absorberlight stabilizeruv filteruv absorberlight stabilizerExamined, no flagReferenced
Isopropyl Isostearate→emollientbindingskin conditioningemollientbindingskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Octocrylene→uv filteruv absorberlight stabilizeruv filteruv absorberlight stabilizer6/10Strong contact sensitizer· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
Phenylbenzimidazole Sulfonic Acid→uv filteruv absorberlight stabilizeruv filteruv absorberlight stabilizerExamined, no flagReferenced
Panthenol→antistatichair conditioningskin conditioningantistatichair conditioningskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Aminomethyl Propanol→bufferingbufferingNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Zea Mays→—Not in our sourcesNo data
Starch→—No flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
1‚2-Hexanediol→skin conditioningsolventskin conditioningsolventNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Behenyl Alcohol→emollientbindingemulsion stabilisingemollientbindingemulsion stabilisingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Caprylyl Glycol→emollientdeodoranthair conditioningemollientdeodoranthair conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Polyacrylamide→film formingantistaticbindingfilm formingantistaticbinding4/10EU-restricted (with limits)· flagged by 2 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
Stearyl Alcohol→fragranceemollientemulsion stabilisingfragranceemollientemulsion stabilisingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Phenoxyethanol→preservativeantimicrobialpreservativeantimicrobial4/10Mild sensitizer for some· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
Cetyl Alcohol→fragranceemollientemulsion stabilisingfragranceemollientemulsion stabilisingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Tocopheryl Acetate→antioxidantskin conditioningantioxidantskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
C13-14 Isoalkane→—Not in our sourcesNo data
Carbomer→emulsion stabilisinggel formingviscosity controllingemulsion stabilisinggel formingviscosity controlling4/10EU microplastics-restricted· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
Cetearyl Alcohol→emollientemulsion stabilisingopacifyingemollientemulsion stabilisingopacifyingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Cetearyl Glucoside→surfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifyingsurfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifyingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Peg-100 Stearate→surfactant - cleansingsurfactant - cleansingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Disodium Edta→chelatingviscosity controllingchelatingviscosity controllingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Laureth-7→surfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifyingsurfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifying4/10EU-restricted (with limits)· flagged by 2 of 9raters disagreeWell-characterized
Palmitic Acid→emollientsurfactant - emulsifyingemollientsurfactant - emulsifyingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Stearic Acid→fragrancecleansingemulsion stabilisingfragrancecleansingemulsion stabilisingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized

Where this came from

Product identity (name, brand, category) verified against thewarehouse.co.nz ↗

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