Raters split
Ingredient safety
A 83-point gap between the two loudest voices.
Cleaner options
See 4 cleaner alternatives
Same category, ranked by ingredient safety, never by affiliate payout.
Lowest 15 · highest 98 · gap 83
Coverage & match quality
5 ratings · 2 of 4 axes
no black box
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
Raters split here, so this 35 is a midpoint, not a consensus. The spread stays on the “every rater” list above.
Greenlens Ingredient Scan
Independent · EU regulatory reference
Flagged 4 of 33 ingredients: 1 prohibited, 1 restricted, 1 of concern. Score capped: a prohibited (banned) substance is present.
Penalties alone would give 23, but a prohibited substance is present, so the score is capped at 15 — a genuine hazard isn’t diluted away by a long ingredient list.
Starts at 100; 30 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 83 points apart. See what each one flags, and what it costs.
Tune your weights
composite recomputes live
+No rater covers this axis for this product, so its weight can't move the score.
No rater covers this axis for this product, so its weight can't move the score.
Data availability
Robust33 of 33 characterized
Our sources have reference data on all 33 listed ingredients.
| Ingredient | What it does | Safety | Data |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aquasolvent | solvent | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Pentylene Glycolskin conditioningsolvent | skin conditioningsolvent | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Propanediolsolventviscosity controlling | solventviscosity controlling | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Glycerinperfuminghumectantdenaturant | perfuminghumectantdenaturant | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Niacinamidesmoothing | smoothing | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Biosaccharide Gum-1skin conditioning | skin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Butylene Glycolfragrancehumectantskin conditioning | fragrancehumectantskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Panthenolantistatichair conditioningskin conditioning | antistatichair conditioningskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| PPG-26-Buteth-26hair conditioningskin conditioning | hair conditioningskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymerfilm formingemulsion stabilisingviscosity controlling | film formingemulsion stabilisingviscosity controlling | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Aminomethyl Propanolbuffering | buffering | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oilsurfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifying | surfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifying | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Sodium Lactatehumectantbufferingkeratolytic | humectantbufferingkeratolytic | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Lactic Acidhumectantbufferingskin conditioning | humectantbufferingskin conditioning | Health Canada Hotlist — restricted· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagree | Referenced |
| Disodium EDTAchelatingviscosity controlling | chelatingviscosity controlling | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Parfumperfumingfragrance | perfumingfragrance | Transparency concern· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagree | Referenced |
| Serinefragranceantistatichair conditioning | fragranceantistatichair conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Sorbitolperfumingfragrancehumectant | perfumingfragrancehumectant | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| TEA-Lactatehumectantskin conditioning | humectantskin conditioning | EU-restricted (with limits)· flagged by 2 of 9raters disagree | Referenced |
| Ureahumectantantistaticbuffering | humectantantistaticbuffering | EU-prohibited· flagged by 2 of 9raters disagree | Well-characterized |
| Allantoinsoothingskin conditioningskin protecting | soothingskin conditioningskin protecting | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Lepidium Sativum Sprout Extractskin conditioning | skin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Carbomeremulsion stabilisinggel formingviscosity controlling | emulsion stabilisinggel formingviscosity controlling | EU microplastics-restricted· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagree | Referenced |
| Sodium Chloridefragranceoral carebulking | fragranceoral carebulking | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Phenoxyethanolpreservativeantimicrobial | preservativeantimicrobial | Mild sensitizer for some· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagree | Referenced |
| Polysorbate 20surfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifying | surfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifying | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Sodium Hyaluronatehumectantskin conditioning | humectantskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Sodium Benzoatepreservativefragranceanticorrosive | preservativefragranceanticorrosive | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Lecithinemollientantistaticsurfactant - emulsifying | emollientantistaticsurfactant - emulsifying | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1skin conditioning | skin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7skin conditioning | skin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extractuv absorberfragranceantimicrobial | uv absorberfragranceantimicrobial | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Potassium Sorbatepreservativefragrance | preservativefragrance | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |