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Ingredient Encyclopedia

Every ingredient,
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Search any cosmetic ingredient and see what the science actually says — safety score, concern level, a short explanation, and which products it's hiding in. No chemistry degree required.

  • 200

    Ingredients analyzed

  • 489

    Products scanned

  • 689

    Safety reports generated

What this is

This is the live index of every ingredient GlowLens has analyzed so far. Each one carries a 0–100 safety score, a concern level, a plain-language note about what it does, and the list of products we've found it in. Search by name, scroll the list, or follow any entry to the full report.

200 ingredients analyzed

60

Phenoxyethanol

medium23 products
98

Glycerin

low21 products
100

SODIUM HYALURONATE

low16 products
64

Dimethicone

medium15 products
97

TOCOPHEROL

low13 products
38

Disodium EDTA

medium9 products
31

Parfum (Fragrance)

high9 products
98

Panthenol

low9 products
99

Squalane

low8 products
97

Caprylic/capric triglyceride

low8 products
42

Linalool

medium7 products
42

Limonene

medium7 products
99

Niacinamide

low7 products
85

Ethylhexylglycerin

low7 products
92

Tocopheryl Acetate

low7 products
88

Citric Acid

low6 products
Where the data comes from

Built on sources you can check yourself.

Every safety score traces back to public regulatory bodies and peer-reviewed literature — not opinion, not vibes.

Public regulatory data

Each ingredient is checked against EU CosIng, the EU Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS), and the U.S. Cosmetic Ingredient Review (CIR). These are the same bodies that regulate what brands are allowed to put in your products.

Independent safety reviews

We cross-reference EWG Skin Deep ratings and the published peer-reviewed dermatology and toxicology literature. When sources disagree, we say so on the ingredient page instead of pretending there's a clean answer.

AI that explains, not invents

The plain-language summaries are generated by an LLM from those public sources — never from thin air. If we don't have enough data on an ingredient, the entry says so. No fake confidence.

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Reader questions

A few honest answers about this database

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How accurate are these safety scores?
Treat them as a strong starting point, not a medical diagnosis. Each score aggregates public regulatory and peer-reviewed sources — EU CosIng, CIR, EWG Skin Deep, and published dermatology research. Where sources disagree, the ingredient page surfaces that disagreement instead of hiding it behind one number. For a real skin condition, talk to a dermatologist.
Where does the underlying data come from?
Three places. (1) Public regulatory bodies — EU CosIng entries and SCCS opinions, and U.S. CIR safety assessments. (2) Independent ingredient reviews from EWG Skin Deep. (3) Peer-reviewed dermatology and toxicology literature. The AI summary on each page reads those sources and translates them into plain language — it doesn't invent claims.
Why isn't a specific ingredient listed?
The database grows from products people actually scan, so anything that hasn't appeared on a scanned label yet won't be here. Scan any cosmetic with that ingredient and it'll be analyzed within seconds — and added to this database (anonymously) if you choose to save the product.
How often is the database updated?
The list of ingredients refreshes every few minutes as new products are scanned. Individual ingredient pages re-run the AI analysis whenever new product data lands, so scores reflect current cumulative evidence — not a snapshot from last year.

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