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About The Skin Score

Who runs this site,
and how it makes money

The Skin Score is a small, independent site about luxury skincare. No brand, retailer or agency owns it or pays for placement. It earns money one way: a commission from Amazon when a reader buys through one of our links.

We don't test products, and we never say we did. What we do is read. We read Amazon listings the way a careful buyer would, and we read the public records behind the claims: NSF's certification database, the FDA's drug listings, the federal rules on sunscreens and cosmetics.

Then we report what we found. That includes where the evidence runs out.

How we rank →
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Categories
Serums, moisturizers, eye creams, face oils, cleansers, body, treatments and fragrance
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Listings re-read
Amazon listings we re-checked on 23 September 2026 for this update
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Brands we won't link
No authorized Amazon storefront, so no buy button, however well they rank
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Products tested
We report what buyers and public records say, and every page says so
01
Read the listing
For each product we link, we read the rating histogram, the reviews Amazon shows, and who is actually selling it. We date what we read.
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Check the record
Where a claim can be checked against a public record, we check it. Certifications, drug listings and federal labeling rules beat marketing copy.
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Rank by judgment
The order on each page is our judgment, explained in prose. There is no score and no formula. Commission never moves a product up.

What we don't do

We don't test products or claim to. We don't accept payment for placement, and we don't run display ads. We don't link five brands that have no authorized storefront on Amazon: SkinCeuticals, La Mer, Sisley Paris, Vintner's Daughter and Biologique Recherche. They still rank where buyers put them.

How the site makes money

Affiliate disclosure

The Skin Score is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program. As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases, at no extra cost to you. That commission is the site's only income. Our editorial policy explains how we keep it from shaping the rankings.

How we use AI

AI disclosure

We use AI tools to help draft pages, sort through listings and check our own writing. Every figure we publish is checked against the listing or record it came from, and dated. If we can't check a figure, it doesn't run.

Corrections

If something here is wrong, tell us. We fix it and log it. Corrections are listed on the editorial policy page, and each article carries its own note of what changed and when.

Contact

Email theskinscoreinfo@gmail.com or use the contact page. Questions about a ranking are welcome.

No medical advice

Content is for informational purposes only and does not constitute medical, dermatological, or professional skincare advice. Consult a qualified professional for personal skincare guidance.

What changed on 24 September 2026