Affiliate Disclosure

The short version

Barrier & Balmis free to read because it is supported by affiliate links. When you click a link to a product and buy it, we may earn a small commission — at no extra cost to you. That commission is how the site pays for itself. It does not change which products we recommend, the order we rank them, or what we say about them.

Amazon Associates

Barrier & Balm is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases. Amazon is our default retailer, and most product links on the site are tagged Amazon links using our associate tag, barrierandbalm-20.

We may add other retailer or brand programs over time. If we do, the same rule applies: a link earns us a commission only through a program we have actually joined, and we would rather send you to the option that’s better for you — cheaper, in stock, better warranty — than to the one that pays us more.

How to spot the links

Outbound links to a retailer are marked as sponsored and open in a new tab, and every buy button carries an #adlabel and a link back to this page. Prices shown next to those buttons are pulled live from the retailer and stamped with the date they were pulled; where we don’t have a live price, the button says “Check price on Amazon” instead of showing a number.

Why you can trust the recommendations anyway

The reasoning behind a pick is identical whether or not a link earns us anything. We regularly recommend the cheaper product, and we’ll tell you when to skip a category entirely. We do not accept payment for reviews, we don’t take “sponsored” placements dressed up as editorial, and we publish no fabricated reviews or ratings. How we actually evaluate products is documented on our methodology page, and the standards we hold ourselves to are in our editorial policy.

Not medical advice

Barrier & Balm is written by a skincare enthusiast, not a dermatologist, and nothing on the site is medical advice. For a diagnosis, a skin reaction, or a prescription treatment, please see a qualified professional.

Questions

If anything here is unclear, or you want to know whether a specific link earns us a commission, ask us— we’ll tell you straight.