Affiliate Disclosure
Where the money comes from.
Rice Cubes is a free, independent site. Our revenue comes from two sources:
- Affiliate commissions — when you click a link on our site and buy a product at an external retailer, we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you.
- Display advertising — ads served programmatically through ad networks.
The firewall
Our product picks, ratings, and ingredient analyses are not influenced by affiliate payouts. We never swap a product we recommend for one that pays more. If a product we previously recommended changes in a way that makes us retract the recommendation, we update the post and say why.
Active affiliate programs
We participate in the following programs (status updated automatically from our affiliate registry):
| Brand / Network | Network | Status |
|---|---|---|
| OSEA Malibu | Refersion | Pending approval |
| Obagi | Refersion | Pending approval |
| Circcell | Refersion | Pending approval |
| Beauty of Joseon | Direct or Amazon Associates | Pending approval |
| Skin1004 | Amazon Associates / YesStyle | Pending approval |
| I'm From | Direct or YesStyle | Pending approval |
| Haruharu Wonder | Amazon Associates | Pending approval |
| The Inkey List | Sephora via Rakuten or Direct | Pending approval |
| Tatcha | Sephora via Rakuten | Pending approval |
| SK-II | Sephora via Rakuten | Pending approval |
| Amazon Associates | Amazon | Pending approval |
Last updated: 2026-04-25. Networks involved: Refersion · Direct or Amazon Associates · Amazon Associates / YesStyle · Direct or YesStyle · Amazon Associates · Sephora via Rakuten or Direct · Sephora via Rakuten · Amazon.
FTC compliance
Affiliate links on Rice Cubes carry the standard rel="sponsored nofollow noopener" attribute and open in a new tab. We are 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.
We also participate in Sephora's affiliate program via Rakuten Advertising and brand-direct programs operated through Refersion. Links to these retailers are similarly identified.
Editorial independence
No skincare brand pays us to write favorably about their products. No brand has approval rights over anything we publish. If we are ever sent a product for review, we disclose it in that specific post.
Questions
Contact us at hello@ricecubes.com with any concerns about a specific claim or recommendation.