Who We Are
Worth The Jar is an independent review publication covering skincare, beauty devices, and the products that sit somewhere between the two. We buy things, use them properly, and write down what actually happened.
The name is the question we ask about everything that crosses our desk. A jar of cream can cost eight pounds or eight hundred. Very little about the packaging tells you which one you are holding. That gap is what we exist to close.
Why We Started
Most beauty coverage online is written by people who have never opened the product. Press releases get rewritten, ingredient lists get paraphrased, and rankings quietly track commission rates rather than results.
We wanted the opposite. We buy with our own money, test over months rather than afternoons, and publish the disappointing results alongside the good ones. If something worked, we will say so. If it did nothing at all, we will say that too — and that happens more often than the industry likes to admit.
Our Values
Independence
Every product purchased at retail. No gifted units, no sponsored placements, no pay-to-play rankings.
Patience
Skin takes time. Sixty days minimum on topicals, because anything shorter tells you nothing real.
Honesty
We publish the failures. Our usefulness to you depends entirely on it.
Transparency
Every affiliate relationship disclosed clearly, on every page that contains one.
How We Make Money
Worth The Jar is funded by affiliate commissions. When you follow a link from one of our reviews and buy something, the retailer may pay us a small referral fee. You pay exactly the same price either way.
That revenue buys the products we test and keeps everything on this site free to read. It does not decide what we recommend — we have written negative reviews of products that would have paid us well, and we will keep doing it. The full arrangement is set out in our Affiliate Disclosure.
Get in Touch
Questions, corrections, or something you'd like us to put through the process? Our contact page reaches the whole team, or email us directly at [email protected].