Grooming & Skincare

Augustinus Bader runs to ₹1,623.33 a millilitre in India. The professor, the patent and the panel sizes, checked against the registers on 5 September 2026.

The UK company behind The Body Shop is in liquidation; the Indian franchisee is not. What the brand costs here, who imports it, and the one advertising finding on record.

Plum is founder-run, PETA-listed and mostly made in Maharashtra. Its 1% Retinol & Bakuchiol serum lists neither ingredient by name, and its 50 ml niacinamide serum is 27% cheaper per ml than the 15 ml.

Pond’s is now two brands under one name: Hindustan Unilever’s in India, Evermark’s in America. We price the range per gram and report what ponds.in does not publish.

Pilgrim is a Mumbai brand made by contractors in Jammu, Baddi and Parwanoo. We check its Spanish, Korean and French claims against the pack, its sunscreens against what it publishes, and its MRP against the price it actually charges.

SUGAR Cosmetics is independent and Mumbai-run, but seven of ten product pages we read declare imports, and the filings show a loss every year on record. The full audit, with every figure dated.

The name says Switzerland. The register says Delhi, and nine of eleven product declarations say China. What Swiss Beauty actually is, who makes it, and what it should cost you.

Tarte has no authorised Indian retailer, so resellers charge 77% to 97% above US list. Tokyo-listed KOSE owns the brand outright.

The Face Shop’s Indian MRP runs 30% above Korean list and 63% above what a Korean shopper actually pays. Who imports it, what its claims rest on, and what it costs per millilitre.

The Derma Co is Honasa’s second brand, made in three of the same factories as Mamaearth and sold at 46% to 124% more per ml. What its published test reports prove, and what they do not.

Fourteen Indian listings gave Too Faced three different countries of origin, and one mascara declared two. What the brand costs here, who owns it, and what it publishes behind its claims.

L’Oréal bought Kiehl’s in 2000, not 1988. Who imports it, who sells it in India now, and what it costs against the American price.

SK-II reached India on 1 April 2026 with LUXASIA. P&G owns it, the hero essence works out at ₹89.13 a millilitre, and its “over 90% Pitera” claim is the first on this site the ingredient list supports.