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Godrej bought the Park Avenue grooming business from Raymond for ₹2,825 crore in 2023, while Raymond kept the clothing brand. What that means for the pack, the price and the claims.

Lavie is run by Mumbai company Bagzone Lifestyles, which posts its own annual returns. Its handbags are declared made in India or China; Myntra median ₹1,650.

Faces Canada began in Toronto in 1974; in India it is owned by Purplle. Where its kajals and lipsticks are made, what they cost per gram and what they claim.

Aristocrat is V.I.P. Industries’ budget luggage brand. What its cabin trolleys sell for against MRP, where they are declared made and what the warranty covers.

Ajanta is a Banik family footwear group making slippers and sandals in its own Kolkata plants. Its owners, CARE-rated income and Myntra prices, checked.

Garnier is sold in India by L’Oréal India. Its day serum formula differs from the UK one, its night serum matches; sunscreen pages and per-ml prices compared.

Earth Rhythm, majority-owned by Nykaa’s parent since 2024, makes part of its range in its own Gurugram factory. What 28 product pages publish and per-ml prices.

Mamaearth is owned by listed Honasa Consumer and made by contract manufacturers named on most product pages. SPF results and Indian prices, 1 September 2026.

mCaffeine audit: who owns the coffee skincare brand, who makes its face and body care, and what it costs per millilitre in India, checked 3 September 2026.

Renee Cosmetics audit: the Beardo founders’ Ahmedabad brand, the Indian contract factories named on its pages, per-gram prices and its FY25 filed figures.

Beardo is 100% owned by Marico, which discloses ₹214.17 crore of brand turnover. Its beard oil costs ₹9.98 per millilitre, and two of its growth claims were struck down in August 2024.

Nykaa owns 90% of Dot & Key and ranks it first in its own sunscreen category. The brand makes nothing itself, publishes more SPF data than any Indian rival, and one of its pages contradicts its own PA claim. Checked 1 September 2026.

Bombay Shaving Company is the largest Indian men’s grooming brand still independent, at ₹634.7 crore in FY2026 — and the only one with no advertising finding against a product claim.