Skincare

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.

Re’equil is an independent Chandigarh skincare label; its sunscreens and retinol creams are made in Baddi. Owners, makers and per-gram prices, 1 September 2026.

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.

Deconstruct names a percentage on 13 of 16 product pages and none inside an ingredient list. An independent Bengaluru brand with L’Oréal as a minority investor, five contract factories and no SPF report published.

Dr. Jart+ has been wholly owned by Estée Lauder since December 2019, not 2015. Indian prices on the day every product sat at 60% off, what its claims publish, and who imports it.

Himalaya’s classic skincare costs ₹1.40–₹2.40 per millilitre, the cheapest we have audited. The pack, the licence and the corporate record tell a more complicated story than the herbal front label.

The Indian Clean & Clear range shares nothing but a logo with the American one. We read the packs, the licences and the prices.

Who owns Paula’s Choice, what it costs in India against American prices on twelve matched pairs, and what its ingredient lists do and do not publish.

Shiseido has owned Drunk Elephant since November 2019, but no Indian importer is named on any listing we could find. Eleven matched pairs run at 156% to 187% of the brand’s own US list price.

Sunday Riley’s Indian MRPs sit at 101-104% of its own American list prices, but the prices actually asked on 5 September 2026 were 50-59%. Ownership, the FTC consent order, certifications and what the pack does not say.

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.