Skincare

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Choice, what it costs in India against American prices on twelve matched pairs, and what its ingredient lists do and do not publish.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

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.

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.