One hundred and twenty skincare listings read on 29 September, divided by the millilitre. Six brands sell the same serum twice, at two different rates.
Myntra is one of the few Indian shops that prints pack size in the product title, so its skincare aisle can be priced by the millilitre rather than the bottle. We did that to 120 listings on 29 September 2026. Six brands sell one product in two sizes, and each pair shares a single rating count - and in five of the six the small bottle costs 22% to 72% more per millilitre. The tickets are Rs. 219 and Rs. 569. The rates are nothing like as close.
Every price below was pulled from Myntra on September 29, 2026 and checked against the MRP on the listing. Stack them with the live codes on our Myntra coupons page, which the deals desk re-verifies daily.
Six brands in this read sell what their own titles call the same product in two bottle sizes, and each pair displays one identical rating count because Myntra pools the reviews. In five of the six, the small bottle costs more per millilitre - by 22% to 72%.
The small bottle of a pair that shares one rating count with its bigger sibling.
Why it earned its spot Pair one, small bottle.
Two and a half times the liquid for two and a half times the price, and it works out cheaper.
Why it earned its spot Pair one, big bottle.
Pair two, and the widest per-millilitre gap of the six.
Why it earned its spot Pair two, small bottle.
Three times the liquid, 27% less per millilitre, and more than twice the discount.
Why it earned its spot Pair two, big bottle.
Pair three, and the narrowest gap of the five that run this way.
Why it earned its spot Pair three, small bottle.
The lowest per-millilitre rate of any serum seated on this page.
Why it earned its spot Pair three, big bottle.
Pair four, and both halves carry the same tiny discount.
Why it earned its spot Pair four, small bottle.
Identical discount to its 10 ml sibling, and a quarter off the rate.
Why it earned its spot Pair four, big bottle.
Pair five, a moisturiser rather than a serum, and the widest gap of the six.
Why it earned its spot Pair five, small jar.
Less than half the per-millilitre rate of its 25 ml sibling.
Why it earned its spot Pair five, big jar.
Pair six, and the one that breaks the pattern - read it with the next card.
Why it earned its spot Pair six, and the exception.
The smallest bottle on this page, and the only small bottle that is better value.
Why it earned its spot The counter-example, stated plainly.
The 20 listings of 100 ml or more sit at a median Rs. 296 per 100 ml. This is also where the discounts are - the legacy mass brands run 37% to 58% on a shelf whose median badge is 15.5%.
One hundred and fifty millilitres for Rs. 82, and 22,871 ratings.
Why it earned its spot The floor of the shelf.
One of only 16 listings in the read with a badge of 50% or more.
Why it earned its spot A big discount, which is rare here.
The larger of another two-size pair, and again the cheaper one per millilitre.
Why it earned its spot A seventh pair, outside the pooled six.
Rs. 84 cheaper to buy, and Rs. 65 more expensive per 100 ml.
Why it earned its spot The smaller half of pair seven.
More published feedback than any other listing here, on an SPF 50 sunscreen.
Why it earned its spot Most-rated listing on the shelf.
A 100 ml bottle from a brand that mostly sells 10 ml ones.
Why it earned its spot What happens when an actives brand sells volume.
The 15 listings of 15 ml or less sit at a median Rs. 2,360 per 100 ml - eight times the big-bottle median, on tickets of Rs. 219 to Rs. 279 that look almost identical to the big bottles' Rs. 214 to Rs. 323.
A 0.3% retinol serum, priced like the rest of the 10 ml shelf.
Why it earned its spot Exactly the small-bottle median.
A large crowd at a small-bottle rate, on a 17% badge.
Why it earned its spot Crowd and rate, together.
The highest stated vitamin C percentage on this page, near the top of the rate band.
Why it earned its spot More stated active, more money.
The top of the 10 ml band, at a 20% badge and 30,735 ratings.
Why it earned its spot The ceiling of the 10 ml band.
A 30 ml bottle at nearly twice the rate of the dearest 10 ml on this page.
Why it earned its spot Where the bigger bottle is not cheaper.
Fifteen millilitres for Rs. 1,979, and the highest rate in the entire read.
Why it earned its spot The top of the range.
First: divide the price by the millilitres printed in the title. Myntra publishes the volume, which most Indian shops do not, and it is the only way to see that a Rs. 236 bottle and a Rs. 569 bottle of the same serum are Rs. 2,360 and Rs. 1,897 per 100 ml. Second: if you already use a product, check whether it comes in a bigger bottle before reordering. Five of the six size pairs here penalise the small bottle, by 22% to 72%, and in one case three 10 ml bottles cost Rs. 139 more than a single 30 ml of the same thing. Third: do not read a rating count as being about the bottle you are looking at. Every one of the six pairs displays one identical count across both sizes, so a 55,908-rating figure describes the product, not the pack. Fourth: expect small discounts here and do not wait for big ones. The median badge across these 120 listings was 15.5% and 80 of them were at 20% or less - the same shop's t-shirt and kurta shelves run 65% to 76%, so a 15% off skincare is not the same kind of number as a 15% off clothing.
| Product | Sale price | MRP | Discount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plum 15 ml, Rs. 2,093 | Rs. 314 | Rs. Rs. 2,093/100 ml | 10%% |
| Plum 50 ml, Rs. 1,528 | Rs. 764 | Rs. Rs. 1,528/100 ml | 10%% |
| Chemist 10 ml, Rs. 2,590 | Rs. 259 | Rs. Rs. 2,590/100 ml | 13%% |
| Chemist 30 ml, Rs. 1,897 | Rs. 569 | Rs. Rs. 1,897/100 ml | 29%% |
| FoxTale 10 ml, Rs. 2,260 | Rs. 226 | Rs. Rs. 2,260/100 ml | 9%% |
| FoxTale 30 ml, Rs. 1,847 | Rs. 554 | Rs. Rs. 1,847/100 ml | 14%% |
| Minimalist 10 ml, Rs. 2,360 | Rs. 236 | Rs. Rs. 2,360/100 ml | 5%% |
| Minimalist 30 ml, Rs. 1,897 | Rs. 569 | Rs. Rs. 1,897/100 ml | 5%% |
| Dot & Key 25 ml, Rs. 1,220 | Rs. 305 | Rs. Rs. 1,220/100 ml | 13%% |
| Dot & Key 60 ml, Rs. 710 | Rs. 426 | Rs. Rs. 710/100 ml | 14%% |
| Derma co 10 ml, Rs. 2,190 | Rs. 219 | Rs. Rs. 2,190/100 ml | 12%% |
| Derma co 8 ml, Rs. 1,600 | Rs. 128 | Rs. Rs. 1,600/100 ml | 39%% |
| Boroplus Rs. 55/100 ml | Rs. 82 | Rs. Rs. 55/100 ml | 25%% |
| Ponds 200 ml, Rs. 138 | Rs. 277 | Rs. Rs. 138/100 ml | 52%% |
| Ponds 200 ml, Rs. 149 | Rs. 298 | Rs. Rs. 149/100 ml | 58%% |
| Ponds 100 ml, Rs. 214 | Rs. 214 | Rs. Rs. 214/100 ml | 37%% |
| Lakme SPF 50, Rs. 294 | Rs. 294 | Rs. Rs. 294/100 ml | 56%% |
| FoxTale 100 ml, Rs. 323 | Rs. 323 | Rs. Rs. 323/100 ml | 18%% |
| Minimalist retinol, Rs. 2,360 | Rs. 236 | Rs. Rs. 2,360/100 ml | 5%% |
| Derma co kojic, Rs. 2,480 | Rs. 248 | Rs. Rs. 2,480/100 ml | 17%% |
| Pilgrim 15%, Rs. 2,570 | Rs. 257 | Rs. Rs. 2,570/100 ml | 13%% |
| deconstruct, Rs. 2,790 | Rs. 279 | Rs. Rs. 2,790/100 ml | 20%% |
| KOJIGLO, Rs. 4,440 | Rs. 1,332 | Rs. Rs. 4,440/100 ml | 18%% |
| Celimax, Rs. 13,193 | Rs. 1,979 | Rs. Rs. 13,193/100 ml | 10%% |
Each selling price, stated MRP, discount badge, star average and rating count on this page was read on 29 September 2026 from myntra.com's own face-serum, face-moisturisers, sunscreen and skin-care listing pages, server-side, logged out, in India, with product ids deduped so no listing is counted twice. 120 distinct listings. Nothing was bought.
Every 'per 100 ml' figure divides the live selling price by the millilitre figure the listing itself prints in its product name. 61 of the 120 listings state a volume; the Rs. 55 to Rs. 13,193 range, the Rs. 1,299 median and the small- and big-bottle medians all describe those 61. We did not weigh or measure anything, and listings that state no volume are excluded from every rate figure here.
The six pairs in Chapter One are listings from one brand whose titles state the same product name and the same active percentage at two different volumes, and which display one identical rating count - Myntra pools reviews across the sizes. We did not compare the two formulations, and where a brand's two listings differ in any stated ingredient we did not treat them as a pair.
Five of the six pairs show the smaller bottle costing more per millilitre. The sixth runs the other way - 8 ml at Rs. 1,600 per 100 ml against 10 ml at Rs. 2,190 - because the smaller listing carries a 39% badge against a 12% one. It is seated in Chapter One with its sibling so the exception is as visible as the rule.
This page reads prices, stated volumes, MRPs, badges, star averages and rating counts. Nothing was bought, opened, applied or tested. Stated active percentages, SPF and PA ratings, 'dermatologically tested', 'clinically proven' and every other description are the brands' own printed text, reproduced as printed and not verified. Nothing here says any product works, is safe for your skin, or suits any condition, and nothing here is medical or dermatological advice.
Usually, but not always, and the exception is instructive. In our 29 September 2026 read, five of the six same-product size pairs charged more per millilitre for the smaller bottle - from 22% more up to 72% more. The sixth ran the other way: an 8 ml serum at Rs. 1,600 per 100 ml beat the same brand's 10 ml at Rs. 2,190, because the 8 ml carried a 39% discount badge and the 10 ml a 12% one. So check the rate rather than assuming, and note that a big enough discount can outrun the pack-size effect - though on a shelf whose median badge is 15.5%, big discounts are rare.
Because Myntra pools reviews across the sizes of one product. All six size pairs in this read displayed one identical rating count across both listings - 55,908 on one pair, 56,689 on another, 54,196 on a third. The practical consequence is that the review count cannot help you choose between the two sizes, and it is not evidence that the specific bottle you are looking at has been bought by that many people. It describes the product.
Priced per millilitre, the serums in this read mostly ran Rs. 1,847 to Rs. 2,790 per 100 ml, which on the usual 10 ml bottle is a ticket of Rs. 219 to Rs. 279 and on a 30 ml bottle Rs. 554 to Rs. 569. The 15 listings of 15 ml or less had a median of Rs. 2,360 per 100 ml. Across the whole skincare aisle, including moisturisers and sunscreens, the rate ran Rs. 55 to Rs. 13,193 per 100 ml with a median of Rs. 1,299 - moisturisers and sunscreens in 100 ml to 200 ml bottles sat at Rs. 138 to Rs. 323.
No, and it is not close. The median discount badge across these 120 skincare listings was 15.5%, with 80 of them at 20% or less and only 16 at 50% or more. Reads we have run on the same shop's t-shirt, kurta and shirt shelves returned median badges of 65% to 76%. Within skincare the split runs by brand type: the legacy mass brands in this read showed 37% to 58%, while the actives-led brands mostly showed 5% to 20%. Two listings from one actives brand carried the identical 5% badge across both bottle sizes.
In this read, an SPF 50 sunscreen at Rs. 294 for 100 ml, with 69,030 ratings at 4.3 - and as far as we can see that count is not shared with a second size, unlike the six pairs in Chapter One. Behind it came a 10 ml kojic acid serum with 38,797 and a 200 ml moisturiser with 42,384. 109 of the 120 listings published a rating, which is a far higher proportion than we have found on Myntra's home and storage aisles, where it can be as low as three in thirty-two.























