![The two matched hand creams this page compares - a British Rose tube and a Fixderma tube - in their own Amazon listing photographs, used to illustrate a Nykaa versus Amazon hand cream price comparison]()
Two shelves, one category, one morning. We read 36 Nykaa listings and 33 Amazon listings for hand cream and body lotion on 17 October 2026 — logged out, from India, with nothing bought.
Three products appear on both shelves under the same name, and for every one of them Amazon's claimed list price is roughly double Nykaa's. The Body Shop British Rose hand cream: Rs. 445 stated on Nykaa, Rs. 940 on Amazon. Fixderma's: Rs. 275 and Rs. 640. Earth Rhythm's: Rs. 249 and Rs. 580. The selling prices are never more than Rs. 119 apart, and the cheaper site is not the same one each time.
Behind that sits a pricing rule: eleven of Amazon's 33 tiles are badged exactly 70% and all eleven price at the stated MRP times 0.3, while nine more are badged exactly 50% against an MRP exactly twice the price. Not one of Nykaa's 36 listings sits at either value. This is a price read; nobody here opened a tube.
Nykaa vs Amazon, hand cream and body lotion
Both read 17 October 2026, logged out, in India, nothing purchased
Median tile Rs. 311 vs Rs. 282 · median badge 30% vs 50% · median stated MRP Rs. 415 vs Rs. 640
📅 Update log:
17 October 2026 — First publication. Both shelves read the same morning: 36 distinct Nykaa listings from nykaa.com's own search response for "hand cream", "body lotion" and "room freshener", and 33 distinct Amazon listings from amazon.in search results for "body lotion 400ml" and "hand cream" — both logged out, from India, with nothing purchased and neither retailer contacted. Recorded this read: Nykaa's price floor of Rs. 138, median of Rs. 311 and ceiling of Rs. 1,619 against Amazon's Rs. 99, Rs. 282 and Rs. 1,050; Nykaa's badge range of 8-56% (median 30%) against Amazon's 10-85% (median 50%); median stated MRPs of Rs. 415 and Rs. 640 respectively; eleven Amazon tiles badged exactly 70% whose prices all equal the stated MRP times 0.3 to the rupee and nine badged exactly 50% whose stated MRPs are all exactly twice the price, against zero Nykaa tiles at either value; 35 of 36 Nykaa listings and 33 of 33 Amazon listings publishing a star average and rating count, deepest pools 653,754 and 26,293; and the three products common to both shelves with the prices, stated MRPs and badges reproduced in the first table. Amazon's listing names print pack sizes and Nykaa's do not, so no size match is asserted. Nothing was bought, opened or applied.
Nykaa against Amazon on hand cream and body lotion, read the same morning
Two shelves, one category, one morning. We read 36 Nykaa listings and 33 Amazon listings for hand cream and body lotion on 17 October 2026 — logged out, from India, with nothing bought.
On price the two are close. Nykaa's median tile costs Rs. 311; Amazon's costs Rs. 282, about 9% less. On advertised saving they are not close at all: Nykaa's median badge is 30%, Amazon's is 50%, and Amazon's median stated MRP is 54% higher.
Three products appear on both shelves under the same name, which is what makes this comparison worth running — and for every one of them, Amazon's claimed list price is roughly twice Nykaa's.
The headline comparison, 17 October 2026: median tile Rs. 311 on Nykaa vs Rs. 282 on Amazon · median badge 30% vs 50% · median stated MRP Rs. 415 vs Rs. 640 · 20 of Amazon's 33 tiles sit at exactly 70% or 50% off.
The three products on both shelves
These are the rows that matter, because the product name is held constant. Read the stated MRP column first.
| Product, as both sites name it | Nykaa | Amazon | What it means |
|---|
| The Body Shop British Rose Petal Soft Hand Cream | Rs. 401
(stated Rs. 445, badged 10%) | Rs. 282
(stated Rs. 940, badged 70%) | Amazon Rs. 119 cheaper; its claim is 2.11x Nykaa's |
| Fixderma Hand Cream for Women & Men | Rs. 248
(stated Rs. 275, badged 10%) | Rs. 192
(stated Rs. 640, badged 70%) | Amazon Rs. 56 cheaper; its claim is 2.33x Nykaa's |
| Earth Rhythm Hand Cream | Rs. 162
(stated Rs. 249, badged 35%) | Rs. 174
(stated Rs. 580, badged 70%) | Nykaa Rs. 12 cheaper; Amazon's claim is 2.33x Nykaa's |
Amazon's claimed list price is 2.11x, 2.33x and 2.33x Nykaa's on the three products. The money is never more than Rs. 119 apart. That single pattern explains why the same tube advertises 10% off on one site and 70% off on the other, and it is a reason to ignore the percentage entirely when comparing across retailers.
The price winner is not consistent either. Amazon is cheaper on two of the three and Nykaa on the third, by Rs. 12. Anyone who tells you one of these sites is simply cheaper for beauty is generalising from a single product.
One caveat, stated plainly: Amazon's listing names print a pack size (30ml, 30g); Nykaa's do not. We cannot confirm these are the same pack sizes, and if they are not, the rupee comparison in that row does not hold. Check both product pages before acting on it.
Every figure, side by side
| What we measured | Nykaa (36 listings) | Amazon (33 listings) | What it means |
|---|
| Cheapest tile in the read | Rs. 138 | Rs. 99 | Amazon's floor is Rs. 39 lower |
| Median selling price | Rs. 311 | Rs. 282 | Amazon's median is 9% cheaper |
| Dearest tile in the read | Rs. 1,619 | Rs. 1,050 | Nykaa's range runs higher at the top |
| Discount badge range | 8% to 56% | 10% to 85% | Amazon claims far deeper savings |
| Median discount badge | 30% | 50% | Twenty points apart at the midpoint |
| Median stated MRP | Rs. 415 | Rs. 640 | Amazon states list prices 54% higher at the median |
| Tiles at one repeated badge value | 9 of 36 at 30% | 20 of 33 at exactly 70% or 50% | Amazon's badges cluster on two round numbers |
| Listings publishing a rating | 35 of 36 | 33 of 33 | Both shelves publish buyer evidence |
| Deepest rating pool | 653,754 ratings | 26,293 ratings | Nykaa's pools are an order of magnitude deeper |
The badge row is the one to understand. Amazon's 33 tiles include eleven badged exactly 70% and nine badged exactly 50% — 20 of 33 on two values. For all eleven of the 70% tiles the selling price is the stated MRP times 0.3 to the rupee; for all nine of the 50% tiles the stated MRP is exactly twice the price. Those are pricing rules, not markdowns.
Nykaa's shelf does not behave that way. Not one of its 36 listings sits at 50% or 70%; its badges run 8% to 56% with a median of 30%, and its most repeated value, 30%, covers nine tiles. Its median stated MRP is Rs. 415 against Amazon's Rs. 640 on near-identical selling prices.
Both shelves publish buyer evidence, and Nykaa's is deeper. Thirty-five of 36 Nykaa listings and all 33 Amazon listings carry a star average and a count; Nykaa's deepest pool is 653,754 ratings against 26,293 on Amazon. On a shelf where the badges are not comparable, that count is the most useful number on the tile.
How to actually buy across the two sites
Compare the rupees, never the percentages. The same hand cream advertised 10% off on one site and 70% off on the other this morning, because one stated Rs. 445 and the other Rs. 940. The badge tells you about the listing, not about the tube.
Check the pack size on both pages. Amazon prints it in the listing name; Nykaa's names in this read did not. A 30ml tube and a 50ml tube at similar prices are not the same purchase, and no cross-site comparison survives that difference.
Divide before you trust a round badge. If an Amazon beauty tile says exactly 70% off, multiply the stated MRP by 0.3: on this shelf it came back to the exact selling price eleven times out of eleven. A badge produced by a formula is not telling you a price has fallen.
And use the rating counts, because both sites publish them. Nykaa's run into the hundreds of thousands on established lines. This page read prices and the figures each site prints beside them; nobody here opened, applied or tested a single product, and nothing on this page is a claim about ingredients, efficacy or skin suitability.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is hand cream cheaper on Nykaa or Amazon?
Mostly Amazon in this read, but not always, and the gap is small. Reading 36 Nykaa listings and 33 Amazon listings on 17 October 2026, the median selling price was Rs. 311 on Nykaa against Rs. 282 on Amazon — about 9% cheaper on Amazon. On the three products that appear on both shelves under the same name, Amazon was Rs. 119 and Rs. 56 cheaper on two of them and Rs. 12 dearer on the third. One caveat matters: Amazon's tiles print a pack size and Nykaa's listing names do not, so we cannot confirm the pack sizes match.
Why does Amazon show 70% off when Nykaa shows 10% on the same hand cream?
Because the badge is computed against a stated MRP each retailer's listing sets for itself, and on these three products Amazon's claim is roughly twice Nykaa's. The Body Shop British Rose hand cream states Rs. 445 on Nykaa and Rs. 940 on Amazon. Fixderma's states Rs. 275 and Rs. 640. Earth Rhythm's states Rs. 249 and Rs. 580. The selling prices are within Rs. 119 of each other in every case. We do not assert that either figure is false - we have no evidence either way - but a badge built on a claim that doubles between retailers cannot be compared across them.
Why are so many Amazon beauty listings exactly 70% or 50% off?
Because their prices are set as exact fractions of the stated MRP. In this read eleven of Amazon's 33 tiles are badged exactly 70%, and for all eleven the selling price is the stated MRP multiplied by 0.3 to the rupee — Rs. 940 to Rs. 282, Rs. 640 to Rs. 192, Rs. 580 to Rs. 174. Nine more are badged exactly 50%, and for all nine the stated MRP is exactly twice the price. That is 20 of 33 listings on two round numbers. By contrast not one of Nykaa's 36 listings sits at 50% or 70%; its badges run 8% to 56% with a median of 30%.
Which site has better reviews for beauty products?
Both publish them; Nykaa's pools are far deeper. 35 of Nykaa's 36 listings and all 33 of Amazon's published a star average and a rating count, so neither shelf leaves you guessing. The difference is scale: Nykaa's deepest pool in this read carried 653,754 ratings against 26,293 on Amazon, roughly 25 times as many. A rating count is the one number on a product tile that does not come from the seller, which makes it worth reading before the badge on either site.
Is the hand cream on Amazon the same size as the one on Nykaa?
We cannot confirm it, and this page does not claim it. Amazon's listing names print a size — 30ml for the Body Shop tile, 30g for the Fixderma one — while Nykaa's listing names in this read do not state a size at all. Two tiles sharing a product name may be different pack sizes, and a price comparison between them would then be meaningless. Where a size is printed we reproduce it; where it is not, we say so rather than assuming. Check the pack size on both product pages before buying on the strength of any cross-site comparison, including this one.
Prices & codes last verified: October 17, 2026
Zoutons may earn a commission when you buy through links on this page. Every selling price, stated MRP, discount badge, star average and rating count here was read on 17 October 2026 from each retailer's own response — nykaa.com's search response for "hand cream", "body lotion" and "room freshener" (36 distinct listings) and amazon.in search results for "body lotion 400ml" and "hand cream" (33 distinct listings) — both logged out, from India, with nothing purchased and neither retailer contacted. Both sets are one morning of ranked, personalised output and are not either retailer's full catalogue; every median, range, count and comparison here describes only the listings read. Where a product appears on both shelves, the two tiles share a product name; Amazon's listing names print a pack size and Nykaa's do not, so this page does NOT assert that the two tiles are the same pack size, and any rupee comparison between them should be re-checked against both live product pages. Stated MRPs are the sellers' own figures, reproduced exactly as printed. This page does NOT assert that any stated MRP is false, inflated or fabricated, or that any product has or has not sold at its stated MRP - we have no evidence either way. The exact-fraction arithmetic reported here (price = stated MRP x 0.3 on the 70% tiles, stated MRP = 2x price on the 50% tiles) is our own calculation over the figures each listing prints. THIS PAGE IS A PRICE READ: it makes no claim about ingredients, concentration, efficacy, fragrance, skin suitability, allergy or safety, no claim about whether any product works or is genuine, and no claim that either retailer is better, more reliable or safer to buy from. 'Ultra Moisturizing', 'Hydrating', '48-Hour Hydration', 'Dermatologist Tested' and similar phrases are the listings' own printed words, reproduced as printed and unverified. We did not buy, open, apply or test anything. Prices change without notice and can differ at checkout after coupons, bank offers or delivery charges; the price shown at your checkout prevails over anything here.
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