Twenty-four nail polishes read on 21 September. Once you divide by the millilitres printed in the title, the cheapest stickers turn out to be some of the dearest polish - and Lakme's own range spans nearly three times over.
We read Amazon's nail polish listings on 21 September 2026 and seated the 24 that print a bottle size in their own titles. Those sizes run from six millilitres to fifteen, and once you divide by them the shelf reorders itself: an eighty-eight rupee Lakme bottle costs Rs. 14.67 a millilitre while a ninety-nine rupee Colors Queen bottle costs Rs. 7.62, and the range from cheapest to dearest is 7.1 times. Lakme alone spans 2.7 times across nine listings, and two of its bottles differ only in the shade printed on the label.
Every price below was pulled from Amazon on September 21, 2026 and checked against the MRP on the listing. Stack them with the live codes on our Amazon coupons page, which the deals desk re-verifies daily.
The cheapest polish per millilitre on this shelf comes in the largest bottles - eleven, thirteen and ten millilitres - and three of the five cost under a hundred and twenty rupees.
Rs. 66 for 11 ml - Rs. 6.00 a millilitre, the cheapest polish on the shelf by a distance.
Why it earned its spot Seven times cheaper per millilitre than the dearest bottle here.
Rs. 99 for 13 ml - the largest bottle under Rs. 100 in this read, at Rs. 7.62 a millilitre.
Why it earned its spot Ninety-nine rupees, and more polish in the bottle than anything else at that price.
Rs. 99 for 10 ml at Rs. 9.90 a millilitre, with the first substantial rating count on the page.
Why it earned its spot Under ten rupees a millilitre with a five-thousand-strong sample.
Rs. 84 for 8 ml - the largest rating count under Rs. 200 anywhere in this read.
Why it earned its spot Twenty-three thousand ratings on an eighty-four-rupee bottle.
Rs. 110 for 10 ml at Rs. 11.00 a millilitre, on a sample of a hundred and four.
Why it earned its spot A round eleven rupees a millilitre, from a brand built for this price point.
Rs. 117 for 10 ml of matte polish at Rs. 11.70 a millilitre, 21 per cent off a stated Rs. 149.
Why it earned its spot The cheapest of three RENEE listings that price the same size differently.
An eighty-eight-rupee Lakme bottle turns out to cost more per millilitre than a hundred-and-twenty-nine-rupee RENEE one, because one holds six millilitres and the other ten.
Rs. 149 for 12 ml at Rs. 12.42 a millilitre - a bigger bottle that stays mid-table on rate.
Why it earned its spot Twelve millilitres for a hundred and forty-nine rupees.
Rs. 129 for 10 ml of gel polish at Rs. 12.90 a millilitre, at a badge of 13 per cent.
Why it earned its spot The dearest RENEE, and still cheaper per millilitre than every Lakme here.
Rs. 88 for 6 ml - the third-cheapest sticker on the page and Rs. 14.67 a millilitre.
Why it earned its spot The cheap-sticker trap, in one card.
Rs. 189 for 12 ml of Lakmé's gel line, at Rs. 15.75 a millilitre.
Why it earned its spot The best-evidenced Lakme on the page, and mid-priced within its own brand.
Rs. 109 for 6 ml at a badge of one per cent off a stated Rs. 110.
Why it earned its spot What an honest MRP looks like, on an unremarkable bottle.
Rs. 111 for 6 ml at Rs. 18.50 a millilitre - and the highest rating average on the page.
Why it earned its spot The best-rated polish in the read, at three times the cheapest rate.
Past twenty rupees a millilitre the prices are set by what a brand says it is rather than by what is in the bottle - and Lakme's own range has already spanned twice over.
Rs. 213 for 10 ml at Rs. 21.30 a millilitre, from a brand selling on ingredient claims.
Why it earned its spot Where the shelf crosses twenty rupees a millilitre.
Rs. 136 for 6 ml at Rs. 22.67 a millilitre - a two-step product in one bottle.
Why it earned its spot The largest Lakme sample here, at nearly four times the cheapest rate.
Rs. 186 for 8 ml at Rs. 23.25 a millilitre, from the only American brand under Rs. 200 here.
Why it earned its spot An imported name at a mid-shelf price and a strong average.
Rs. 146 for 6 ml of chrome polish at Rs. 24.33 a millilitre.
Why it earned its spot Four times the cheapest rate on the shelf, for a finish.
Rs. 340 for 12 ml at a badge of three per cent - the dearest Lakme bottle in the read.
Why it earned its spot Three hundred and forty rupees, and almost no discount claimed on it.
Rs. 264 for 8 ml at Rs. 33.00 a millilitre, with a sample of nearly four thousand.
Why it earned its spot A boutique domestic brand priced like an imported one.
Two Lakme bottles that differ only in shade name cost Rs. 216 and Rs. 234; one seller states an MRP ten times its price; and the dearest polish here has fifty-six thousand ratings behind it.
Rs. 204 for 6 ml at Rs. 34.00 a millilitre, on a sample of seventy-four.
Why it earned its spot Two hundred and four rupees for six millilitres, and very little evidence.
Rs. 275 for 8 ml at Rs. 34.38 a millilitre - and an identically priced sibling shade sits beside it.
Why it earned its spot Where two shades of one product carry the same rating count.
Rs. 216 for 6 ml - and the same product in the next shade along costs Rs. 234.
Why it earned its spot Half of the clearest shade-pricing pair in the read.
Rs. 298 for 8 ml at a badge of 90 per cent - a 10.06x MRP multiple where the rest of this shelf sits near 1.3x.
Why it earned its spot The one listing here that prices its MRP like a different category.
Rs. 234 for 6 ml - eighteen rupees more than the same bottle in the shade above.
Why it earned its spot The dearer half of the shade pair, at Rs. 39.00 a millilitre.
Rs. 637 for 15 ml - the dearest polish per millilitre here, with by far the largest sample.
Why it earned its spot Seven times the cheapest rate on the shelf, and fifty-six thousand ratings.
First: read the millilitre figure in the title before the price. Bottles on this shelf run from six millilitres to fifteen, and a six-millilitre bottle at Rs. 88 is dearer polish than a thirteen-millilitre bottle at Rs. 99. Second: divide. The rates here run from Rs. 6.00 to Rs. 42.47 a millilitre, a 7.1x spread, and the order is nothing like the order of the sticker prices. Third: do not treat a brand as a price. Lakme's nine listings in this read span Rs. 14.67 to Rs. 39.00 a millilitre, so 'buy Lakme' settles nothing; and two of its bottles are the same line, edition and size at Rs. 216 and Rs. 234, separated only by shade. Fourth: ignore the percentage. The median badge here is 28 per cent, several honest listings print 1 to 5 per cent, and the single 90 per cent badge on the page sits on one of its more expensive polishes.
| Product | Sale price | MRP | Discount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swiss Beauty 11 ml | Rs. 66 | Rs. Rs. 6 | 4%% |
| Colors Queen 13 ml | Rs. 99 | Rs. Rs. 7.62 | 45%% |
| SUGAR POP 10 ml | Rs. 99 | Rs. Rs. 9.90 | 23%% |
| Faces Splash 8 ml | Rs. 84 | Rs. Rs. 10.50 | 29%% |
| Elle 18 10 ml | Rs. 110 | Rs. Rs. 11 | 15%% |
| RENEE Mattitude 10 ml | Rs. 117 | Rs. Rs. 11.70 | 21%% |
| FACESCANADA 12 ml | Rs. 149 | Rs. Rs. 12.42 | 25%% |
| RENEE Hyper Gel 10 ml | Rs. 129 | Rs. Rs. 12.90 | 13%% |
| LAKME True Wear 6 ml | Rs. 88 | Rs. Rs. 14.67 | 41%% |
| Lakme Absolute Gel 12 ml | Rs. 189 | Rs. Rs. 15.75 | 27%% |
| VERYMISS 6 ml | Rs. 109 | Rs. Rs. 18.17 | 1%% |
| Lakme Color Crush 6 ml | Rs. 111 | Rs. Rs. 18.50 | 44%% |
| BAD COMPANY 10 ml | Rs. 213 | Rs. Rs. 21.30 | 15%% |
| LAKME Primer + Gloss 6 ml, 8 | Rs. 136 | Rs. Rs. 22.67 | 28%% |
| REVLON 8 ml | Rs. 186 | Rs. Rs. 23.25 | 25%% |
| Lakme Chrome 6 ml | Rs. 146 | Rs. Rs. 24.33 | 32%% |
| Lakme Absolute Vintage 12 ml | Rs. 340 | Rs. Rs. 28.33 | 3%% |
| DeBelle 8 ml | Rs. 264 | Rs. Rs. 33 | 11%% |
| LAKME Ultimate Glam 6 ml | Rs. 204 | Rs. Rs. 34 | 5%% |
| HYUE Chrome 8 ml | Rs. 275 | Rs. Rs. 34.38 | 21%% |
| Lakme Overtime shade 01 | Rs. 216 | Rs. Rs. 36 | 17%% |
| THR3E STROKES 8 ml | Rs. 298 | Rs. Rs. 37.25 | 90%% |
| Lakme Overtime shade 02 | Rs. 234 | Rs. Rs. 39 | 10%% |
| O.P.I 15 ml | Rs. 637 | Rs. Rs. 42.47 | 25%% |
Every selling price, stated MRP, discount badge, rating average and rating count on this page was read on 21 September 2026 from amazon.in's own search results for nail polish, nail paint, mascara and eyeliner, logged out, in India. 122 listings returned a price, an MRP and a rating count; the 49 nail polish and nail paint listings were the working set and the 24 that state a bottle size in millilitres are seated.
Every seated listing prints its volume in millilitres in its own title, and those volumes run from 6 ml to 15 ml. Because a Rs. 88 bottle and a Rs. 99 bottle can hold six and thirteen millilitres, the sticker prices are not comparable, so every card states the price per millilitre - our own arithmetic over the price and the volume the listing states.
Twenty-five nail polish listings in the pull do not print a millilitre figure in the title - multi-shade sets, art pens and removers. We left them out rather than estimate a volume, because a per-millilitre figure derived from a guess would be worse than no figure at all.
Two Lakme 9 to 5 Overtime Shine bottles here are the same line, the same edition and the same 6 ml, and cost Rs. 216 and Rs. 234 - the shade sets the price. Two HYUE chrome shades are both Rs. 275 and share one rating count. We say so on each card; sellers price shades independently and nothing is alleged.
A discount percentage is the gap between a price and an MRP the seller states. On this shelf the median badge is 28 per cent and several listings print 1 to 5 per cent, while one seller prints 90 per cent against an MRP 10.06 times its price. We have not verified that any bottle sold at its stated MRP.
Finish descriptions, wear-time claims, 'no toxin', 'paraben free', 'quick drying' and every shade name on this page is the listing's own text, quoted as printed and not verified. We have not opened, applied, worn or timed any of these polishes and make no claim about how any of them performs.
In our 21 September 2026 read, the cheapest bottle is the Faces Splash Glossy Nail Enamel at Rs. 84 for 8 ml, and the cheapest polish is different: Swiss Beauty Color Splash at Rs. 66 for 11 ml, or Rs. 6.00 a millilitre, which is seven times cheaper per millilitre than the dearest listing on the page. The best combination of unit price and evidence is the SUGAR POP 10 ml at Rs. 99 (Rs. 9.90 a millilitre, 4,997 ratings) or the Faces at Rs. 10.50 a millilitre with 23,760 ratings.
Because bottle sizes on this shelf vary more than prices do. In our read they run from 6 ml to 15 ml, and the branded 6 ml bottles cluster at Rs. 88 to Rs. 234 while the budget 10-13 ml bottles sit at Rs. 66 to Rs. 129. So an Rs. 88 LAKMÉ bottle works out at Rs. 14.67 a millilitre and an Rs. 99 Colors Queen bottle at Rs. 7.62. The sizes are printed in the listing titles, so nothing is concealed - but six millilitres and thirteen millilitres look identical in a search grid.
In this read, Lakme 9 to 5 Overtime Shine Coffee Edition appears twice, both 6 ml: shade 01 Vanilla Bean Latte at Rs. 216 and shade 02 Flat White Fantasy at Rs. 234. Same brand, same line, same edition, same size, eighteen rupees apart, and both show the same 3.8 average from the same 51 ratings. Sellers price individual shades independently and nothing here is hidden or improper; it simply means the colour you prefer can set what you pay. The same pattern appears at Rs. 275 across two HYUE chrome shades that share one rating count of 356.
On rate, the budget brands win on every listing in this read - and by more than most people would guess. Lakme's nine seated listings run Rs. 14.67 to Rs. 39.00 a millilitre; Swiss Beauty, Colors Queen, SUGAR POP, Faces, Elle 18 and all three RENEE listings sit between Rs. 6.00 and Rs. 12.90. On evidence it is closer: Lakme's Color Crush at Rs. 111 carries the highest average on the page at 4.4 from 2,849 ratings, and its Primer + Gloss carries 8,375. Faces at Rs. 84 has 23,760 ratings at 4.1 and costs Rs. 10.50 a millilitre.
A badge is arithmetic over two numbers the seller chose, and this shelf is unusual in that most of its badges are small. The median in our read is 28 per cent and several listings print almost nothing - VERYMISS at 1 per cent off Rs. 110, Lakme Absolute at 3 per cent off Rs. 350, Swiss Beauty at 4 per cent. The exception is stark: THR3E STROKES prices an 8 ml polish at Rs. 298 against a stated MRP of Rs. 2,999, a multiple of 10.06, and the same seller lists a remover at Rs. 199 against a stated Rs. 9,950. Stating a high MRP is legal and commonplace and we allege nothing; but that 90 per cent badge sits on one of the dearer polishes here at Rs. 37.25 a millilitre.























