Dot & Key Face Wash and Body Care Under Rs. 400: August 2026 Prices

Niacinamide is the active people buy this one for - a form of vitamin B3 used in cleansers and serums for tone and oil control - and at Rs. 249 for 100 ml it costs precisely what the mango de-tan wash, the ceramide wash and the plain foaming cleanser cost. That is worth sitting with for a moment, because on most beauty shelves the ingredient list moves the price. Here it does not. What you are choosing between on this page is what your skin needs, not what your budget allows, because the budget question was settled at Rs. 249 for every option. Note also that a gel cleanser holds an active against the skin for the thirty seconds you are washing, which is a fraction of the contact time a serum gets.

• Price: Rs. 249 (stated MRP Rs. 249)
• Key detail: Rs. 249, Strawberry Bright Niacinamide Gel Face Wash, 100 ml - Rs. 2.49 per ml, listed at MRP
• Discount: none - Dot & Key lists this at its stated MRP
• Rating: Dot & Key publishes no rating for this listing
• Buying logic: Buy it for oily or uneven-toned skin, not because it costs more

The watermelon line is the range most people know this brand for, and if there were any product on the shelf that could carry a premium on name recognition alone it would be this one. It does not: Rs. 249 for 100 ml, the same as the five other cleansers. The formulation reads vitamin C and cucumber against oil and dullness, in a gel base for combination skin. Buying logic here is straightforward - if you like the scent and your skin is oily to combination, this is the one; if your skin is dry or reactive, the ceramide barrier-repair wash three cards down is the same money and a gentler surfactant system.

• Price: Rs. 249 (stated MRP Rs. 249)
• Key detail: Rs. 249, Watermelon Gel Face Wash with vitamin C and cucumber, 100 ml - Rs. 2.49 per ml, listed at MRP
• Discount: none - Dot & Key lists this at its stated MRP
• Rating: Dot & Key publishes no rating for this listing
• Buying logic: The default pick for oily and combination skin

De-tan is a category Indian beauty brands sell hard and it is worth being clear about what a face wash can do: a cleanser sits on skin for under a minute, so it removes surface build-up and does very little to pigment that sits deeper. Bought on that understanding - a pleasant daily wash for skin that has had sun on it, not a treatment - Rs. 249 for 100 ml is the same fair price as everything else here. If tan is the actual problem you are trying to solve, the money is better spent on a serum and a sunscreen, both of which sit above this page's Rs. 400 ceiling and are covered in our Dot & Key sunscreen, serum and toner price list.

• Price: Rs. 249 (stated MRP Rs. 249)
• Key detail: Rs. 249, Mango Detan Gel Face Wash, 100 ml - Rs. 2.49 per ml, listed at MRP
• Discount: none - Dot & Key lists this at its stated MRP
• Rating: Dot & Key publishes no rating for this listing
• Buying logic: A daily wash, not a tan treatment

This is where the shelf starts to look repetitive rather than deep. The niacinamide wash, the watermelon-and-vitamin-C wash and this vitamin C + E wash are three 100 ml gel cleansers at Rs. 249 with overlapping brightening claims, and a shopper standing in front of all three has no price signal to separate them. Our read of the full 150-listing feed found the same pattern across the range. The practical advice: pick one brightening cleanser, not three, and put the money you did not spend on the second and third into a serum, where the active actually stays on your skin. Vitamin E here is the stabiliser that keeps the vitamin C from oxidising.

• Price: Rs. 249 (stated MRP Rs. 249)
• Key detail: Rs. 249, Vitamin C + E Gel Face Wash for glowing skin, 100 ml - Rs. 2.49 per ml, listed at MRP
• Discount: none - Dot & Key lists this at its stated MRP
• Rating: Dot & Key publishes no rating for this listing
• Buying logic: Buy one brightening cleanser, not three

Fragrance-free and sulphate-free at pH 5.5 is the specification that matters most on a cleanser, and it is the specification the other five on this page do not have. Skin sits at roughly pH 4.7 to 5.75; wash it with something alkaline and the barrier takes hours to recover, which is the mechanism behind that tight feeling people mistake for cleanliness. Five ceramides and hyaluronic acid put lipids and water back as the surfactants take oil off. It costs Rs. 249, exactly what the fragranced watermelon gel costs. If you have sensitive, dry or actively irritated skin, this is not merely an option in the row - it is the row.

• Price: Rs. 249 (stated MRP Rs. 249)
• Key detail: Rs. 249, Barrier Repair Gentle Hydrating Face Wash, five ceramides and hyaluronic acid, 100 ml - Rs. 2.49 per ml, listed at MRP
• Discount: none - Dot & Key lists this at its stated MRP
• Rating: Dot & Key publishes no rating for this listing
• Buying logic: The default for sensitive, dry or irritated skin

Six face washes, one price, and this is the only one with a different texture: a milky foam rather than a gel, aimed at congestion and blackheads. Foam cleansers feel more thorough because the lather is visible, though the cleaning is done by the surfactant either way. What decides it is skin type - foams suit oily and congested skin, gels suit most other people, and the fragrance-free ceramide wash above suits anyone whose skin objects to both. That completes the Rs. 249 block: ten of the 21 products on this page, six cleansers and four lip balms, at a single unchanging price with nothing discounted off any of them.

• Price: Rs. 249 (stated MRP Rs. 249)
• Key detail: Rs. 249, Deep Pore Clean Foaming Face Wash, 100 ml - Rs. 2.49 per ml, listed at MRP
• Discount: none - Dot & Key lists this at its stated MRP
• Rating: Dot & Key publishes no rating for this listing
• Buying logic: For congested, oily skin - and only if a gel has not worked

Dot & Key prints In-Vivo Tested against the SPF 50+ PA+++ claim on this balm, which is the meaningful kind of testing - measured on human skin rather than calculated on a plate - and it is a claim worth having on a lip product, because lips have no melanin to speak of and are one of the places people never reapply. The shade is a cocoa tint rather than a clear balm. Four balms on this shelf sell at exactly Rs. 249, and their differences are shade and secondary active rather than price, so the honest way to choose is to decide whether you want tint, gloss or barrier repair first and then take whichever of the four does that.

• Price: Rs. 249 (stated MRP Rs. 249)
• Key detail: Rs. 249, Meltie Lip Balm, In-Vivo Tested SPF 50+ PA+++, Cocoa Creme shade - listed at MRP
• Discount: none - Dot & Key lists this at its stated MRP
• Rating: Dot & Key publishes no rating for this listing
• Buying logic: The one to take outdoors, on the SPF claim

Where the Meltie balm sells sun protection and the Gloss Boss sells shine, this one sells repair - ceramides and hyaluronic acid in a high-tint strawberry red, with the same In-Vivo SPF 50 claim. Ceramides are the lipids that hold the skin barrier together, and lips lose them faster than anywhere else on the face, which is why chapping recurs even when you keep applying a waxy balm. It is Rs. 249, which is what the other three cost. If your lips crack in air conditioning or peel after sun, this is the one of the four to reach for, and the tint is heavy enough to work instead of a lipstick.

• Price: Rs. 249 (stated MRP Rs. 249)
• Key detail: Rs. 249, Barrier Repair Hydrating Lip Balm, In-Vivo Tested SPF 50, Strawberry Red high-tint - listed at MRP
• Discount: none - Dot & Key lists this at its stated MRP
• Rating: Dot & Key publishes no rating for this listing
• Buying logic: For lips that crack, not lips that need colour

Peptides and ceramides in a warm nude tint with SPF 50+ PA++ - a slightly lower PA grade than the Meltie balm's PA+++, which describes protection against UVA rather than UVB. Practically, the difference between PA++ and PA+++ matters far less than whether you reapply, and on lips nobody does. The reason to pick this one out of the four is the shade: warm nude is the balm you can wear to work without it reading as makeup, which is a real buying criterion even though no brand puts it in a spec sheet. Rs. 249, like the other three, listed at its MRP with nothing off it.

• Price: Rs. 249 (stated MRP Rs. 249)
• Key detail: Rs. 249, Ceramide + Peptide Lip Balm, In-Vivo Tested SPF 50+ PA++, Warm Nude - listed at MRP
• Discount: none - Dot & Key lists this at its stated MRP
• Rating: Dot & Key publishes no rating for this listing
• Buying logic: The neutral one, for daily wear

Vitamin C and E in a high-shine, high-tint base with the same In-Vivo SPF 50 claim as its siblings. This is the balm that competes with a lip gloss rather than with a chapstick, and the honest note is that a glossy finish attracts more dust and needs reapplying more often than a matte balm, which slightly undercuts the sun-protection claim in daily use. Four balms, one price of Rs. 249, four different jobs: sun (Meltie), repair (Barrier), everyday shade (Ceramide + Peptide) and shine (this one). Choosing on price is impossible, which is the point this whole shelf keeps making.

• Price: Rs. 249 (stated MRP Rs. 249)
• Key detail: Rs. 249, Vitamin C + E Gloss Boss Lip Balm, In-Vivo Tested SPF 50, Strawberry Crush high-tint - listed at MRP
• Discount: none - Dot & Key lists this at its stated MRP
• Rating: Dot & Key publishes no rating for this listing
• Buying logic: Pick it for the finish; the SPF is a bonus, not a plan

Every other lip product here is Rs. 249; this one is Rs. 259, which makes it the only listing on the shelf occupying its own price point. Ten rupees is not a meaningful difference in money - it is interesting because it shows the pricing is deliberate rather than a flat rule someone applied to a spreadsheet. The product is an overnight mask rather than a daytime balm, so it carries no SPF and is not a substitute for the four above; it is the thing you put on before bed when your lips are already damaged. Plumping in this category generally comes from a mild irritant that increases blood flow, and the effect is temporary by design.

• Price: Rs. 259 (stated MRP Rs. 259)
• Key detail: Rs. 259, Lip Plumping Sleeping Mask with vitamin C + E, turmeric oil and lingonberry, medium tint - listed at MRP
• Discount: none - Dot & Key lists this at its stated MRP
• Rating: Dot & Key publishes no rating for this listing
• Buying logic: An overnight repair step, not a fifth daytime balm

This is the same body lotion as the 250 ml bottle further down this page, in a smaller tube. Rs. 295 for 120 ml is Rs. 2.46 a millilitre. Rs. 395 for 250 ml is Rs. 1.58. Paying Rs. 100 more gets you 130 ml more product and cuts the per-millilitre cost by 36 per cent, which is the single largest saving available anywhere on this shelf - and it is available by buying more, not by waiting for a discount, because as our read confirms there are no discounts here. Buy the small tube only for travel or to test the formula. If it is going on your bathroom shelf, the big bottle is the correct purchase and it is not close.

• Price: Rs. 295 (stated MRP Rs. 295)
• Key detail: Rs. 295, Barrier Repair Hydrating Body Lotion, 120 ml - Rs. 2.46 per ml, listed at MRP
• Discount: none - Dot & Key lists this at its stated MRP
• Rating: Dot & Key publishes no rating for this listing
• Buying logic: Travel size only - the 250 ml bottle is 36% cheaper per ml

Fifty millilitres for Rs. 299 works out at Rs. 5.98 a millilitre, which is more than twice the Rs. 2.49 you pay for a face wash and more than four times the Rs. 1.40 of a shower gel. That is not necessarily a criticism - a roll-on is dispensed in far smaller quantities than a shower gel, so a 50 ml bottle lasts a long time and the per-use cost is low. It is a reminder that per-millilitre arithmetic has to be read alongside how much of a thing you actually use per application. The product itself targets underarm tone and odour rather than antiperspirant action; it is a cosmetic roll-on, not a clinical one.

• Price: Rs. 299 (stated MRP Rs. 299)
• Key detail: Rs. 299, Watermelon Cooling Underarm Roll On, 50 ml - Rs. 5.98 per ml, listed at MRP
• Discount: none - Dot & Key lists this at its stated MRP
• Rating: Dot & Key publishes no rating for this listing
• Buying logic: Cheap per use, expensive per millilitre - both are true

A strobe cream is a moisturiser with light-reflecting particles in it, sold to replace the separate step of applying a highlighter. At Rs. 345 it sits between the cleanser block and the Rs. 395 ceiling, and whether it is good value depends entirely on whether you were going to buy a highlighter anyway - as a moisturiser alone it is Rs. 100 more than the Rs. 249 washes and does a different job to the Rs. 395 barrier cream at the bottom of this page. Worth noting that pearl finishes emphasise texture as well as reflecting light, so on skin with visible pores this works better on cheekbones than across the whole face.

• Price: Rs. 345 (stated MRP Rs. 345)
• Key detail: Rs. 345, Strobe Cream moisturiser plus highlighter, Strawberry Pearl Pink - listed at MRP
• Discount: none - Dot & Key lists this at its stated MRP
• Rating: Dot & Key publishes no rating for this listing
• Buying logic: Good value if it replaces a highlighter; poor value as a plain moisturiser

One rupee forty a millilitre is the cheapest rate on this page, and the reason is simply that Dot & Key sells shower gel in a 250 ml bottle and face wash in a 100 ml tube. Nothing about the formulation is cheaper; the format is. Glycolic acid in a body wash is a genuine ingredient choice rather than a marketing one - it is an alpha hydroxy acid that loosens dead surface cells, which is what keeps upper arms and shoulders from feeling rough - though again the contact time in a shower is short. Two shower gels sit at this price on this shelf, this cooling one and the barrier-repair one below.

• Price: Rs. 349 (stated MRP Rs. 349)
• Key detail: Rs. 349, Watermelon Cooling Glycolic Acid Shower Gel, 250 ml - Rs. 1.40 per ml, listed at MRP
• Discount: none - Dot & Key lists this at its stated MRP
• Rating: Dot & Key publishes no rating for this listing
• Buying logic: The value format on the whole page

The second 250 ml shower gel, at exactly the same Rs. 349 and therefore the same Rs. 1.40 a millilitre, formulated for dry skin rather than for texture. If your skin tightens after a shower, this is the one - glycolic acid on already-dry skin is how people end up with the irritation they were trying to fix. The pattern this page keeps finding repeats here: two products, one price, and the only useful way to choose is by skin type. Pair it with the 250 ml body lotion at Rs. 395 and the whole dry-skin body routine costs Rs. 744, which is under what a single mid-range serum costs on the brand's own site.

• Price: Rs. 349 (stated MRP Rs. 349)
• Key detail: Rs. 349, Barrier Repair Hydrating Shower Gel for dry skin, 250 ml - Rs. 1.40 per ml, listed at MRP
• Discount: none - Dot & Key lists this at its stated MRP
• Rating: Dot & Key publishes no rating for this listing
• Buying logic: For skin that feels tight after washing

Rs. 349 for 120 ml of conditioner is Rs. 2.91 a millilitre; the matching shampoo is Rs. 395 for 200 ml, or Rs. 1.98. So the conditioner costs 47 per cent more per millilitre than the shampoo it is designed to be used with, and comes in a bottle 40 per cent smaller - which means it runs out first even though most people use less conditioner than shampoo per wash. Silicone-free is the notable specification: silicones give instant slip and build up over time, and their absence is why this will feel less immediately smooth than a supermarket conditioner and better after a month. Keratin and vitamin E carry the frizz claim.

• Price: Rs. 349 (stated MRP Rs. 349)
• Key detail: Rs. 349, Moringa & Argan Frizz Control Hair Conditioner with keratin and vitamin E, silicone-free, 120 ml - Rs. 2.91 per ml, listed at MRP
• Discount: none - Dot & Key lists this at its stated MRP
• Rating: Dot & Key publishes no rating for this listing
• Buying logic: Buy it with the shampoo, and expect to rebuy it sooner

Hair-fall control is the most oversold claim in Indian personal care, so here is the honest version: a shampoo that reduces breakage during washing and detangling will reduce the hair you see in the drain, and that is a real and useful thing. It will not affect hair loss driven by hormones, deficiency or illness, which is what most people mean when they say hair fall. Bought on the first understanding, Rs. 395 for 200 ml - Rs. 1.98 a millilitre - is reasonable for a silicone-free formula with moringa and argan. Bought on the second, no shampoo at any price on any shelf is going to deliver, and the money belongs at a doctor's rather than a checkout.

• Price: Rs. 395 (stated MRP Rs. 395)
• Key detail: Rs. 395, Moringa & Argan Oil Hair Fall Control Shampoo, 200 ml - Rs. 1.98 per ml, listed at MRP
• Discount: none - Dot & Key lists this at its stated MRP
• Rating: Dot & Key publishes no rating for this listing
• Buying logic: It reduces breakage in the shower - that is the claim worth paying for

This is the 250 ml bottle of the lotion whose 120 ml tube appears earlier at Rs. 295. Rs. 100 more buys 130 ml more product and drops the rate from Rs. 2.46 to Rs. 1.58 a millilitre - a 36 per cent cut, which is a deeper saving than any sale this brand ran on its own site during our read, because during our read it ran none. Hyaluronic acid is a humectant: it pulls water into the upper skin layers, which works well in humidity and needs an occlusive over it in dry air. On a shelf with no discounts anywhere, choosing the larger format is the only lever a shopper actually has.

• Price: Rs. 395 (stated MRP Rs. 395)
• Key detail: Rs. 395, Barrier Repair Hyaluronic Acid Body Lotion, 250 ml - Rs. 1.58 per ml, listed at MRP
• Discount: none - Dot & Key lists this at its stated MRP
• Rating: Dot & Key publishes no rating for this listing
• Buying logic: The correct way to buy this lotion unless you are packing a suitcase

Same bottle size, same Rs. 395, same Rs. 1.58 a millilitre as the barrier-repair lotion - a different active. Vitamin C on the body is a much less demanding proposition than vitamin C on the face: the concentrations are lower, the skin is thicker, and the realistic effect is evenness over months rather than any visible change in a week. Choose between the two Rs. 395 lotions the way you choose between the six Rs. 249 cleansers - on what your skin is actually short of. If it is water and lipids, take the barrier one. If it is tone, take this one. The price will not help you decide, and on this storefront it never does.

• Price: Rs. 395 (stated MRP Rs. 395)
• Key detail: Rs. 395, Vitamin C + E Body Lotion for glowing skin, 250 ml - Rs. 1.58 per ml, listed at MRP
• Discount: none - Dot & Key lists this at its stated MRP
• Rating: Dot & Key publishes no rating for this listing
• Buying logic: Tone rather than dryness - otherwise take the barrier lotion

Three hundred and ninety-five rupees for 100 g is Rs. 3.95 a gram, the highest unit rate among the full-size products here - and correctly so, because a face moisturiser is used in far smaller quantities than a body lotion and is formulated to sit on thinner, more reactive skin. Fragrance-free with ceramides and hyaluronic acid puts it in the same family as the gentle cleanser earlier on this page, and the two together make a complete two-step routine for sensitive or dry skin at Rs. 644 with nothing discounted off either. That is the whole shelf in one sentence: the products are fairly priced, the price never moves, and the size of the container is the only variable you control.

• Price: Rs. 395 (stated MRP Rs. 395)
• Key detail: Rs. 395, Barrier Repair Moisturizer with hyaluronic acid and ceramides, fragrance-free, 100 g - Rs. 3.95 per gram, listed at MRP
• Discount: none - Dot & Key lists this at its stated MRP
• Rating: Dot & Key publishes no rating for this listing
• Buying logic: Pair it with the fragrance-free cleanser for a Rs. 644 sensitive-skin routine