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Top Cosmetic Brands In India

1. MAC

MAC, abbreviated as Make-Up Art Cosmetics, is a cosmetic manufacturer founded in the year 1984 in Toronto by Frank Toskan and Frank Angelo. This famous leading cosmetic brand is for everyone of all ages, sex and races. It has always been a top priority while dressing up the celebs backstage.

As mentioned earlier, the brand is for all and everyone. From professional to everyday use, the brand has everything to cover. Also, they had recently launched their skin care products that are becoming a new sensation.

Top MAC Products of 2022

• Retro Matte Lipstick in Ruby Woo: A long-wearing lipstick formula with a completely matte finish. Available in hundreds of hues and textures that made Mac a famous brand.

• Retro Matte Liquid Lipcolor: A lip colour that will provide your lips with a bright texture and make you ready for any party look. Whatever the colour you choose, all of them promise a liquid finish that is impossible to forget.

• Rebel Eyes Gel Eyeliner: innovative Rebel eyes Gel Eye Liner serves up the extreme long-wear of the gel liner with the ease of a pen. The pigmented non-staining ink is delivered through a sleek, easy-to-use click pen with precision. Its unique flocked tip feels luxurious as it touches the lash line and coats eyes with bold streaks of matte colour.

• Studio Fix Fluid SPF 15: M.A.C Studio Fix Fluid SPF 15 to the ultimate test of seeing how long it wears and, not surprisingly, the formula lasts for a full 24 hours! This modern foundation combines a matte finish and medium-to-full buildable coverage with broad-spectrum UVA/UVB SPF 15/PA++ protection. Comfortable and extremely long-wearing as it helps to minimize the appearance of pores and imperfections, giving skin a smoother with a more flawless look and finish.

• Studio Finish SPF 35 Concealer: The concealer Offers broad-spectrum UVA/UVB SPF 35. This creamy concealer provides discreetly opaque coverage. Contains SPF 35 protection and Offers smooth, long-wearing, invisible correction for all skin blemishes, imperfections and discolourations with a natural matte finish. The antioxidant-rich concealer helps to absorb excess oil and feeds the skin with derivatives of vitamin A and E.

• Prep + Prime Skin: A lightweight gel-lotion formulated with special-effect silicones. It evens out skin redness and skin tone while adding radiance to your skin. Moreover, improves the application of foundation or powder. 

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2. Lakme

Lakme is an Indian cosmetic brand owned by Hindustan Unilever, established in the year 1952. Having the gorgeous Kareena Kapoor as a brand ambassador, the brand has been ranked number 1 among the top 10 makeup brands in India. It was started because most Indian customers were spending a lot on foreign brands.

The show-stopping collections from Lakme are something that every Indian beauty looks for.

Moreover, the best part about the brand is following the International formulas by keeping in mind the needs of Indian women that suits their skin type. The skin care collection of the brand like hydration, anti-ageing, skin-brightening, moisturizing, and sun protection is worth trying.

Best Selling Lakme Products

• Lakmé 9to5 Naturale Gel Eye Liners:  Lakme naturally presents the first-of-its-kind gel kajal. infused with aloe vera and calendula oil in it. It lets you create a deep, intense look every day. The goodness of Kajal also protects your eyes from city pollution.

• Lakme Absolute Gloss Artist Eyeliner: Gives your eyes a more deep, dense black and gorgeously glossy look. It's a liquid liner of the deepest black tone that has a high colour payoff. It is made to last longer and shine with a professional touch of gloss. The brush is designed with a unique tip to make sure your application is easy but precise, without the fear of uneven lines.

• Lakme 9to5 Naturale Finishing Powder: Its natural ingredients make the kind of finishing to your skin. Gives you a soothing and gentle look. Dab it to your skin to create your city's bright look. The product is infused with aloe vera and green tea extracts.

• Lakme 9to5 Weightless Mousse Foundation: It is available in 4 shades and is extremely convenient to carry. Foundation with the new formula that feels soft and incredibly weightless and is perfect for everyday office use. It blends effortlessly onto skin to conceal imperfections with a matte finish that stays all day long. With complete coverage, It is a foundation so weightless you may forget you are wearing any foundation, Matte finish in a weightless mousse texture, Pocket-sized tube that is easy to carry around, Complete coverage, Lightweight and long wear.

• Lakme 9to5 Mousse Lip and Cheek Color:  Lakme 9 to 5 Weightless Mousse Matte Lip and Cheek Color is ideal for daily office wear adding charm and lasting long. Its dual benefit makes it a highly functional product for the busy and on-the-go working woman. Its Looks and feels weightless because of the lightweight formula. Since It's a mousse texture, it absorbs well giving an intense colour that is long-lasting.

• Lakme 9to5 Naturale CC Cream: The Lakme CC cream moisturizes, brightens and freshens your skin while enriching it with a hint of makeup. With sun protection of SPF 30 and makeup benefits like even skin tone and skin coverage, this cream takes complete care of your complexion. The beige variant of this CC cream mixes well when applied to light to wheatish skin tones. 

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3. L’oreal

L’oreal is the French-based largest cosmetic brand that was founded in the year 1909 with its headquarters in Clichy. As Deepika Padukone, the brand ambassador, the L'oreal group has a lot for you to follow.

Find the best range of skincare, hair care, hair styling, anti-ageing products, expert make-up the collection and a lot more to flaunt.

Top L’Oreal Makeup Product in India: What’s trending

• L'Oréal Paris Voluminous Lash Paradise Washable Mascara: The product your lashes to paradise with our 1st mascara that delivers good volume and intense length in just one application. Waterproof, silky smooth formula glides on evenly and easily to deliver a full lash fringe that's feathery soft with no flaking, no smudging, and no clumping

• L'Oréal Paris Voluminous Lash Paradise Primer/Base: This blackest black colour mascara has a good volume and intense length. Have full flash fringe and a feathery soft touch.

• L'Oréal Paris Paradise Enchanted Scented Eyeshadow: This contains 12 captivating warm eyeshadow shades including creamy ivory, rosy nudes, bronzed ambers and pops of coral pinks. A variety of finishes, from mattes to metallics and even shimmering pearls, create endless enchanting eyeshadow looks

• L'Oréal Paris Paradise Enchanted Fruit: Scented Blush Makeup: Contains Four captivating warm tonal blush shades - sensorial shades range from subtle peach and apricot hues to natural pops of coral and pink. Soft, velvety texture allows for ultra-blendable application, rich colour pay off and lasting results

• L’Oreal Paris Color Riche Moist Matte Lipstick: L'Oreal Paris Color Riche Moist Matte Lipsticks have ultra-moisturizing lip colours that give a gorgeous velvet matte finish. The unique formula contains jojoba oil for unending moisture and comfort along with matte gel technology to create an intense matte look.

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4. Maybelline

Maybelline LLC comes to the top of the makeup brand list, established in the year 1915 in New York. The company is known as the “first creator of the dark black mascara” that is famous worldwide now. Look picture-perfect every day by stepping outside with the all-new collection of the Maybelline makeup range.

Explore your creativity and try out the new tricks of applying cosmetics with the budgeted range of the brand with Nykaa offers on beauty products.

Trending Maybelline Products in India

• Maybelline New York Colossal Volume Express Mascara: Maybelline The Colossal Volum Express Mascara creates full-body, high-volume lashes in a single stroke. The full-contact brush, with its specially shaped curve, grasps and loads lashes for a fanned out eye-popping, full-body fringe. It gives your eye makeup that pop of a finishing touch.

• Superstar Makeup Ink: This Lipstick leaves your lips with a flawless matte finish that will last all day and up to 16 hours. Available in a range of 10 super-saturated shades: Loyalist, Dreamer, Lover, Pioneer, Heroine, Romantic, Creator, Believer, Escapist and Voyager.

• Color Show Intense Crayon: Perfect lips no matter what your shade. High coverage pigment to cover dark, uneven lips. SPF 17 and honey protect from darkening and dryness. 10 intense lip-perfecting matte shades. Lip colour doesn't fade in extreme heat and humidity.

• Dream Lumi Touch Concealer: the Gel-based formula that diffuses light and conceals imperfections. Gel-based formula diffuses light to provide on-the-spot perfection in just one touch

• Master Camo Palette: Easily neutralize skin tone issues and conceal imperfections. Each kit comes with colour correctors, concealers and highlighters to customize your look. Duo brush is included for easy application and blending 

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5. Colorbar

Colorbar USA is one of the leading brands when it comes to top makeup brands in India. Established in the year 2005, the brand has spread across Germany, France, Italy, Greece, the Middle East and a lot more.

Basically, the brand is famous for its lip colour and nail paints. Definitely, you will get to choose from the great collection of Colorbar products within the range.

Best Products from ColorBar

• ColorBar Matte Touch Lipstick:  intense colour and semi-matte velvety finish while offering a creamier, Softer, More glide-on application. Non-caking, non-drying. Moisturizing and incredibly wearable yet absolutely matte.

• ColorBar Kiss Proof Lip Stain: This classy no-transfer liquid lip-stain formula glides on flawlessly and delivers impressively long-lasting, velvety colour that will not transfer and stay all day long. It is also enriched with Vitamin E to provide antioxidant benefits and smooth application. The weightlessness of the formula will provide you with all-day comfort - wear lip makeup and a flawless look.

• ColorBar Matte Nail Lacquer: The metallic shades go insanely matte upon drying and the change looks magical upon application. The palette is handpicked to match the most popular bridal and bridesmaid outfits, and each nail lacquer is so unique. Also, its fast drying and matte look gives a unique texture to your nails.

• ColorBar Nail Enamel Exclusive: These nail paints from Colorbar last longer compared to other nail paints. The nail paint stays on your nails for as long as a week without the nail paint wearing off from your nails. 

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6. Revlon India

Revlon brand will obviously make you believe more in cosmetics as the products offered by the brand is worth it and it offers the best makeup products in India.

Founded in the year in 1932 in the US, the brand is setting a new trend in the world of lip colours. Reinvent a style in you with the super-rich and lustrous range. Be selfie-ready anytime, anywhere with an all-new collection of Revlon.

Top Revlon Makeup Products

• Revlon Volumizing Mascara: It is Conditioning, clump-free volumizing mascara. Also, Unique Lash Plumping Brush is designed with triple groves to hold the formula for maximum volume. Available in waterproof and non-waterproof formulas

• Revlon Kiss Cushion Lip Tint: Revlon Kiss Cushion Lip Tint comes housed in a chunky barrel with an attached cushion applicator to apply. Unlike many lip products, you don’t twist the base to get a product to flow into the cushion.

• Revlon ColorStay Full Cover Foundation: Specifically formulated for combination or oily skin, this liquid matte foundation targets oil absorption and shine with long-lasting coverage of up to 24 hours.  Use this foundation for oily skin and the foundation for combination skin is easy to apply with a makeup brush, blending sponge, or your fingertips.

• Revlon ColorStay Brow Kit: Unique and long-wearing wet/dry powder. Includes 2 brushes: dual-ended angled brush. Available in 4 natural shades and suitable for all types of eyebrows.

• Revlon Photo Ready Compact:  Cream makeup that transforms to liquid using a built-in liquefying screen. Oil-Free, Fragrance-Free, Paraben-Free with SPF 20. Have a soft-powder finish that will mix with your skin seamlessly.

• Revlon Ultra HD Matte Lip Color: Lightweight, high definition velvety matte colour, and Moisturizing, velvety feel. 100% wax-free, gel formula. Available in 8 high-definition shades. 

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7. NYX

NYX is a well-known brand founded by a 25-year-old boy Toni Ko in his 600 square feet room apartment in California. Now the company is part of the Loreal group. The reason behind the popularity of the brand is its world-class products that suit every skin type.

Enjoy the sale on the stunning lip colours, eye shades, compact, foundations, bronzer, blush, highlighter and a lot more. Also, you can make your makeup well with makeup setting spray in matte and dewy formulas.

Trending NYX Products 

• NYX Professional Makeup Soft Matte Lip Cream: Soft Matte Lip Cream is neither lipstick nor lip gloss, this matte lip cream is a new kind of lip colour that goes on silky smooth and sets to a matte finish. Sweetly scented, delightfully creamy. Lightweight and soft to apply.

• Total Control Drop Primer: When applied gently it beautifully preps your skin tone for the foundation application. This feather-light, easy-to-move primer dries down to a soft, velvety matte finish and creates the perfect base for your application of foundation.

• HIGHLIGHT & CONTOUR CREAM PRO PALETTE: This palette consists of 8 different pigments for highlighting and contouring the skin. Adds extra depth and definition to your skin tone. Gives you a creamy soft colour.

• NYX Professional Makeup HD Photogenic Concealer:  NYX Professional Makeup concealer wand covers imperfections, discolouration and under-eye circles without creating more layers. It covers all the liquid creamy concealer that covers all imperfections without looking cakey or obvious. The result is beautiful, natural-looking coverage you can count on.

• CONTOUR INTUITIVE PALETTE: Soft For Your Delicate Facial Skin and Gentle Absorbent Ideal For all Your Beauty Needs. Made up of plastic material that would not harm your skin. 

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8. Lotus

Established in the year 1993 by Kamal Passi, Lotus has become a brand very close to nature. The science used in their product is quite pure and natural. It is a wide range of skin and body care that will keep your skin protected with a sense of purity.

The brand includes all types of skincare, body care, sunscreen, winter care, shampoos and hair oils. Well, the brand had not spent a lot in an advertisement of the products but Lotus Herbals Ltd Company specializes in producing cosmetics that claim to have Ayurveda as well as herbal goodness.

Latest LOTUS Products Collection

• ECOSTAY Insta Smooth Perfecting Primer: With a gel-based weightless formula that makes your makeup stays longer. It evens your skin tone and reduces the large pores and acne. Enriched with Vitamin E, it acts as antioxidants that nourish your skin and make it look real.  

• APRISCRUB Fresh Apricot Scrub: When applied gently makes your skin look better and rejuvenates it. Reduces the blackheads and makes your skin look fairer. Gently nourishes your skin and remove the dirt.

• RADIANT GOLD Cellular Glow Single Facial Kit: This compact, easy-to-use facial kit contains 24K Gold leaves, papaya and horse chestnut extracts which make stimulate cell growth, revitalize your skin and make it look and feel younger. The gold leaves restore and replenish your skin’s natural glow to make your skin look shiny.

• COLOUR DEW NAIL ENAMEL: Long-lasting with no roughness. Will give your nails a shiny effect. Shop from the latest collection of Lotus nail enamels matching your skin tone. 

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9. The Body Shop

The body shop discovers 100% vegetarian beauty products as one of the trusted brands in India. The brand was founded in 1976 in England and gradually marked its position around 66 countries in the world.

Well, if you are one of those who prefer products that are not animal-tested and cruelty-free products, then the brand is for you.

Choose from the wide range of foundations, lip products, bronzers, blushes, and skin & hair products within budget.

Nowadays, the brand is running an offer on its products where you can avail of 40% Off on the major products.

Best Body Shop Products 2022

• The Body Shop Tea Tree Flawless BB Cream:  Evens your skin complexion with the Tea Tree Flawless BB Cream. This dual-action cream gives you flawless coverage by tackling the appearance of blemishes. Moreover, formulated with purifying Community Fair Trade organic tea tree oil from Kenya.

• The Body Shop Lip and Cheek Stain: This lip and cheek stain gives your lips a natural pink tone. Nourishes the natural lip colour if it has toned out. Can be used with the gloss for more intensity if you are stepping out.

• Roots of Strength Firming Shaping Serum:  The Body Shop Roots of Strength Firming Shaping Day Cream is a rich firming and shaping cream, enriched with nature's root extracts. It would serve you two purposes. Firstly it is rich yet non-greasy, skin feels comfortably moisturized, firmer and denser. Fine lines appear reduced and skin feels strengthened. Use as the final step of your Roots of Strength skincare routine.

• Ethiopian Honey Deep Nourishing Mask:  Ethiopian Honey Deep Nourishing Mask is an indulgent, honey-textured moisturizing mask which nourishes and hydrates the skin. It replenishes, restores and comforts skin in need of an intensely nourishing treatment.

• Day Cream Drops Of Youth: The Body Shop's Drops of Youth Day Cream is a lightly air-whipped face cream. It leaves a flawless, velvety-soft finish to the skin. Moreover, this Youth Cream smoothes, tightens, and hydrates skin. Pores look more tightened, lines appear smoothed, and skin feels bouncier after the application of this cream. 

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10. Clinique

Clinique LLC is an American Brand and a famous manufacturer of skincare, cosmetics, toiletries, fragrances, etc. Its products are usually sold in high-end stores.

They believe in serving the best to their customers and hence you can surely believe in the specialized skin care of the brand. Moreover, no matter what your skin type is, you will always find the product to be non-allergic.

Trending Clinique Products in India

• Take The Day Off Cleansing Balm: when applied to the skin, gets transformed from a solid balm to a silky oil application. Cleanses your skin thoroughly and removes all the makeup from your inner skin too.

• Moisture Surge 72 Hour Auto-Replenishing Hydrator: Clinique's Moisture Surge 72-Hour Auto-Replenishing Hydrator is a refreshing gel-cream that gives your skin the power to rehydrate itself. It keeps your skin hydrated twice as normal and delivers a 152% instant moisture boost. However makes your skin appear plump, dewy and glowing from the inside out non-stop for 72 hours.

• Extreme Black High Impact Extreme Volume Mascara: Gives your eyes a more enhanced look. The deep and intense black texture makes your eyes attractive and catchy.

• Pep-Start HydroBlur Moisturizer: This oil-free moisturizer clears your skin tone and makes it hydrated. Skin looks perfect with a matte finish. It’s so lightweight to use and you can use it as touch-ups every day. It finishes your skin by refining the pores and fine dry lines.

• Pep-Start 2-in-1 Exfoliating Cleanser: Takes away dirt from your face and removes excess oil and impurities making your skin look great. Preps the skin for applying the makeup. Use twice a day for better results.  

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Buy cosmetics online in India at the best price to keep yourself within budget. You can also look for the best deals online and bargain for the top brands. Don’t think much!! Just Shop.
 

Tips to Save on Best Cosmetic Brands in India

1. You can Purchase in Bulk - If you are about to purchase the products one at a time, then try to order it from a cosmetic online store. It will definitely serve you multipurpose. First of all, you would be able to choose from the variety of brands and secondly, they would provide you discounts if you purchase the products in bulk. Also, you don’t have to pay for the shipping charges.

2. You can Rely Upon Alternatives - It is not necessary all the time to use the ultra-powered dandruff shampoo for the dandruff treatment. Instead, you can also use some of the alternative remedies like curd, vinegar solution, etc. Also, rather than using synthetic scrubbers, you can go for natural scrubs like potatoes, tomatoes, lemon and a lot more. These are more helpful to make your skin glow at its best.

3. Be Flexible with your Lip Shades - It is not necessary all the time to stick to the lip shade that you always use. You can be flexible with some of the nude shades. For example, if you are not loving the colour of your new lipstick, then you can simply go for the nude shades to compliment it. The combination will bring you a brand new colour that you would definitely love. Moreover, you would be able to save if you were thinking to buy a new one.

4. Look How can you make your Perfume Long Lasting - We all know how much a perfume costs and if you are a regular user then surely it is the likely the case that you are ready to end up soon. But if you are not in the mood to spend at a new one then the thing you can do is add the last few drops of your perfume to your body lotion. The purpose is when you apply the lotion to your whole skin then the fragrance would work as you wanted it to.

5. Always be the Search of the Offers - Being a makeup addict it is not that easy to manage all the expenses at one. You have to look for other things too. So, if you prefer to buy products online, then try to look for the offers that online sites serve you. For better results, you can subscribe to the email or newsletter of the website so that you can get updates whenever a new offer arrives in branded cosmetics online in India.

Top Organic Cosmetic Brands In India

Name of the Brand	Year of Foundation	Buy Link
Forest Essentials	2000	Buy Now
Bella Vita Organic	2012	Buy Now
Mystiq Living	2019	Buy Now
Soulflower	2001	Buy Now
Organic Harvest	2013	Buy Now
Khadi Natural	1963	Buy Now
Kama Ayurveda	2002	Buy Now
Skin Yoga	2013	Buy Now
Juicy Chemistry	2014	Buy Now

 

Top 10 Herbal Cosmetic Brands In India

Name of the Brand	Year of Foundation	Buy Link
Himalaya Herbals	1930	Buy Now
Lotus Herbals	1993	Buy Now
Khadi Natural	1963	Buy Now
Vaadi Herbals	2004	Buy Now
Just Herbs	2010	Buy Now
Biotique	1992	Buy Now
Forest Essentials	2000	Buy Now
Ayur Herbals	2002	Buy Now
JOVEES Herbal	1998	Buy Now

Top 10 Ayurvedic Cosmetic Brands In India

 

Name of the Brand	Year of Foundation	Buy Link
Kama Ayurveda	2002	Buy Now
Forest Essentials	2000	Buy Now
The Ayurveda Co	2021	Buy Now
SoulTree	2013	Buy Now
Just Herbs	2010	Buy Now
The Tribe Concepts	2009	Buy Now
Juicy Chemistry	2014	Buy Now
Ohria Ayurveda	2018	Buy Now
Sadhev	2019	Buy Now

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Q1. Is Nykaa an Indian brand?

A1. Nykaa is an Indian Brand based in Mumbai. The multi-brand beauty retailer is selling cosmetic and wellness products. Falguni Nayar founded Nyka, and it began in April 2012. Nykaa's first retail store was physically opened at T3 Terminal, Indira Gandhi International Airport in November 2015.

Q2. Is Maybelline an Indian brand?

A2. Maybelline is not an Indian brand; it is a major American makeup brand. Its products sold worldwide and a subsidiary of French cosmetics company L'Oréal.

Q3. Why is make up so expensive?

A3. Makeup is expensive because they need to be marked up for things like marketing, Pretty packaging, and brand fame. 

Q4. What are the 5 main categories of cosmetic products?

A4. Everyday make-up items include lipstick, mascara, eye shadow, foundation, blush, and bronzer. Other conventional cosmetics include skin cleansers, body lotions, shampoo and conditioner, hair styling products (gel, hair spray, etc.), perfume and cologne.

Q5. Does Flipkart sell original products?

A5. Products sold by sellers in Flipkart sellers will give brand authorization letter before they start selling. Coming to your answer Yes some case cheating sellers will send you to duplicate product.

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