The receipt · trial sizes
The mini tax: a trial size can cost 3.2× more per ml
Minis make sense for testing tolerance. Just know what you're paying for the privilege, same product, same brand store:
| Product | Mini | Full | Tax |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foxtale Glow Sunscreen | 10ml · ₹220 (₹22/ml) | 50ml · ₹349 (₹7/ml) | 3.2× |
- 3.2× is hard to justify on a sunscreen your skin already tolerates. Patch-test logic is not repurchase logic.
- A mini earns its premium when the product is an active you might genuinely react to. On a sunscreen you have used before, you are paying for packaging.
This card used to show a second row, The Derma Co's vitamin C at 1.4×. We pulled it: our price key for that product currently matches more than one pack size on their store, so the full-size price the ratio depends on is not one we can stand behind. The mini price was read on the brand's own store on 6 August; minis go in and out of stock.