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Brown Lip Liner

prices mostly outside the sweet spot ($1.80–$5.18) — Brown Lip Liner doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

37
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Ranks 2,208 of 2,481 Beauty niches · −10 vs the category median of 47

Market size 13Growth 17Conversion 83Competition 22Returns 100Price range 0Avg price 8Brand share 35Review moat 24Quality gap 60
This niche Category average · 2,481 niches

Is Brown Lip Liner profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Brown Lip Liner is a £53K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (196K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 84% of demand. Demand peaks in Nov. Verdict: Skip it — 37/100.

Brown Lip Liner: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -16.5% over the last 90 days and 8.9% of searches end in a purchase.

£53K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr15K
Search volume / yr-16.5%196K
Conversion rate8.9%
Avg price£3.04

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 84% of demand, so 16% of the market is open.

16%

open market share

Brands · sellers11 · 40
Top-5 product click share74%
Open market16%
Avg brand age44 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.4★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 14 products

Sponsored placement64%
New entrants (1y)0· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.4★
Avg reviews6,677

Top Brown Lip Liner products & what they sell for

Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products capture 74% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£5K£11K£16K£21K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

11 rising

Sellers

40

Top-5 brand share

84%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

74%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

12%

  • Rimmel45%
  • NYX PROFESSIONAL MAKEUP13%
  • e.l.f.13%
  • Catrice Cosmetics8%
  • SLEEK5%
  • Collection4%
  • Open — no brand owns it (5 brands, 12%)

Brown Lip Liner demand & seasonality

Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.

Volume196KCVR8.9%Products14Brands11Top 5 Brands84%OOS Rate0.0%Rating4.4★Reviews6,677Avg BSR#32
9K7KSpike '25Black Friday '25Spike '26JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

Peak months: Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.8×

Top Brown Lip Liner search terms shoppers use

The exact queries shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth and conversion.

  • brown lip liner96K/yr
  • dark brown lip liner22K/yr
  • lip liner brown18K/yr
  • nyx cold brew lip liner11K/yr
  • nyx nudetruffle lip liner6K/yr
  • dark lip liner7K/yr
  • brown lipliner6K/yr
  • rimmel brownie pie lip liner7K/yr
  • nyx lip liner cold brew5K/yr
  • nyx espresso lip liner5K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Brown Lip Liner

What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.

What buyers love

89% of reviews
Color33%

Beautiful colour

Quality-Overall13%

The quality of this lip liner is great

Durability8%

stays on all day

Soft Feel7%

it glides onto your lips smoothly and is blendable

Ease Of Application7%

the application is very easy

What buyers complain about

67% of reviews
Color22%

personally it's not dark enough for me because i expected a darker brown

Durability21%

doesnt last

Allergies8%

Allergic reaction

Smudge Resistance7%

Very sheer smudge easily

Quality-Overall3%

its cheap

Brown Lip Liner return rate & reasons

Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.

0.1%

Return rate

69%

Fixable by listing

The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.

1Color
54%
2Product Condition
9%
3Quality-Overall
6%
4Advertised Vs Actual Product
6%
5Smell
4%

Common Brown Lip Liner questions

The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.

Flapen scores Brown Lip Liner 37/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £53K/yr across 14 tracked products. Search demand moved -16.5% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Brown Lip Liner on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Nov, where the busiest month runs 2.8× the quietest.