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Contour Palette

Contour Palette shows low returns (0.1%), but soft demand (-26.5% this quarter) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

50
Worth a look

Top 34% of 2,481 Beauty niches · +3 vs the category median of 47

Market size 15Growth 12Conversion 56Competition 67Returns 99Price range 39Avg price 20Brand share 81Review moat 42Quality gap 75
This niche Category average · 2,481 niches

Is Contour Palette profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Contour Palette is a £60K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (182K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 54% of demand. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Verdict: Worth a look — 50/100.

Contour Palette: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Worth a look. Search demand moved -26.5% over the last 90 days and 4.7% of searches end in a purchase.

£60K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr10K
Search volume / yr-26.5%182K
Conversion rate4.7%
Avg price£7.08

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 54% of demand, so 46% of the market is open.

46%

open market share

Brands · sellers26 · 214
Top-5 product click share45%
Open market46%
Avg brand age36 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.3★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 41 products

Sponsored placement61%
New entrants (1y)4· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.3★
Avg reviews2,334

Top Contour Palette 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 take 45% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£2K£4K£5K£7K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

26 falling

Sellers

214

Top-5 brand share

54%

Top 20: 96%

Top-5 click share

45%

Top 20: 84%

Open market

39%

  • Rimmel15%
  • e.l.f.12%
  • Makeup Revolution10%
  • W79%
  • L'Oreal Paris8%
  • Revolution Beauty London7%

Contour Palette demand & seasonality

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

Volume182KCVR4.7%Products41Brands26Top 5 Brands54%OOS Rate5.7%Rating4.3★Reviews2,334Avg BSR#103
7K5KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.1×

Top Contour Palette search terms shoppers use

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

  • contour palette110K/yr
  • contour kit16K/yr
  • cream contour palette13K/yr
  • contour set8K/yr
  • contour palette powder6K/yr
  • contouring palette5K/yr
  • cream makeup palette5K/yr
  • contour powder palette4K/yr
  • revolution contour palette4K/yr
  • seint makeup palette uk4K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Contour Palette

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

What buyers love

80% of reviews
Color20%

Lovely colour

Quality-Overall18%

Excellent product

Value For Money13%

Excellent value for money

Ease Of Use6%

easy to work with

Soft Feel5%

The creams are smooth

What buyers complain about

55% of reviews
Quality-Overall13%

Awful quality not easily blended

Color6%

very orange

Texture/Consistency-Overall6%

The texture felt quite heavy

Functionality-Overall5%

Did nothing for deffinition

Size-Overall5%

much smaller than expected

Contour Palette return rate & reasons

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

0.1%

Return rate

63%

Fixable by listing

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

1Color
44%
2Quality-Overall
12%
3Advertised Vs Actual Product
6%
4Defective Material/Parts
5%
5Value For Money
5%

Common Contour Palette questions

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

Flapen scores Contour Palette 50/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £60K/yr across 41 tracked products. 0 of 4 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -26.5% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Contour Palette on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Nov–Dec, where the busiest month runs 2.1× the quietest.