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Highlighter Makeup

Fail

Prices span $2.73–$8.26, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Highlighter Makeup is a Fail.

Flapen Score
43
43 / 100
Ranks 1,655 of 2,481 Beauty niches · −4 vs the category median of 47
Market size
£111K/yr411K searches / yr
90-day growth
-10.3%search demand this quarter
Competition
55%top-5 click share · 12 brands · 87 sellers

Flapen Score

Highlighter Makeup against its category

The dotted line is the Beauty average. Past it, Highlighter Makeup is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

43Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Highlighter Makeup market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Highlighter Makeup 411K times last year and spent an estimated £111K. The top 5 brands take 83% of clicks. Demand peaks in Feb. Flapen scores it 43 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 5.0% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 411K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 5.0% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -10.3% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £111K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
411K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-10.3%
Conversion, latest week
5.0%
Market size, estimated
£111Ka year
Peak month
February1.6× the quietest month
Top search term
highlighter makeup265K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £5.35.

Listings sell for £5.35 on average, from £2.73 to £8.26. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 20K to 25K a year. The average listing sells 750 to 1,000 of them. At £5.35 that is £4K to £5K a year per listing.

Average price
£5.35under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.73–£8.26
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
20K–25K
Units per listing a year
750–1,000
Revenue per listing a year
£4K–£5K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

52% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 2.8% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #35 within Make-up. It carries 3,023 reviews at 4.38 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
52%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
2.8%
Average rank
#35in Make-up
Average rating
4.38 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
3,023per listing
Listings tracked
23

04 · Newcomers

1 of last year's 2 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

2 products launched here in the last 12 months. 1 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 45 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
2
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
45 months

Products

Top Highlighter Makeup products & what they sell for

Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.

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Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 55% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

12 falling

Sellers

87

Top-5 brand share

83%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

55%

Top 20: 96%

Open market

13%

  • Brand 139%
  • Brand 215%
  • Brand 314%
  • Brand 410%
  • Brand 54%
  • Brand 64%
  • Open — no brand owns it (6 brands, 13%)

Demand

Highlighter Makeup search demand

Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.

13K8KHoliday '24Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Feb · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.6×

Search terms

Top Highlighter Makeup search terms shoppers use

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

  • highlighter makeup265K/yr
  • highlighters makeup28K/yr
  • nyx highlighter18K/yr
  • makeup highlighter15K/yr
  • face highlighter10K/yr
  • highlight10K/yr
  • highlighter powder10K/yr
  • highlighter palette11K/yr
  • powder highlighter8K/yr
  • highlighter make up7K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Highlighter Makeup

We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.

28%of positive reviews mention “Brightness/Shine/Glow”
16%of negative reviews mention “Brightness/Shine/Glow”
0.1%of orders come back
“its glittery and I dont like glitter”
A buyer, on “Brightness/Shine/Glow”16% of negative reviews mention the same topic

Every topic

Every topic buyers talk about, one row each.

Red shows the share of negative reviews and green the share of positive reviews, biggest topic first. Open a row to read what they wrote.

18 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Highlighter Makeup questions

Answered from the same tracked data.