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Lip Mask

Lip Mask shows low returns (0.1%), but soft demand (-25.5% this quarter) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

53
Worth a look

Top 22% of 2,481 Beauty niches · +6 vs the category median of 47

Market size 70Growth 12Conversion 50Competition 60Returns 99Price range 68Avg price 73Brand share 30Review moat 35Quality gap 52
This niche Category average · 2,481 niches

Is Lip Mask profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Lip Mask is a £729K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (1.2M searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 87% of demand. Demand peaks in Jan–Nov–Dec. Verdict: Worth a look — 53/100.

Lip Mask: 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 -25.5% over the last 90 days and 4.0% of searches end in a purchase.

£729K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr40K
Search volume / yr-25.5%1.2M
Conversion rate4.0%
Avg price£14.76

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 87% of demand, so 13% of the market is open.

13%

open market share

Brands · sellers12 · 68
Top-5 product click share49%
Open market13%
Avg brand age33 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 · 26 products

Sponsored placement65%
New entrants (1y)5· 2 succeeded
Avg rating4.4★
Avg reviews3,041

Top Lip Mask 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 49% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£73K£146K£219K£292K1101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

12 falling

Sellers

68

Top-5 brand share

87%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

49%

Top 20: 90%

Open market

11%

  • LANEIGE71%
  • Burt's Bees5%
  • e.l.f.4%
  • The Ordinary4%
  • Ceboic3%
  • W72%
  • Open — no brand owns it (6 brands, 11%)

Lip Mask demand & seasonality

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

Volume1.2MCVR4.0%Products26Brands12Top 5 Brands87%OOS Rate3.5%Rating4.4★Reviews3,041Avg BSR#347
70K50KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.4×

Top Lip Mask search terms shoppers use

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

  • laneige359K/yr
  • lip mask234K/yr
  • lip masks57K/yr
  • laneige lip mask161K/yr
  • laneige lip balm174K/yr
  • laneige lip sleeping mask40K/yr
  • lip mask overnight32K/yr
  • overnight lip mask19K/yr
  • laniege19K/yr
  • laneige lip balm set20K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Lip Mask

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

What buyers love

77% of reviews
Moist/Dry19%

doesn't dry out

Soft Feel18%

my skin feels so soft

Quality-Overall13%

Decent lip mask

Smell7%

Smells amazing

Value For Money7%

not expensive

What buyers complain about

72% of reviews
Value For Money17%

Overpriced

Moist/Dry14%

It doesn't ever really dry as such

Size-Overall11%

The package Is small

Ease Of Application7%

Poorly made applicator

Functionality-Overall7%

Didn't work

Lip Mask 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.

1Size-Overall
37%
2Advertised Vs Actual Product
14%
3Defective Material/Parts
7%
4Quality-Overall
7%
5Moist/Dry
4%

Common Lip Mask questions

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

Flapen scores Lip Mask 53/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £729K/yr across 26 tracked products. 2 of 5 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -25.5% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Lip Mask on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Jan–Nov–Dec, where the busiest month runs 3.4× the quietest.