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Matte Setting Spray

Matte Setting Spray shows low returns (0.1%), but prices mostly outside the sweet spot ($2.54–$12.84) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

51
Worth a look

Top 31% of 2,481 Beauty niches · +4 vs the category median of 47

Market size 30Growth 55Conversion 96Competition 48Returns 100Price range 0Avg price 18Brand share 36Review moat 22Quality gap 58
This niche Category average · 2,481 niches

Is Matte Setting Spray profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Matte Setting Spray is a £137K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (165K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 83% of demand. Demand peaks in May–Jun–Jul. Verdict: Worth a look — 51/100.

Matte Setting Spray: 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 +28.2% over the last 90 days and 13.0% of searches end in a purchase.

£137K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr25K
Search volume / yr+28.2%165K
Conversion rate13.0%
Avg price£6.40

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 83% of demand, so 17% of the market is open.

17%

open market share

Brands · sellers13 · 141
Top-5 product click share56%
Open market17%
Avg brand age58 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 · 29 products

Sponsored placement59%
New entrants (1y)2· 2 succeeded
Avg rating4.4★
Avg reviews9,976

Top Matte Setting Spray 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 56% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£7K£14K£21K£27K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

13 rising

Sellers

141

Top-5 brand share

83%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

56%

Top 20: 91%

Open market

12%

  • NYX PROFESSIONAL MAKEUP40%
  • Revolution Beauty London27%
  • Makeup Revolution6%
  • L'Oreal Paris5%
  • Revolution Skincare London5%
  • e.l.f.5%
  • Open — no brand owns it (7 brands, 12%)

Matte Setting Spray demand & seasonality

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

Volume165KCVR13.0%Products29Brands13Top 5 Brands83%OOS Rate0.3%Rating4.4★Reviews9,976Avg BSR#51
5K3KHoliday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26DecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

Peak months: May, Jun, Jul · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.0×

Top Matte Setting Spray search terms shoppers use

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

  • nyx setting spray50K/yr
  • revolution setting spray44K/yr
  • matte setting spray20K/yr
  • setting spray matte14K/yr
  • nyx matte finish setting spray6K/yr
  • setting spray revolution6K/yr
  • mattifying setting spray4K/yr
  • matt setting spray5K/yr
  • revolution superfix setting spray4K/yr
  • setting spray nyx4K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Matte Setting Spray

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

What buyers love

75% of reviews
Quality-Overall20%

overall Im quite happy with the results

Value For Money14%

Excellent value

Smell8%

Doesnt smell that bad

Durability7%

This is excellent and feels lovely & lasts

Brightness/Shine/Glow6%

perfect shiny

What buyers complain about

64% of reviews
Smell23%

Not a pleasant smell

Moist/Dry9%

Drying

Functionality-Overall9%

Poor results

Adhesion/Stickiness5%

Leaves a thick glue like residue

Size-Overall4%

its a very small bottle

Matte Setting Spray return rate & reasons

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

0.1%

Return rate

30%

Fixable by listing

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

1Size-Overall
25%
2Functionality-Overall
19%
3Moist/Dry
13%
4Leak-Proof
8%
5Smell
6%

Common Matte Setting Spray questions

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

Flapen scores Matte Setting Spray 51/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £137K/yr across 29 tracked products. 2 of 2 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved +28.2% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Matte Setting Spray on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in May–Jun–Jul, where the busiest month runs 2.0× the quietest.