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Powder Foundation

Fail

Prices span $2.26–$9.57, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Powder Foundation is a Fail.

Flapen Score
40
40 / 100
Ranks 1,964 of 2,481 Beauty niches · −7 vs the category median of 47
Market size
£52K/yr223K searches / yr
90-day growth
+6.7%search demand this quarter
Competition
46%top-5 click share · 8 brands · 329 sellers

Flapen Score

Powder Foundation against its category

The dotted line is the Beauty average. Past it, Powder Foundation is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

40Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Powder Foundation market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Powder Foundation 223K times last year and spent an estimated £52K. The top 5 brands take 97% of clicks. Demand peaks in Oct–Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 40 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 4.7% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 223K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 4.7% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +6.7% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £52K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
223K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+6.7%
Conversion, latest week
4.7%
Market size, estimated
£52Ka year
Peak month
October2.3× the quietest month
Top search term
rimmel105K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £4.90.

Listings sell for £4.90 on average, from £2.26 to £9.57. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 10K to 13K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At £4.90 that is £1K to £2K a year per listing.

Average price
£4.90under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.26–£9.57
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
10K–13K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
£1K–£2K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

82% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 2.6% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #12 within Make-up. It carries 11,275 reviews at 4.41 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
82%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
2.6%
Average rank
#12in Make-up
Average rating
4.41 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
11,275per listing
Listings tracked
34

04 · Newcomers

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

2 products launched here in the last 12 months. 2 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 46 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

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

Products

Top Powder Foundation 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 46% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

8 falling

Sellers

329

Top-5 brand share

97%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

46%

Top 20: 86%

Open market

2%

  • Brand 192%
  • Brand 22%
  • Brand 31%
  • Brand 41%
  • Brand 51%
  • Brand 61%
  • Open — no brand owns it (2 brands, 2%)

Demand

Powder Foundation search demand

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

18K13KSpike '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Oct, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.3×

Search terms

Top Powder Foundation search terms shoppers use

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

  • rimmel105K/yr
  • rimmel blusher21K/yr
  • bronzer palette19K/yr
  • rimmel blush14K/yr
  • bronzer and blush palette10K/yr
  • rimmel make up11K/yr
  • blush and bronzer palette9K/yr
  • rimmel london10K/yr
  • rimmel blusher powder6K/yr
  • blush and highlighter palette5K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Powder Foundation

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

19%of positive reviews mention “Value For Money”
12%of negative reviews mention “Color”
0.1%of orders come back
“Very dark”
A buyer, on “Color”12% 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 Powder Foundation questions

Answered from the same tracked data.