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Retractable Makeup Brush

soft demand (-27.2% this quarter) — Retractable Makeup Brush doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

40
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Ranks 1,964 of 2,481 Beauty niches · −7 vs the category median of 47

Market size 16Growth 11Conversion 79Competition 23Returns 96Price range 38Avg price 23Brand share 25Review moat 43Quality gap 76
This niche Category average · 2,481 niches

Is Retractable Makeup Brush profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Retractable Makeup Brush is a £63K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (94K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 90% of demand. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Verdict: Skip it — 40/100.

Retractable Makeup Brush: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -27.2% over the last 90 days and 8.0% of searches end in a purchase.

£63K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr10K
Search volume / yr-27.2%94K
Conversion rate8.0%
Avg price£8.33

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 90% of demand, so 10% of the market is open.

10%

open market share

Brands · sellers9 · 15
Top-5 product click share73%
Open market10%
Avg brand age40 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 · 13 products

Sponsored placement100%
New entrants (1y)2· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.3★
Avg reviews2,235

Top Retractable Makeup Brush 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 capture 73% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£6K£13K£19K£25K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

9 falling

Sellers

15

Top-5 brand share

90%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

73%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

7%

  • Laura Geller Beauty52%
  • LAURA GELLER NEW YORK16%
  • YOUDALIS9%
  • KESHIMA9%
  • Mozeat Lens4%
  • HuYiGGZ3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (3 brands, 7%)

Retractable Makeup Brush demand & seasonality

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

Volume94KCVR8.0%Products13Brands9Top 5 Brands90%OOS Rate0.0%Rating4.3★Reviews2,235Avg BSR#71
3K2KSpike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26DecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.0×

Top Retractable Makeup Brush search terms shoppers use

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

  • laura geller brush32K/yr
  • retractable makeup brush12K/yr
  • laura geller brushes7K/yr
  • kabuki brush retractable9K/yr
  • retractable kabuki brush7K/yr
  • laura geller brush set4K/yr
  • retractable blusher brush5K/yr
  • retractable foundation brush4K/yr
  • laura geller makeup brushes4K/yr
  • retractable brush4K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Retractable Makeup Brush

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

What buyers love

87% of reviews
Brush Quality27%

Fab brushes

Quality-Overall17%

The bristles are good quality

Soft Feel14%

The bristles are soft

Value For Money6%

worth every pen̈ny

Advertised Vs Actual Product6%

As advertised

What buyers complain about

63% of reviews
Quality-Overall15%

Not great quality

Size-Overall12%

The brush is a little bigger

Durability10%

broke within a week

Value For Money8%

expensive

Strength4%

it's a pity it doesn't feel more sturdy

Retractable Makeup Brush return rate & reasons

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

0.7%

Return rate

40%

Fixable by listing

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

1Size-Overall
23%
2Quality-Overall
14%
3Functionality-Overall
9%
4Defective Material/Parts
7%
5Brush Quality
7%

Common Retractable Makeup Brush questions

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

Flapen scores Retractable Makeup Brush 40/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £63K/yr across 13 tracked products. 0 of 2 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -27.2% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Retractable Makeup Brush on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Nov–Dec, where the busiest month runs 2.0× the quietest.