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Skin Tint

prices mostly outside the sweet spot ($4.19–$10.64) — Skin Tint doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

38
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Ranks 2,131 of 2,481 Beauty niches · −9 vs the category median of 47

Market size 22Growth 28Conversion 25Competition 42Returns 100Price range 0Avg price 21Brand share 24Review moat 24Quality gap 72
This niche Category average · 2,481 niches

Is Skin Tint profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Skin Tint is a £88K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (579K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 90% of demand. Demand peaks in Apr–May. Verdict: Skip it — 38/100.

Skin Tint: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved +2.6% over the last 90 days and 2.0% of searches end in a purchase.

£88K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr13K
Search volume / yr+2.6%579K
Conversion rate2.0%
Avg price£7.57

Who owns the niche?

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

10%

open market share

Brands · sellers10 · 244
Top-5 product click share60%
Open market10%
Avg brand age44 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 · 26 products

Sponsored placement81%
New entrants (1y)2· 1 succeeded
Avg rating4.3★
Avg reviews5,477

Top Skin Tint 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 60% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£9K£18K£26K£35K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

10 rising

Sellers

244

Top-5 brand share

90%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

60%

Top 20: 93%

Open market

7%

  • Maybelline56%
  • NYX PROFESSIONAL MAKEUP10%
  • Rimmel10%
  • L'Oreal Paris8%
  • e.l.f.6%
  • Wet n Wild3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (4 brands, 7%)

Skin Tint demand & seasonality

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

Volume579KCVR2.0%Products26Brands10Top 5 Brands90%OOS Rate0.0%Rating4.3★Reviews5,477Avg BSR#22
25K15KSpike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

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

Top Skin Tint search terms shoppers use

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

  • skin tint271K/yr
  • maybelline skin tint91K/yr
  • maybelline superstay foundation42K/yr
  • skin tint foundation33K/yr
  • face tint17K/yr
  • maybelline super stay skin tint16K/yr
  • kylie skin tint14K/yr
  • tinted serum16K/yr
  • super stay maybelline foundation12K/yr
  • nyx skin tint10K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Skin Tint

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

What buyers love

77% of reviews
Coverage14%

Buildable coverage

Brightness/Shine/Glow14%

gives you a natural glow

Suitability Combination Skin13%

Feels good for my skin

Quality-Overall10%

Excellent product

Color8%

This is the perfect shade

What buyers complain about

51% of reviews
Color14%

The colour is much darker than advertised

Thickness7%

this feels like a thin watery barely any coverage tint

Smell6%

Gave me spots and chemically smell

Coverage5%

Bad coverage

Value For Money3%

Overpriced

Skin Tint return rate & reasons

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

0.1%

Return rate

100%

Fixable by listing

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

1Color
67%
2Advertised Vs Actual Product
33%

Common Skin Tint questions

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

Flapen scores Skin Tint 38/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £88K/yr across 26 tracked products. 1 of 2 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved +2.6% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Skin Tint on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Apr–May, where the busiest month runs 2.0× the quietest.