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Starface Lip Balm

brand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 95% of clicks) — Starface Lip Balm doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

46
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Ranks 1,283 of 2,481 Beauty niches · −1 vs the category median of 47

Market size 29Growth 14Conversion 63Competition 46Returns 100Price range 83Avg price 55Brand share 12Review moat 49Quality gap 55
This niche Category average · 2,481 niches

Is Starface Lip Balm profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Starface Lip Balm is a £125K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (178K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 95% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 46/100.

Starface Lip Balm: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -22.5% over the last 90 days and 5.6% of searches end in a purchase.

£125K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr5K
Search volume / yr-22.5%178K
Conversion rate5.6%
Avg price£12.65

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 95% of demand, so 5% of the market is open.

5%

open market share

Brands · sellers10 · 101
Top-5 product click share57%
Open market5%
Avg brand age37 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 · 25 products

Sponsored placement76%
New entrants (1y)12· 7 succeeded
Avg rating4.4★
Avg reviews1,616

Top Starface Lip Balm 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 57% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£5K£10K£15K£20K1101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

10 falling

Sellers

101

Top-5 brand share

95%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

57%

Top 20: 97%

Open market

4%

  • Starface World46%
  • Glossier23%
  • Sol de Janeiro15%
  • e.l.f.10%
  • Kiko Milano1%
  • Cloud Paint1%
  • Open — no brand owns it (4 brands, 4%)

Starface Lip Balm demand & seasonality

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

Volume178KCVR5.6%Products25Brands10Top 5 Brands95%OOS Rate1.7%Rating4.4★Reviews1,616Avg BSR#318
3K2KFeb '26Mar '26Mar '26Apr '26May '26Jun '26

Top Starface Lip Balm search terms shoppers use

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

  • glossier64K/yr
  • starface lip balm41K/yr
  • sol de janeiro lip balm20K/yr
  • star face lip balm18K/yr
  • glossier lip balm18K/yr
  • elf lip balm duo3K/yr
  • hismile lip balm3K/yr
  • elf squeeze me lip balm duo3K/yr
  • sol de janeiro lip3K/yr
  • glossier balm dotcom3K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Starface Lip Balm

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

What buyers love

72% of reviews
Smell21%

It smells divine

Moist/Dry14%

very hydrating

Soft Feel8%

my skin feels so soft

Quality-Overall7%

its a high end brand

Ease Of Application6%

easy to apply

What buyers complain about

60% of reviews
Size-Overall22%

A small tube

Smell11%

It has a strong unpleasant smell

Value For Money10%

Expensive

Moist/Dry4%

it didnt feel like my lips were moisturised at all

Adhesion/Stickiness4%

Other than the size the lip balm isnt sticky

Starface Lip Balm return rate & reasons

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

0.1%

Return rate

38%

Fixable by listing

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

1Size-Overall
29%
2Value For Money
12%
3Adhesion/Stickiness
10%
4Moist/Dry
10%
5Durability
7%

Common Starface Lip Balm questions

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

Flapen scores Starface Lip Balm 46/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £125K/yr across 25 tracked products. 7 of 12 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -22.5% over the last 90 days.
Starface Lip Balm buyers on Amazon United Kingdom complain most about Size-Overall, Smell, Value For Money, the themes mined from the niche's reviews. Its return rate is 0.1%.