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Acne Makeup

a small market ($47K/yr) — Acne Makeup doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

35
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Ranks 10,006 of 10,978 Beauty & Personal Care niches · −13 vs the category median of 48

Market size 12Growth 19Conversion 40Competition 28Returns 78Price range 74Avg price 79Brand share 12Review moat 32Quality gap 43
This niche Category average · 10,978 niches

Is Acne Makeup profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United States niche tracking, Acne Makeup is a $47K/yr Amazon United States market (90K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 95% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 35/100.

Acne Makeup: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -11.8% over the last 90 days and 3.2% of searches end in a purchase.

$47K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr4K
Search volume / yr-11.8%90K
Conversion rate3.2%
Avg price$16.54

Who owns the niche?

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

5%

open market share

Brands · sellers8 · 70
Top-5 product click share68%
Open market5%
Avg brand age69 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.5★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 19 products

Sponsored placement42%
New entrants (1y)0· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews3,302

Top Acne Makeup 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 68% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

$0$5K$9K$14K$19K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

8 rising

Sellers

70

Top-5 brand share

95%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

68%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

3%

  • Neutrogena43%
  • Clinique39%
  • Almay6%
  • e.l.f.4%
  • Mario Badescu3%
  • Saie2%
  • Open — no brand owns it (2 brands, 3%)

Acne Makeup demand & seasonality

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

Volume90KCVR3.2%Products19Brands8Top 5 Brands95%OOS Rate0.0%Rating4.5★Reviews3,302Avg BSR#97
5K3KSpike '25Spike '26Aug '25Oct '25Nov '25Jan '26Mar '26May '26

Top Acne Makeup search terms shoppers use

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

  • acne safe makeup21K/yr
  • acne makeup17K/yr
  • clinique acne solutions foundation12K/yr
  • neutrogena skin clearing foundation14K/yr
  • makeup for acne prone skin10K/yr
  • acne foundation makeup5K/yr
  • clinique acne solutions liquid makeup6K/yr
  • neutrogena skin clearing4K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Acne Makeup

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

What buyers love

69% of reviews
Coverage17%

Perfect, natural coverage

Suitability Combination Skin16%

matched my skin nicely

Quality-Overall8%

It's better than most other foundations I've tried, including high end

Color7%

Great color

Soft Feel5%

It looks so smooth on

What buyers complain about

46% of reviews
Color16%

Color was off

Smell9%

Heavy perfume

Allergies4%

somewhat sensitive skin this unfortunately did not agree with

Durability3%

It breaks no matter how many ways I try

Moist/Dry3%

I would not consider this a tinted moisturizer

Acne Makeup return rate & reasons

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

1.8%

Return rate

74%

Fixable by listing

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

1Color
57%
2Advertised Vs Actual Product
8%
3Smell
4%
4Leak-Proof
4%
5Coverage
3%

Common Acne Makeup questions

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

Flapen scores Acne Makeup 35/100 on Amazon United States — Skip it. The niche generates $47K/yr across 19 tracked products. Search demand moved -11.8% over the last 90 days.
Acne Makeup buyers on Amazon United States complain most about Color, Smell, Allergies, the themes mined from the niche's reviews. Its return rate is 1.8%.