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Korean Mascara

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.9% of orders. But the top 5 brands take 97% of clicks, so Korean Mascara is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
54
54 / 100
Top 22% of 10,978 Beauty & Personal Care niches · +6 vs the category median of 48
Market size
$585K/yr858K searches / yr
90-day growth
+1.8%search demand this quarter
Competition
52%top-5 click share · 7 brands · 565 sellers

Flapen Score

Korean Mascara against its category

The dotted line is the Beauty & Personal Care average. Past it, Korean Mascara is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

54Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Korean Mascara market on Amazon at a glance

Korean Mascara is a $585K a year market on Amazon United States, with 858K searches a year. The top 5 brands take 97% of clicks. Demand peaks in Feb. Flapen scores it 54 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

Demand comes close.

Shoppers search 858K times a year and 4.7% buy. Search demand moved +1.8% in 90 days, so the market is growing into its $585K a year.

Search volume
858K
Search growth, 90 days
+1.8%
Conversion
4.7%
Market size
$585K

02 · Money

The money is there.

Shoppers bought 50K to 60K units at $14.56 on average, 1,500 to 2,000 per product. Units times price is $728K to $874K a year.

Units sold
50K–60K
Units per product
1,500–2,000
Average price
$14.56
Units × price
$728K–$874K

03 · Shelf

Brands here are settling in.

The average listing ranks #157. 100% of listings ship Prime. 75% of the shelf is sponsored, so budget for ads. The average listing is out of stock 2.4% of the time. The average brand has sold here for 50 months.

Average BSR
#157
Prime
100%
Sponsored
75%
Out of stock
2.4%
Average brand age
50 months

Products

Top Korean Mascara products & what they sell for

Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 52% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

$0$58K$117K$175K$234K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

7 rising

Sellers

565

Top-5 brand share

97%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

52%

Top 20: 84%

Open market

1%

  • Heroine Make45%
  • CLIO PROFESSIONAL37%
  • Clio8%
  • rom&nd5%
  • JUDYDOLL2%
  • ETUDE1%
  • Open — no brand owns it (1 brand, 1%)

Demand

Korean Mascara search demand

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

30K20KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Feb · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.8×

Search terms

Top Korean Mascara search terms shoppers use

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

  • clio300K/yr
  • korean mascara111K/yr
  • heroine make mascara109K/yr
  • japanese mascara58K/yr
  • asian mascara35K/yr
  • kiss me heroine mascara29K/yr
  • kiss me mascara37K/yr
  • clio makeup25K/yr
  • heroine mascara44K/yr
  • romand mascara13K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Korean Mascara

What buyers praise, what they complain about and why they send it back, from the reviews.

Complain

Eyelash Quality18%+2.61

Literally made my eyelashes come off

I dont like it my lashes look so bad

only with eyelashes

Ease Of Use9%−0.04

Impossible to remove

Super hard to take off

DIFFICULT to remove

Moist/Dry5%−0.08

Dried out

Product was completely dry

Dry

Functionality-Overall4%−0.05

Doesnt work

Didn't work as well as expected

It really does not do much

Taste-Overall3%

Taste nasty and sour

Bad taste

Hard and chalky tasting

Love

Eyelash Quality33%+2.61

And it gets every lash separated and perfect

Great Mascara

Excellent mascara

Water Resistance7%+0.36

Extremely waterproof

Definitely water proof

Definitely waterproof

Color6%+0.28

Looks natural

I love the color

It looks very natural

Smudge Resistance6%+0.45

Smudge proof

Doesnt smudge

No smudging

Quality-Overall5%+0.09

Excellent product

The quality and perfect shade range make this a great value and Im using it every day

The quality is solid

Return

0.9% Return rate 40% Fixable by listing

Color19%▆▇▆██▇
Advertised Vs Actual Product13%▇▆█▆▇▆

Product does not match the photo

not what describes

Not as advertised

Moist/Dry12%▆▆▆█▆▅

Dried out

Product was completely dry

Dry

Functionality-Overall10%███▆▇▇

Doesnt work

Didn't work as well as expected

It really does not do much

Eyeliner Quality7%▇█▆▆▆▆

FAQ

Common Korean Mascara questions

Answered from the same tracked data.