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Lip Liner

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.7% of orders. But the average product has 13,851 reviews to catch up to, so Lip Liner is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
57
57 / 100
Top 14% of 10,978 Beauty & Personal Care niches · +9 vs the category median of 48
Market size
$2.9M/yr9.0M searches / yr
90-day growth
-4.3%search demand this quarter
Competition
46%top-5 click share · 19 brands · 127 sellers

Flapen Score

Lip Liner against its category

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

57Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Lip Liner market on Amazon at a glance

Lip Liner is a $2.9M a year market on Amazon United States, with 9.0M searches a year. The top 5 brands take 74% of clicks. Flapen scores it 57 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

Demand comes close.

Shoppers search 9.0M times a year and 4.0% buy. Search demand moved -4.3% in 90 days, so the $2.9M a year market is softening.

Search volume
9.0M
Search growth, 90 days
-4.3%
Conversion
4.0%
Market size
$2.9M

02 · Money

The money is there.

Shoppers bought 300K to 400K units at $8.03 on average, 10,000 to 12,500 per product. Units times price is $2.4M to $3.2M a year.

Units sold
300K–400K
Units per product
10,000–12,500
Average price
$8.03
Units × price
$2.4M–$3.2M

03 · Shelf

Brands here are settling in.

The average listing ranks #22. 100% of listings ship Prime. 72% of the shelf is sponsored, so budget for ads. The average listing is out of stock 0.0% of the time. The average brand has sold here for 52 months.

Average BSR
#22
Prime
100%
Sponsored
72%
Out of stock
0.0%
Average brand age
52 months

Products

Top Lip Liner 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 46% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

$0$147K$294K$440K$587K1001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

19 rising

Sellers

127

Top-5 brand share

74%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

46%

Top 20: 86%

Open market

22%

  • NYX PROFESSIONAL MAKEUP32%
  • e.l.f.20%
  • REVLON11%
  • L.A. COLORS6%
  • wet n wild5%
  • Generic5%

Demand

Lip Liner search demand

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

250K150KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×

Search terms

Top Lip Liner search terms shoppers use

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

  • lip liner4.6M/yr
  • nyx lip liner1.1M/yr
  • brown lip liner542K/yr
  • lip liners396K/yr
  • lip liner set384K/yr
  • mac lip liner254K/yr
  • lip liner pencil381K/yr
  • lip pencil212K/yr
  • lipliner193K/yr
  • revlon lip liner127K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Lip Liner

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

Complain

Color22%+1.53

Way Darker

Color was off

poor color

Durability13%−0.11

Breaks to easily

Break easily

Didnt last

Moist/Dry6%−0.07

Not moisturizing

Dried Out

A little dry

Value For Money5%+0.48

Not worth the price

Waste of money

Over priced

Quality-Overall4%+0.25

I felt like it was kinda cheap quality

Awful quality

Cheaply made

Love

Color36%+1.53

color is accurate

Color is pretty

Amazing color

Soft Feel9%

Goes on smooth

Nice and creamy

Goes on SMOOTH

Value For Money9%+0.48

Definitely worth the price

Great Value

Awesome price

Quality-Overall8%+0.25

Great quality -- looks pretty natural

Amazing quality

Plus, its super affordable for the quality

Durability6%−0.11

stays on all day

It is very durable

Stays all day

Return

0.7% Return rate 81% Fixable by listing

Color61%▇███▇█

Way Darker

Color was off

poor color

Advertised Vs Actual Product10%█▇▇▇▇▆

Darker than advertised

NOT AS ADVERTISED

Not as described

Functionality-Overall4%█▅▆▆█▆
Moist/Dry4%███▆▇▅

Not moisturizing

Dried Out

A little dry

Defective Material/Parts2%▆▅▆█▆▇

FAQ

Common Lip Liner questions

Answered from the same tracked data.