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Lip Primer

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.8% of orders. But demand is soft, at +0.3% this quarter, so Lip Primer is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
53
53 / 100
Top 26% of 10,978 Beauty & Personal Care niches · +5 vs the category median of 48
Market size
$219K/yr309K searches / yr
90-day growth
+0.3%search demand this quarter
Competition
46%top-5 click share · 14 brands · 82 sellers

Flapen Score

Lip Primer against its category

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

53Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Lip Primer market on Amazon at a glance

Lip Primer is a $219K a year market on Amazon United States, with 309K searches a year. The top 5 brands take 84% of clicks. Demand peaks in Oct–Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 53 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

Demand comes close.

Shoppers search 309K times a year and 4.6% buy. Search demand moved +0.3% in 90 days, so the market is growing into its $219K a year.

Search volume
309K
Search growth, 90 days
+0.3%
Conversion
4.6%
Market size
$219K

02 · Money

The money is there.

Shoppers bought 13K to 15K units at $15.52 on average, 250 to 500 per product. Units times price is $194K to $233K a year.

Units sold
13K–15K
Units per product
250–500
Average price
$15.52
Units × price
$194K–$233K

03 · Shelf

Brands here are established.

The average listing ranks #214. 97% of listings ship Prime. 73% 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 63 months.

Average BSR
#214
Prime
97%
Sponsored
73%
Out of stock
2.4%
Average brand age
63 months

Products

Top Lip Primer 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$9K$18K$26K$35K1001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

14 falling

Sellers

82

Top-5 brand share

84%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

46%

Top 20: 86%

Open market

13%

  • Anastasia Beverly Hills57%
  • MAC9%
  • ColourPop8%
  • e.l.f.5%
  • L.A. Girl4%
  • KYDA3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (8 brands, 13%)

Demand

Lip Primer search demand

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

13K8KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Oct, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.5×

Search terms

Top Lip Primer search terms shoppers use

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

  • anastasia lipstick102K/yr
  • lip primer73K/yr
  • anastasia beverly hills lipstick27K/yr
  • lip primer for older women21K/yr
  • anastasia lipstick matte14K/yr
  • anastasia lip12K/yr
  • lip primer for lipstick15K/yr
  • mac lip primer8K/yr
  • lipstick primer10K/yr
  • mac prep and prime lip primer7K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Lip Primer

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

Complain

Functionality-Overall16%−0.18

Didn't work

Did not work as well as I had hoped

Doesnt do anything

Moist/Dry11%−0.04

very dry

Not enough moisture

Dried out

Color9%+0.73

Wrong color,

Color does not match

Color is not as described

Durability8%−0.04

Doesn't last

Broken after 2 uses

Breaks Off

Value For Money6%

Not good value

Waste of money

Not worth it

Love

Moist/Dry13%−0.04

Very hydrating

good moisturizer

moisturize

Color13%+0.73

Love the shade

Love this color

I love the shade of this

Soft Feel12%

It glides on smoothly

It helps to smooth

its a lot smoother

Quality-Overall10%+0.69

good quality brand for cosmetics

Great matte lipstick

Good quality,

Value For Money6%

Worth it

Great price

Great value

Return

0.8% Return rate 59% Fixable by listing

Color39%▆▆█▇▇▇

Wrong color,

Color does not match

Color is not as described

Advertised Vs Actual Product15%▇▆▇▇██
Functionality-Overall14%██▅▆▆▇

Didn't work

Did not work as well as I had hoped

Doesnt do anything

Moist/Dry8%▆▅▆█▆▅

very dry

Not enough moisture

Dried out

Product Condition5%▅▅▃▇▆█

FAQ

Common Lip Primer questions

Answered from the same tracked data.