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Smokey Eye

Maybe

Products sell for $20.35 on average, inside the sweet spot. But the top 5 brands take 98% of clicks, so Smokey Eye is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
52
52 / 100
Top 29% of 10,978 Beauty & Personal Care niches · +4 vs the category median of 48
Market size
$1.1M/yr3.5M searches / yr
90-day growth
+2.4%search demand this quarter
Competition
35%top-5 click share · 8 brands · 32 sellers

Flapen Score

Smokey Eye against its category

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

52Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Smokey Eye market on Amazon at a glance

Smokey Eye is a $1.1M a year market on Amazon United States, with 3.5M searches a year. The top 5 brands take 98% of clicks. Demand peaks in Mar–Apr–May–Jun. Flapen scores it 52 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

Demand comes close.

Shoppers search 3.5M times a year and 1.6% buy. Search demand moved +2.4% in 90 days, so the market is growing into its $1.1M a year.

Search volume
3.5M
Search growth, 90 days
+2.4%
Conversion
1.6%
Market size
$1.1M

02 · Money

The money is there.

Shoppers bought 60K to 80K units at $20.35 on average, 750 to 1,000 per product. Units times price is $1.2M to $1.6M a year.

Units sold
60K–80K
Units per product
750–1,000
Average price
$20.35
Units × price
$1.2M–$1.6M

03 · Shelf

Brands here are settling in.

The average listing ranks #95. 100% of listings ship Prime. 89% of the shelf is sponsored, so budget for ads. The average listing is out of stock 8.9% of the time. The average brand has sold here for 53 months.

Average BSR
#95
Prime
100%
Sponsored
89%
Out of stock
8.9%
Average brand age
53 months

Products

Top Smokey Eye 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 only 35% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

$0$45K$90K$135K$180K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

8 falling

Sellers

32

Top-5 brand share

98%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

35%

Top 20: 70%

Open market

2%

  • ColourPop57%
  • URBAN DECAY37%
  • MYSTER ROSEY2%
  • LAURA GELLER NEW YORK1%
  • BOLOPER1%
  • BY MARIO1%
  • Open — no brand owns it (2 brands, 2%)

Demand

Smokey Eye search demand

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

80K60KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Mar, Apr, May, Jun · busiest ÷ quietest = 15.1×

Search terms

Top Smokey Eye search terms shoppers use

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

  • colourpop821K/yr
  • urban decay455K/yr
  • urban decay eyeshadow449K/yr
  • colorpop325K/yr
  • color pop274K/yr
  • colourpop eyeshadow palette258K/yr
  • naked eyeshadow palette196K/yr
  • colorpop eyeshadow palette73K/yr
  • color pop eyeshadow palette130K/yr
  • makeup by mario eyeshadow palette94K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Smokey Eye

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

Complain

Color28%+1.46

Awful color

Colors are off

Colors fades

Durability7%−0.07

Breaks easily

Broke immediately

Doesn't last

Quality-Overall6%+0.23

Terrible Product

Underwhelming quality

Bad Quality

Value For Money5%+0.29

Not worth the price

Very expensive

very expensive

Size-Overall4%−0.05

Also seems like such a small amount of product in the tiny case

Its fairly big

Smaller than expected

Love

Color43%+1.46

Color is as described

Colors are beautiful

Amazing colors

Quality-Overall9%+0.23

Excellent product

Overall, I'm satisfied with the variety and blendability,

Great products over all

Value For Money7%+0.29

Great value

reasonable price

Good Price

Soft Feel4%

butter soft

Goes on smooth

It feels smooth

Ease Of Application4%+0.57

Easy to apply

Easy Application

applies nice

Return

2.5% Return rate 72% Fixable by listing

Color48%██▇███

Awful color

Colors are off

Colors fades

Advertised Vs Actual Product11%▆▇██▇▆
Defective Material/Parts6%██▇▆▆▆
Product Condition4%▄▆▇▇█▇

it seems used

Seemed old

Looks used

Quality-Overall4%▆█▆▆▆▆

Terrible Product

Underwhelming quality

Bad Quality

FAQ

Common Smokey Eye questions

Answered from the same tracked data.