Amazon might not be the first retailer that comes to mind for health, personal care and beauty products, but it’s the third-fastest-growing category by our estimates. We forecast that Amazon’s US sales of those products will reach $16 billion this year, a 37.9% increase over 2017.

According to new Edison Trends data, health and beauty is the third-most-purchased category on the Amazon in 2018. For the year ending in September 2018, Neutrogena and Dove had the largest market share in the category.

Of the top five beauty brands by market share, only Maybelline is associated with makeup exclusively. Judging by the other four brands (including Aveeno and Burt’s Bees), it seems that skincare is more commonly bought on Amazon, likely due to items such as moisturizer, body wash or lip balm being bought on price and product attributes rather than subjective qualities like color or coverage. 

Sourced through Scoop.it from: retail.emarketer.com