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e.l.f. Cosmetics Top 1% worldwide Top 1% in United States Top 1% in Personal Care Top 1% in Personal Care in United States
elfcosmetics.com·🇺🇸 United States· Shopify·Since 2004

e.l.f. Cosmetics: 3.2M visits a month, 162 active Meta ads, Gravity score 553.

e.l.f. Cosmetics — Shop e.l.f. Cosmetics for affordable, high-quality makeup and skincare for every eye, lip, and face. Vegan and cruelty-free products that empower your beauty. In September 2026 elfcosmetics.com drew an estimated 3.2M visits, down 7% on the month before. It ranks #13 of 33,626 Personal Care brands in United States and holds a 2.2 Trustpilot rating over 308 reviews.

elfcosmetics.com@elfcosmetics 7.6MFacebookLinkedIn 697KTrustpilot 2.2Meta Ad Library 162

Updated Traffic Sept 2026Meta ads 15 Oct 2026Google ads 20 Oct 2026Trustpilot Oct 2026Catalogue Oct 2026Gravity score 2 Nov 2026

Estimated traffic
3.2M
−7% vs. August 2026
Instagram followers
7.6M
11,522 posts · @elfcosmetics
Trustpilot
2.2
308 reviews · 19 in 12 months
Meta ads
162
active · on Google since 2022
Products
82%
in stock
Rank in United States
#13
of 33,626 in Personal Care
LinkedIn
697K
followers · 1,817 employees
Earned media value
€2.8m
per month, Instagram

Gravity score

553/ 1000 · 8 of 10 indicators rated
Brand Power552
Momentum534
Performance573

Percentiles within 68 peers: Personal Care brands in United States with 1m–10M monthly visits. Recomputed nightly, last on 2 Nov 2026.

How the score is calculated

About the store

Shop e.l.f. Cosmetics for affordable, high-quality makeup and skincare for every eye, lip, and face. Vegan and cruelty-free products that empower your beauty.

01 · Traffic

How much traffic e.l.f. Cosmetics gets.

The traffic card of the Gravity brand page: the latest month and its two trends. The monthly curve, 24 months of history, the audience by country, the traffic sources and the category comparison are for members, free to start.

e.l.f. Cosmetics drew an estimated 3.2M visits in September 2026, down 7% on the month before and up 3% over three months.

  • Worldwide#5,558of 4.5M sites · Top 1%
  • In United States#1,886of 1.2M sites · Top 1%
  • Personal Care, worldwide#168of 215,119 brands · Top 1%
  • Personal Care, United States#13of 33,626 brands · Top 1%
Monthly visitssource Sept 2026

3.2M

estimated visits in September

1 mo ▼ −7.3%4 mo ▲ +2.7%

The monthly curve, 24 months of history and the category comparison.

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02 · Reviews

What customers say about e.l.f. Cosmetics.

The review cards of the Gravity brand page: the Trustpilot page, with its star distribution and the brand's tiers against the index, and the Google reviews. The TrustScore history and the review velocity against the category are for signed-in members.

e.l.f. Cosmetics holds 2.2 out of 5 on Trustpilot over 308 reviews, 19 of them in the last twelve months: 26% of customers give five stars and 56% one star. That volume places e.l.f. Cosmetics in the top 20 % of the 270,321 Trustpilot pages in the Gravity index.

Trustpilotread 20 Oct 2026
2.2TrustScore · 308 reviews · 19 in 12 months
Top 20% review volume
5 ★26%
4 ★5%
3 ★5%
2 ★8%
1 ★56%

Beauty Supply Store Cosmetics Store Beauty Product Supplier Cosmetics Industry Cosmetics and Perfumes Supplier

Google reviewsData not available

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Review velocity, TrustScore history and the category comparison are on the Gravity brand page.

03 · Products

What e.l.f. Cosmetics sells, ranked by sales.

The top three products in the catalogue, in the store's own best-seller order, with price and stock. The full catalogue, the rankings over time and the ads that lead to each product are for signed-in members.

e.l.f. Cosmetics sells on Shopify, 82% of its catalogue in stock. The best seller is Cream Glide Lip Liner, at US$2.00, followed by Glow Reviver Lip Oil and Halo Glow Liquid Filter.

ProductsCatalogue read Oct 2026
Catalogue mixOct 2026
Cosmetics97%
Hair Care1%
Writing & Drawing Instruments1%
Bundles1%

Share of the catalogue by product family.

Activity mixdominant: Personal Care
Personal Care99%
Office Instruments1%
Bundles1%

The dominant category places e.l.f. Cosmetics in its comparison group.

Prices and ratingsstore data
Average rating
4.78 / 5
Rated products
54% of the catalogue
In stock
82%
Upper price quartile
US$10.00
Currency
USD

05 · Influencers

Who talks about e.l.f. Cosmetics.

The creators who tag @elfcosmetics on Instagram, found by Gravity by Benchr in their posts. One is shown here; the full list, the audiences and the contact details are for signed-in members.

Creators tag @elfcosmetics on Instagram, led by Julie ~ Artist & Creative MUA 🎨💫 (14.7K followers, 1.3% engagement).

Influencersaccounts tagging @elfcosmetics · Instagram
AccountProfileFollowersEngagementTagsRelationship
JJulie ~ Artist & Creative MUA 🎨💫@juliecaouettearts · 🇨🇦 CABeauty cosmetics skincare Creator14.7K1.3%18Tagged @elfcosmetics
Engagement is the median of recent posts.See all

06 · Competitors according to Gravity

Who e.l.f. Cosmetics competes with, by the numbers.

Gravity picks competitors from the index itself: same category, same market, similar size. The closest are named here; their figures, the full list and the side-by-side comparison are for subscribers.

Gravity by Benchr finds competitors for e.l.f. Cosmetics among Personal Care brands in United States. The closest is maybelline.it, then rimmellondon.com, wet n wild Beauty, COVERGIRL, Milani Cosmetics, Kaybeauty.

CompetitorsPersonal Care · United States · similarity out of 100
BrandSimilarityGravity scoreEst. trafficInstagramTrustpilotMeta adsProducts
maybelline.itmaybelline.it
rimmellondon.comrimmellondon.com
wet n wild Beautywetnwildbeauty.com
COVERGIRLcovergirl.com
Milani Cosmeticsmilanicosmetics.com
Kaybeautykaybeauty.com
Competitors Gravity finds for e.l.f. Cosmetics. Similarity, Gravity score, traffic, social, reviews, ads and catalogue are for subscribers.Compare e.l.f. Cosmetics with maybelline.it

07 · Company

The company behind e.l.f. Cosmetics.

Legal entity, funding and distribution, as the Company tab of the Gravity brand page shows them. Where Gravity has nothing on file, the line says so rather than disappearing.

e.l.f. Cosmetics is a company based in United States, founded in 2004 according to LinkedIn, on a domain registered in January 2004. It employs about 1,817 people.

Legal entityGravity index, Nov 2026
Legal name
Data not available
Registration no.
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VAT
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Legal form
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Entity country
🇺🇸 United States
Founded
2004, per LinkedIn
Domain registered
27 Jan 2004
Share capital
Data not available
Status
Data not available
President
Data not available
Activity code
Data not available
Employees
1,817 on LinkedIn
FundingGravity index, Nov 2026
Funding stage
Data not available
Total raised
Data not available
Investors
Data not available
VC-backed
Data not available
DistributionGravity index, Nov 2026
Own store
elfcosmetics.com · Shopify · USD
Catalogue
Data not available
Retailers
None recorded
Open jobs
None recorded

08 · What people ask about e.l.f. Cosmetics

What people ask Google about e.l.f. Cosmetics.

11 answers built from the data on this page, each one sourced to Gravity by Benchr, which say so when we don't know.

Is e.l.f. Cosmetics legit?

According to Gravity by Benchr, e.l.f. Cosmetics is a brand based in United States: its website has existed since January 2004, it sells on a Shopify store, it employs 1,817 people on LinkedIn, it has 7,630,905 Instagram followers. Those are the marks of an established brand, not a pop-up shop. Source: Gravity by Benchr brand index, November 2026.

What do customers say about e.l.f. Cosmetics?

Customers rate e.l.f. Cosmetics 2.2 out of 5 on Trustpilot over 308 reviews, 19 of them in the last twelve months: 26% give five stars, 56% one star. Gravity by Benchr places that review volume in the top 20 % of the 270,321 Trustpilot pages in its index. Source: Gravity by Benchr Trustpilot reading, October 2026.

What is e.l.f. Cosmetics known for?

Shop e.l.f. Cosmetics for affordable, high-quality makeup and skincare for every eye, lip, and face. Vegan and cruelty-free products that empower your beauty. Gravity by Benchr classifies it under Personal Care, with Cosmetics making up 97% of the catalogue. Source: Gravity by Benchr product classification, October 2026.

e.l.f. Cosmetics prices: how much is it?

e.l.f. Cosmetics' best seller, Cream Glide Lip Liner, sells US$2.00 on elfcosmetics.com. 82% of the catalogue is in stock. Gravity does not track prices daily: check elfcosmetics.com before buying. Source: Gravity by Benchr catalogue reading, October 2026.

e.l.f. Cosmetics promo code

Gravity by Benchr does not collect discount codes. What Gravity observes: e.l.f. Cosmetics advertises on Facebook and Instagram and on Google, where its offers often run. Check elfcosmetics.com for current promotions. Source: Gravity by Benchr ad records, October 2026.

Where to buy e.l.f. Cosmetics?

e.l.f. Cosmetics sells on its own website, elfcosmetics.com, a Shopify store. Gravity by Benchr lists no retailer or marketplace for the brand. Source: Gravity by Benchr retailer data, November 2026.

Who is behind e.l.f. Cosmetics?

Gravity by Benchr records a company based in United States, founded in 2004 according to LinkedIn, on a domain registered in 2004, with 1,817 employees on LinkedIn. Gravity publishes no personal data about founders. Source: Gravity by Benchr company records, November 2026.

Is e.l.f. Cosmetics doing well?

Yes. Gravity by Benchr estimates about 3,247,400 visits to elfcosmetics.com in September 2026, down 7% in a month and up 3% over three months. e.l.f. Cosmetics ranks #13 of 33,626 Personal Care brands in United States in the Gravity index. Source: Gravity by Benchr estimated traffic, September 2026.

Which platform and tools does e.l.f. Cosmetics use?

Gravity by Benchr identifies elfcosmetics.com as a Shopify store (standard plan, not Shopify Plus), selling in USD. It advertises through Meta and on Google since June 2022. Source: Gravity by Benchr platform and advertising records, November 2026.

What is e.l.f. Cosmetics' ad budget?

Gravity by Benchr does not publish a spend figure for e.l.f. Cosmetics on this page. What Gravity observes: an active Meta advertiser, on Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, Audience Network, Threads, WhatsApp. The estimated monthly spend band, derived from the EU reach of each ad, is on the Gravity brand page. Source: Gravity by Benchr Meta Ad Library records, October 2026.

Who are the biggest Personal Care brands in United States?

Among Personal Care brands in United States in the Gravity by Benchr index, e.l.f. Cosmetics ranks #13 of 33,626 by estimated traffic. Its closest competitors on the same market are maybelline.it, rimmellondon.com, wet n wild Beauty, COVERGIRL, Milani Cosmetics. Source: Gravity by Benchr competitor analysis, same category, same market, similar size, November 2026.

Gravity by Benchr indexes more than 4 million e-commerce brands across 150 countries. Figures on this page are estimates, updated monthly; the Gravity score is recomputed nightly. Not affiliated with e.l.f. Cosmetics.