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Little Beauty Bar

Beauty salon · Hornby-Islington, Christchurch

What your customers see when they look for you, and where that puts you among 570 Christchurch beauty businesses.

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Checked13 October 2026
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Little Beauty Bar

Beauty salon · Hornby-Islington, Christchurch

Where you stand#43of 570 beauty businesses
Overall health9.3/10across the eight areas
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What AI tells people about you

Little Beauty Bar is a beauty salon in the Hornby Hub, Christchurch, offering eyebrow shaping, tinting, lash treatments, makeup and nails. The salon specialises in quick, professional beauty fixes including threading and face waxing, with therapists who focus on brows and lashes. It promotes convenient drop-in services for local customers.

Little Beauty Bar is a beauty salon based in the Hornby Hub, Christchurch. It opened to serve the Hornby community and nearby suburbs, offering a compact salon experience within a shopping centre setting.

The salon lists a range of services including eyebrow shaping and tinting, lash treatments and extensions, makeup, nails, facial waxing, threading and basic skincare treatments. It describes itself as having eyebrow specialists who shape and colour brows, plus a selection of lash and make-up options for everyday or event needs.

Customers commonly describe friendly, professional service and a welcoming atmosphere. Reviews note consistent eyebrow waxing and threading appointments, staff who are kind and professional, and repeat visits from regular clients. Quick appointments and staff approachability are recurring themes in feedback.

Little Beauty Bar positions itself as a convenient, local option for quick beauty maintenance in Hornby. Its focus on brows, lashes and fast treatments at a mall location and the emphasis on professional, approachable therapists are practical distinguishing features for customers seeking accessible salon services in Christchurch.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

Little Beauty Bar has a health score of 6.3 out of 10, indicating above-average overall Google Business Listing health and room for improvement. Key strengths include claimed status, a website link, open-for-business status, a listing title, and a phone number, which together support easy access for customers. The main opportunity lies in refining the listing description to climb higher, while photo activity remains solid.

Strengths

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    Open statusYour listing shows the business as trading, so customers see accurate availability and Google treats the listing as live.
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    ClaimedYour listing is claimed, so you control what it says, you can reply to reviews, and edits suggested by the public come to you first.
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    NameYour business name is showing on the listing, so a customer searching for you by name finds you, and everything else on the listing hangs off it.

Top three opportunities

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    Description lengthYour description is far shorter than what most businesses here have written, which means a customer comparing listings gets a line from you and three paragraphs from the business beside you.
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    Category fitYour category set covers less of this market than half the field, so there are jobs being searched for near you that your listing is not eligible to appear in.
  • 3
    Photos on the listingYou have more photos on your listing than half the businesses here, so a customer arriving has enough to look at that they stay on it.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 6 of them.
6.3Good
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5.0 ★★★★★ (60)
Beauty salon · Hornby-Islington2
Open 7 days · late Thu ✓
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OverviewReviewsPhotosAbout
From the business

Coming to the Hornby Hub in March 2022. Little Beauty Bar will be your place for eyebrow shapes, tint, extensions, makeup offering, nails, and many more amazing treatments.

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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

Little Beauty Bar shows a very high overall health on Google reviews, with a 9.7/10 score. The business has a strong star rating in the top 10% and a positive pattern of customer feedback. There is also solid engagement, as expressed by a high response rate among owners.

Strengths

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    Star ratingYour rating is among the highest in this market and it does its own selling - a customer sees it before they read anything else.

Top three opportunities

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    Review countYour review count sits above the middle of this market, which puts you in the group customers read as established rather than untested.
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    Review confidenceRating and volume together put you ahead of most of this market, which means a customer sees a well-rated business with enough reviews behind it to be believed.
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    Response rateYou answer nearly all your reviews, which is more than almost anyone in this market, and a customer reading the page sees a two-sided conversation rather than a scoreboard.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing all of them.
9.3Strong
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Little Beauty Bar
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5.0★★★★★60 reviews 1
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Lucy H.★★★★★ · 2 weeks ago

Kirsten is super friendly and does a great job of both waxing & threading.

Response from the owner3

Hi Lucy, thank you for your valuable feedback and the 5 star review!

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Heather B.★★★★★ · a week ago

Always great service.

Response from the owner

Hi Heather, thank you for your valuable feedback and the 5 star review!

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03Map positionsMarketbase business report

Where you show up on the map

Little Beauty Bar shows a very high Maps search health with a 9.6/10 overall. Core strengths include borough-specific visibility in Hornby and surrounding suburbs, with top rankings for multiple eyebrow, lash and waxing keywords. The business sits in the top ranks for several close-area terms and maintains a strong presence in Hei Hei, Hornby-Islington and Templeton. Opportunities lie in preserving and slightly expanding this coverage.

Strengths

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    Maps visibility across the city groupThere is no wider Maps reach available to a business at your address - you appear across more of the surrounding suburbs than anyone in this market.
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    Maps visibility in your own suburbNo business in your suburb turns up in local Maps searches more often than you do - for a customer searching nearby, you are among the first names on the screen.

Where we can help

Nothing to sort here. Every check we run here is at its best on Google Maps.
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9.9Strong
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✓Top three for "eyebrow bar" in 11 suburbs, seen in 44
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Little Beauty Bar✓5.0 ★ (60) · Beauty salon
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Image Is Everything4.9 ★ (45) · Beauty salon
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Simply Beauty Christchurch4.7 ★ (175) · Beauty salon
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Skyhawk Beauty5.0 ★ (17) · Beauty salon
Map positionsChristchurch beauty · 570 businesses
You are #5 for map positions
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Where customers find you

Little Beauty Bar shows a healthy overall presence with an 8.3/10 health score, indicating strong social and directory visibility. Key strengths include outstanding Instagram and Facebook profiles and a well-listed Fresha presence. The main opportunities involve expanding on TikTok and Yellow profiles, plus directory listings, to reach new local and younger audiences and improve discoverability.

Strengths

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    Having a Facebook page at allWe found your Facebook Profile page, and the trail is strong enough that nobody would question it is yours - it is linked from something you own, or it dominates a search for your name.
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    Instagram ProfileWe found your Instagram Profile page, and the trail between you and it is unambiguous - it is linked from something you own, or it dominates a search for your name.

Top three opportunities

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    Tiktok ProfileWe could not find an active TikTok account for your business, so anyone who looks for you there finds nothing.
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    Yellow ProfileWe could not find an active Yellow Profile listing for your business, which means anyone checking you there finds nothing and moves on to whoever is listed.
  • 3
    Fresha ProfileWe could not find an active Fresha Profile listing for your business, which means anyone checking you there finds nothing and moves on to whoever is listed.
14 checks on your listings and social. You're seeing 5 of them.
6.1Good
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FacebookLittleBeautyBarNZLittle Beauty Bar | Facebook✓
InstagramlittlebeautybarnzLittle Beauty Bar | Instagram✓
Freshalp/en/bt/beauty-salons/in/nz-christchurch/hornbyLittle Beauty Bar | Fresha3
TiktokNo account found1
YellowNo listing found2
Listings and socialChristchurch beauty · 570 businesses
You are #221 for listings and social
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05Facebook pageMarketbase business report

Your Facebook page

Strengths

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    Where your page link pointsThe link on your page goes to a domain that is yours, so a visitor who came for the photos leaves on your terms and the enquiry lands in your inbox rather than someone else's.
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    A page address you choseThe address on your page carries your business name, so a customer told about you at a barbecue can find the page by typing what they heard.
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    A phone numberA phone number shows on your page, so the person who found you on Facebook before they found your website can ring straight from it.

Top three opportunities

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    People following your pageFewer people follow your page than follow half the pages here.
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    Recommendations on your pageYou hold fewer recommendations than the middle of this market.
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    What your page says about youYour intro carries more detail than most pages in this market and is doing the work of a short landing page for the visitors who never reach your website.
9 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 6 of them.
7.8Good
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314 followers 1
Little Beauty Bar – treatments when you need them. Stylish, up-to-the-minute drop-in salon. Chic and funky vibe for your beauty treats. Brows. Lashes. Facial hair removal. Make-up. Skincare.3
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★ 4 reviews · recommended 2
🌐 littlebeautybar.co.nz✓
☎ +64 3-662 9141✓
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Your website

The on-page SEO health for Little Beauty Bar is very high, with a score of 8.9 out of 10. This indicates strong technical optimisation and likely solid crawl friendliness. The most important takeaways are strong meta description and page speed, plus an SEO-friendly URL and a valid favicon that together support visibility and click-through rates.

Strengths

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    Meta descriptionYour search summary sits in the length that reads in full on most screens, which is as far as length alone can take it - a narrow phone still cuts the tail off a line this size.
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    Domain UniquenessYour web address is yours alone, so everything your site earns - links, mentions, search standing - accumulates under your name and stays with the business.
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    FaviconThe tab your site opens in carries your own icon, so a customer with a dozen tabs going can find their way back to you by sight.

Top three opportunities

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    Separate sites linking to youOnly a handful of separate websites link to yours, well behind most of this market.
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    On-page scoreThe basics on your home page are half in place: it opens and it reads, but enough checks still fail that a customer on a phone away from wifi notices the wait before they notice the business.
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    Page titleYour home page headline does not fit the space a search result gives it, so a searcher sees either a half-empty line or one that trails off before your name arrives.
23 checks on your website. You're seeing 6 of them.
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How people find you on Google

Bronze-level website health for Little Beauty Bar shows solid performance with room for growth. Overall health score is 7.8 out of 10, indicating a healthy baseline for traffic and visibility. The strongest finding is solid organic traffic in the 50-75% local range; main opportunities lie in starting small paid campaigns and improving paid coverage and landing pages.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

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    What you spend on adsWe can see no paid search activity for your site, which in most local markets is the norm rather than a gap.
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    Monthly ad visitsYour site receives no visitors from paid search, which for most local businesses in this market is the norm rather than a problem.
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    What that traffic is worthThe search visitors reaching your site are worth less than half the businesses here, so the people arriving are browsing rather than buying.
6 checks on your search and traffic. You're seeing 3 of them.
7.8Good
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21No ads from you on any search
www.littlebeautybar.co.nzLittle Beauty Bar: Home

Quick, professional beauty fixes when you need them at The Hub, Hornby. Lashes, Brows, Facial Waxing, Skincare, Make-up. Drop-by we've got your covered. Read more

www.fresha.comBest Beauty Salons near me in Islington, Christchurch
3About 329 visits a month from search, across 96 searches
Google search and trafficChristchurch beauty · 570 businesses
You are #126 for Google search and traffic
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Your hours against demand

Little Beauty Bar shows strong overall timing: 65 weekly hours align with peak local demand, with no low-demand open hours and only 12 high-demand hours missed. Peak alignment includes midweek afternoons and busy Saturday afternoons, while evening demand on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday is sometimes missed. Consider a targeted trial of later weekday closing once or twice to capture those missed evening bookings.

Strengths

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Top opportunity

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    Hours aligned with demandYour hours line up with demand better than nearly every business here, so most of the time you are open, people are actually looking.
1 check on your opening hours. You're seeing it.
8.8Strong
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Little Beauty Bar
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Hours 1
Monday9am-6pm
Tuesday9am-6pm
Wednesday9am-6pm
Thursday9am-9pm
Friday9am-6pm
Saturday9am-6pm
Sunday10am-6pm
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01Google listing3 opportunities

02Reviews3 opportunities

04Listings and social3 opportunities

05Facebook page3 opportunities

06Your website3 opportunities

07Google search and traffic3 opportunities

08Opening hours1 opportunity

Where you'd stand#43of 570 Christchurch beauty businesses
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