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By Kendal

Beauty salon · St Albans, Christchurch

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Checked13 October 2026
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By Kendal

Beauty salon · St Albans, Christchurch

Where you stand#135of 570 beauty businesses
Overall health7.6/10across the eight areas
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What AI tells people about you

By Kendal is a beauty studio in Saint Albans, Christchurch, offering makeup, hair and beauty treatments. Kendal is a qualified beauty therapist, makeup and hair artist with over 10 years' experience. Services include eyelash extensions, brow treatments, spray tanning and wedding or special occasion makeup and hair. Clients can book studio appointments for everyday grooming or event-ready looks.

By Kendal is a beauty studio based in Saint Albans, Christchurch. Kendal is a qualified beauty therapist and a trained makeup and hair artist who began training in hair salons and later completed makeup and beauty therapy qualifications. The studio presents itself as a place for makeup, hair and broader beauty services delivered from a Christchurch base.

The practice specialises in eyelash extensions, brow treatments and spray tanning, and offers makeup and hair for weddings and special occasions. The source material also lists general makeup, hair and beauty services for day-to-day appointments as part of the offering. Kendal's background includes work in Nelson and Wellington and over a decade of experience in the industry.

Customers routinely mention wedding and event services, brow styling and personalised makeup in reviews. Reviews note that clients feel listened to and prepared for their occasions, and they reference a calm, friendly studio experience where people leave feeling confident. Several reviews highlight wedding mornings and bridal parties, and others refer to the studio presentation and approachable manner of the practitioner.

Locally, By Kendal presents as a Christchurch-based salon focused on makeover services for events alongside routine beauty treatments. The combination of specialist brow and lash work with wedding makeup and hair, delivered by a single practitioner with extensive industry experience, is a defining local feature of the business.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

By Kendal's Google Business Listing shows a strong overall health and robust basic details. The health score is 8.6 out of 10, indicating very high completeness and reliability for customers. The listing benefits from a website link, claimed status, a clear phone number, and visible open-for-business status. A steady stream of photos remains a growth area alongside ongoing description optimisation.

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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    Photos on the listingThere are more pictures on most listings around you than on yours, so a customer flicking between them gets a fuller look at the businesses either side of you.
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    Description lengthYour description gives a reader more than most listings here do, so a customer choosing between three of you gets more of your case than of theirs.
  • 3
    Category fitYour category set is one of the better-fitted in this market, so you are eligible for nearly every search happening around you.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 6 of them.
8.0Strong
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4.8 ★★★★★ (17)
Beauty salon · St Albans3
Open 5 days · late Wed and Thu ✓
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From the business

Enhancing your natural beauty. Welcome By Kendal - a place for all things Makeup, Hair and Beauty. Kendal is a fully qualified Beauty Therapist, Make Up and Hair Artist offering a services in Canterbury. With over 10+ years experience in the industry, By Kendal offers a range of services specialising in eyelash extensions, brow treatments, spray tanning, wedding and special occasion makeup and hair. Whether you want to treat yourself to some ‘you’ time, perfect your brows or you simply want to look and feel beautiful for any occasion, By Kendal has you covered.

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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

By Kendal shows a moderate health level with room for improvement in Google reviews. The business has a solid rating, a growing review count, and a responsive owner presence, indicating trust with customers. The main findings are a healthy rating trajectory and steady engagement, with opportunities to continue climbing into the upper local tier.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

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    Review confidenceYour rating and your review count together sit behind half the businesses here, so a customer weighing three listings has slightly less reason to trust yours.
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    Response rateYou reply to some of your reviews but not most, so a customer scrolling your page finds long stretches where nobody answered.
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    Review countYour review count sits under the middle of this market, so you are readable to a customer without yet being convincing.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing 3 of them.
4.9Room to grow
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Belinda★ · 4 months ago

Response from the owner2

Hi Belinda, Thanks for taking the time to leave me a review. However, I have never met you before and kindly ask you please remove it or youre welcome to book an appt and we can turn this into a 5 sta...

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Samantha (.★★★★★ · 2 years ago

Kendal was wonderful, listened to what everyone wanted, and made us all look flawless and beautiful for the wedding day. She is knowledgeable, calm and screams good vibes! Thank you, Kendal, for making me feel my best for my wedding day. X

Response from the owner

This gives me all the warm fuzzies Sam, Thank you so much for taking the time to leave me such lovely words. It was a pleasure to be apart of your magic day xx

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03Map positionsMarketbase business report

Where you show up on the map

By Kendal shows a solid health score in Google Maps at 4.8 out of 10, indicating moderate visibility. The strongest opportunities lie in maintaining aggregate visibility and further improving borough presence to move toward the local midpoint. Existing top keywords demonstrate solid relevance in Saint Albans and nearby suburbs.

Strengths

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Top two opportunities

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    Maps visibility across the city groupYou turn up across fewer of the surrounding suburbs than half the businesses here, so someone two suburbs over searching for your service is shown your competitors and never sees your name.
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    Maps visibility in your own suburbYou show up in local Maps searches less often than half your suburb, so on a search from nearby you sit below businesses a customer would otherwise treat as equal.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
4.9Room to grow
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1Seen in 6 searches across Christchurch, top three in none
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Beauty with Grace St Albans4.8 ★ (174) · Beauty salon
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Better Than Bare5.0 ★ (35) · Beauty salon
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Deja Beauty5.0 ★ (15) · Beauty salon
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Beauty in the city ( Edgeware)5.0 ★ (28) · Beauty salon
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Map positionsChristchurch beauty · 570 businesses
You are #291 for map positions
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Where customers find you

By Kendal's health score is 8.4 out of 10, indicating a strong overall presence. The most noteworthy findings are the outstanding Facebook and Instagram profiles, which support trust and reach, and a well-ranked Fresha listing. Opportunities focus on expanding reach with TikTok and directory visibility to attract younger and deal-seeking clients.

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.
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    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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FacebookbykendalmakeupandbeautyBy Kendal | Facebook✓
Freshagk-beauty-lounge-kendal-avenue-christchurch-rwrNJEFound through search, not linked from anything you own3
TiktokNo account found1
YellowNo listing found2
Listings and socialChristchurch beauty · 570 businesses
You are #221 for listings and social
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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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    A street addressYour page publishes no street address, so someone deciding whether you are near enough to bother with has nothing to check and moves on to a page that tells them.
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    People following your pageMore people follow your page than most in this market, which means a post can travel past your own customers when one of them shares it into a local group.
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    Recommendations on your pageMore customers have recommended you than at most pages in this market, and depth like that reads as a business that has been doing this a while.
8 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 6 of them.
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2.2K followers 2
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★ 17 reviews · recommended 3
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☎ +64 22 175 7799✓
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Facebook pageChristchurch beauty · 570 businesses
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Your website

By Kendal shows solid on-page SEO health with a score of 7.0 out of 10, meaning the site is performing above average for local competition. Key strengths include an outstanding on-page SEO score, a valid favicon and no render-blocking resources, plus a compact page under 256KB and a relevant meta description.

Strengths

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    Domain HealthYour site answers cleanly over a secure connection, so a customer clicking through from Google lands where they expect with nothing in the way.
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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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    Meta descriptionThe summary under your name in search results is either too brief to say anything or long enough that Google cuts it mid-sentence.
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    Page titleThe headline on your home page is either a single word or long enough that a search result cuts it off part way through.
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    Pages linking to youMore pages link to you than half the businesses here, so search engines have a reasonable number of routes into your site.
23 checks on your website. You're seeing 6 of them.
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How people find you on Google

By Kendal's website shows moderate traffic health with room for improvement. The most important findings are that organic traffic value is near zero and no organic keywords rank in the top 100, while paid activity is not yet measurable. Focus on local content, basic on-page SEO, and a small paid campaign to start capturing traffic.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

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    What that traffic is worthSearch is delivering you nothing you would otherwise have to pay for.
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    Monthly search visitsYour site draws no measurable visitors from search, so the only people reaching it are ones you sent yourself.
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    Search terms you rank forYour site does not appear in search results for any terms we can measure, so nobody is finding it by searching for what you do.
6 checks on your search and traffic. You're seeing 3 of them.
0.0Room to grow
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By KendalNot in these results3
21About 0 visits a month from search, across 0 searches
Google search and trafficChristchurch beauty · 570 businesses
You are #266 for Google search and traffic
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08Opening hoursMarketbase business report

Your hours against demand

By Kendal's opening hours largely match local demand but leave clear gaps. The studio is open during multiple high-demand windows - notably Tuesday 11am, Wednesday 3pm, Thursday 4pm and Saturday early afternoons - which aligns with client search patterns. However, several popular slots on Monday and Sunday are closed, representing missed revenue opportunities. Low-demand open hours are not an issue.

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.
8.1Strong
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By Kendal
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Hours 1
MondayClosed
Tuesday8am-4pm
Wednesday10am-8pm
Thursday10am-8:30pm
Friday8am-4pm
Saturday10am-6pm
SundayClosed
Popular times Monday · St Albans
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Opening hoursChristchurch beauty · 570 businesses
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01Google listing3 opportunities

02Reviews3 opportunities

03Map positions2 opportunities

04Listings and social3 opportunities

05Facebook page3 opportunities

06Your website3 opportunities

07Google search and traffic3 opportunities

08Opening hours1 opportunity

Where you'd stand#135of 570 Christchurch beauty businesses
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Christchurch beautyOverall · 570 businesses
You are #135 overall
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