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Forever Hair & Beauty

Hair salon · Halswell, Christchurch

What your customers see when they look for you, and where that puts you among 498 Christchurch hair salons & barbers.

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Forever Hair & Beauty

Hair salon · Halswell, Christchurch

Where you stand#202of 498 hair salons & barbers
Overall health6.0/10across the eight areas

Going well

01Google listing9.603Map positions8.905Facebook page8.002Reviews6.7

Where we can help

04Listings and social5.108Opening hours4.907Google search and traffic0.006Your website-
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What AI tells people about you

Forever Hair & Beauty is a professional, relaxing hair salon in the Halswell area of Christchurch offering services for both men and women. They specialise in cuts, fashion colours and scalp treatments, and offer free, no-obligation consultations. Reviews consistently note skilled, friendly and courteous staff, punctual appointments and helpful reminders, creating a reassuring, client-focused salon experience.

Forever Hair & Beauty is a hair salon located in the Halswell area of Christchurch. It presents itself as a professional, relaxing and friendly local salon serving both men and women. The salon welcomes walk-ins and bookings, and provides free no-obligation consultations for people wanting to discuss services before committing.

The salon describes a range of services including haircuts for men and women, fashion colours and scalp massages, plus advice on suitable treatments and home care. The emphasis in their description is on listening to what each client wants and offering guidance where needed. They mention the option of simple relaxing treatments through to contemporary colour work.

Customer feedback highlights skilled stylists and a warm, courteous approach. Reviews reference precise cuts, successful colour work and helpful treatment recommendations, with multiple mentions of staff fitting clients in at short notice. Clients also note punctual appointments and text reminders, and describe leaving the salon satisfied with both the service and the results.

Locally, Forever Hair & Beauty is positioned as a community salon in Halswell that combines professional hair services with a relaxed, client-focused approach. Its mix of practical consultation, varied service options and consistent positive feedback from customers are the features that define its local presence.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

Forever Hair & Beauty shows a very healthy Google Business Listing with a health score of 8.9 out of 10. Key strengths include a claimed listing, open-for-business status, a website link, a listing title and a phone number. The top opportunity notes continued optimisation of the listing description to stay among the best locally.

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 two opportunities

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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.
  • 2
    Category fitYour categories cover this market better than the middle of the field, so you appear in most of the searches your competitors appear in.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 5 of them.
9.6Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
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4.9 ★★★★★ (69)
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Open 5 days · late Tue and Thu ✓
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OverviewReviewsPhotosAbout
From the business

Forever hair and beauty is a professional, relaxing and friendly hair salon in the Halswell area of Christchurch. We specialize in both men and ladies hair, whether it be as simple as a relaxing scalp massage or the latest fashion colours. We listen to what each client wants and are happy to give any advice if needed. Make sure to come in and see us at the salon for a free no obligation consultation. We look forward to meeting you and creating an amazing experience for you.

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Google listingChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

Forever Hair & Beauty shows a solid overall health on Google reviews, with a health score of 7.0 out of 10. The business benefits from a healthy rating and engagement, and customers consistently experience a client-focused salon environment. The most notable findings are a good review response rate and a strong overall rating, which together help build trust with current and potential customers.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

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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 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.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing 3 of them.
6.7Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
Forever Hair & Beauty
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4.9★★★★★69 reviews 2
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jasleen K.★ · a year ago

Worst experience ever .definitely would never recommend this to anyone

Response from the owner1

Unfortunately this is a very unfair rating of the salon as the rating is based on you not turning up to your appointment and being invoiced as per our terms and conditions of no show appointments. A r...

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Simone G.★★★★★ · a year ago

Fabulous. I was in Christchurch for a few weeks and was in need of a colour. Jules looked after me with such great care and knowledge. I had a superb experience and am very happy with my colour and beautiful blow wave. Thank you, and I woul...

Response from the owner

Aww thank you, it was so lovely to meet you 😀 I hope the rest of your trip was great xx

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03Map positionsMarketbase business report

Where you show up on the map

Forever Hair & Beauty shows a very high overall health score for Google Maps search at 8.8 out of 10, indicating strong visibility. The top opportunities focus on expanding presence across local suburbs and maintaining momentum in the business's own suburb, Halswell, to reach higher top-five placements.

Strengths

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Top two opportunities

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    Maps visibility in your own suburbYou show up in local Maps searches more often than the middle of your suburb, so a customer searching nearby is likely to see you in the first handful.
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    Maps visibility across the city groupYou turn up across more of the surrounding suburbs than nearly everyone here, so a customer searching well outside your own patch still sees you.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
8.9Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Map positionsChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
You are #56 for map positions
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Where customers find you

Forever Hair & Beauty shows an above-average health score of 6.5 out of 10 for social and directory presence. The strongest asset is a very high trust Facebook profile, while LinkedIn presence is growing and Fresha listings are well maintained. The top opportunities focus on expanding TikTok activity and additional directory listings to broaden reach.

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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    Fresha ProfileWe can see your Fresha Profile listing (https://fresha.com/forever-hair-beauty-nottingham-avenue-christchurch-a2Q825) found via: Google search results.
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    White Pages ListingWe can see your White Pages Listing listing (https://whitepages.co.nz/forever-hair-beauty-2) found via: Google search results.

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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    Instagram Profileyour Instagram Profile page surfaces strongly in search, which is how we found it, though nothing you control points at it.
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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.
14 checks on your listings and social. You're seeing 6 of them.
5.1Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Freshalp/en/bt/hair-salons/in/nz-christchurch/halswellForever Hair & Beauty | Fresha✓
Family Company Studioforever-hair-beautyForever Hair & Beauty | Family Company Studio
White Pagesforever-hair-beauty-2Forever Hair & Beauty | White Pages✓
FacebookforeverhairandbeautynzForever Hair & Beauty | Facebook✓
LinkedIntyler-george-mcnabb-86123b285Forever Hair & Beauty | LinkedIn
Instagram_foreverhairandbeauty_Forever Hair & Beauty | Instagram2
Yellow/christchurch/bpp/forever-hair-beauty-579371479Forever Hair & Beauty | Yellow3
TiktokNo account found1
YellowNo listing found3
Listings and socialChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
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05Facebook pageMarketbase business report

Your Facebook page

Strengths

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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.
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    An email addressCustomers can see an email address on the page, which gives the one who wants a quote in writing a route that does not depend on anyone picking up the phone.

Top three opportunities

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    People following your pageYour following sits ahead of half the pages here, so an ordinary post reaches a real local audience without you paying for it.
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    What your page says about youYour intro is shorter than half the pages here.
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    Where your page link pointsYour page points customers at a booking system or directory rather than a site of your own.
9 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 6 of them.
8.0Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
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1.2K followers 1
Forever Hair & Beauty A Great friendly, relaxed, comfortable, atmosphere. For both Male and Female2
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Facebook pageChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
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Your website

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

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    Domain HealthYour site answers, but something did not check out - an insecure link, a redirect chain, a domain shared with other businesses, or a listing pointing at a social page.
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    Domain UniquenessYour web address belongs to a platform rather than to you - a social page or a site builder's own domain.
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    Domain Age ScoreYour domain has been registered longer than about half the businesses here, which means it has had time to collect the links and mentions a newer address has not.
3 checks on your website. You're seeing all of them.
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What customers seeWhere you rank
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Your websiteChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
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How people find you on Google

Strengths

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Where we can help

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0 checks on your search and traffic. You're seeing all of them.
0.0Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Forever Hair & BeautyNot in these results
About 451 visits a month from search, across 48 searches
Google search and trafficChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
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Your hours against demand

Forever Hair & Beauty's published hours largely match local demand around midday on Tuesdays and late-morning to early-afternoon on Saturdays, capturing key booking times. However, the salon is closed during several high-demand Monday lunchtime slots and Saturday mid-afternoon, which represent missed revenue. No low-demand open hours were identified, so adjusting a few closed peak slots could improve commercial performance without adding waste.

Strengths

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Top opportunity

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    Hours aligned with demandYour hours cover some of the busy stretches but fewer than half the businesses here, which means someone ringing round on a Saturday morning reaches your competitors and your voicemail.
1 check on your opening hours. You're seeing it.
4.9Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
Forever Hair & Beauty
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Hours 1
MondayClosed
Tuesday9:30am-8pm
Wednesday9am-5pm
Thursday9:30am-8pm
Friday9am-5pm
Saturday9am-2pm
SundayClosed
Opening hoursChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
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01Google listing2 opportunities

02Reviews3 opportunities

03Map positions2 opportunities

04Listings and social3 opportunities

05Facebook page3 opportunities

06Your website3 opportunities

08Opening hours1 opportunity

Where you'd stand#202of 498 Christchurch hair salons & barbers
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