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Loral Ford Beauty Specialist

Beauty salon · Waimakariri District Coast, Christchurch

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Checked13 October 2026
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Loral Ford Beauty Specialist

Beauty salon · Waimakariri District Coast, Christchurch

Where you stand#182of 570 beauty businesses
Overall health6.8/10across the eight areas
How AI describes youMarketbase business report

What AI tells people about you

Loral Ford Beauty Specialist is a purpose-built beauty clinic at 110 Pegasus Boulevard in Pegasus, North Canterbury. Owner-operator Loral Ford brings over 20 years' industry experience and offers a full range of treatments from waxing and pedicures to advanced facials and micro-needling. The clinic focuses on skincare, uses Sothys products, and aims to provide a relaxing, private setting for clients.

Loral Ford Beauty Specialist is a purpose-built beauty clinic at 110 Pegasus Boulevard in Pegasus, North Canterbury. Owner-operator Loral Ford has over 20 years' experience in the skin and beauty industry, both in New Zealand and abroad, and lists NaSA and ITEC among her professional credentials. The clinic offers treatments in a tranquil, private setting away from the bustle.

Services cover a full range of salon treatments, from waxing and pedicures to advanced facials and micro-needling. The clinic works with Sothys products and promotes a specialised approach to skin care, with an emphasis on evidence-informed ingredients and bespoke facial programmes. Skincare is a stated focus and often involves ongoing plans to help clients manage skin concerns.

Clients commonly report relaxed, professional appointments in private premises, noting deep, restorative facials and treatments that have delivered noticeable improvements to skin balance. Regular clients describe attentive, knowledgeable service and recommend the clinic for advanced facial work such as micro-needling as well as maintenance treatments like waxing and pedicures.

As a local Pegasus provider, Loral Ford Beauty Specialist positions itself as a small, specialist clinic centred on skincare. The combination of long experience, professional credentials, use of Sothys product lines and a calm clinic environment defines the local offering, appealing to clients seeking ongoing skin care and private, thorough salon treatments.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

Loral Ford Beauty Specialist shows a strong Google listing health score of 8.4 out of 10, with solid basics and verified control. The business has essential contact options and a clear presence, while opportunities focus on expanding listing photos to move above the local midpoint. The description is already solid but could be further refined to stay competitive.

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 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.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 6 of them.
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5.0 ★★★★★ (19)
Beauty salon · Waimakariri District Coast3
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From the business

In a tranquil setting in Pegasus, a purpose-built beauty clinic is a relaxing venue for all beauty needs away from the hustle and bustle. With over 20 years’ experience in the skin and beauty industry, both in New Zealand and abroad, owner and operator Loral Ford, provides a full range of treatments from waxing to facials. Loral provides a top service for all her clients, but it’s skincare that really gets her passionate and is frequently working with clients on an ongoing basis to help their skin be the best that it can be.

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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

Loral Ford Beauty Specialist shows a strong health score on Google reviews, with a high star rating and improving engagement. The key achievement is a top-10% star rating, indicating strong customer satisfaction. Opportunities exist in growing total reviews, improving rating confidence further, and raising the review response rate to higher percentiles.

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 under the middle of this market, so you are readable to a customer without yet being convincing.
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    Review confidenceYour rating and your review count together sit ahead of half the field here, so a customer has enough to go on and no reason to hesitate.
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    Response rateYou answer more of your reviews than the middle of this market, so a customer scrolling your page mostly finds you there.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing all of them.
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Lee F.★★★★★ · 2 months ago

Beautiful facial. One of the most relaxing I have had. Real treat thank you Loral.

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Thank you for your kind words Lee. See you next month x

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Tara L.★★★★★ · 8 months ago

This was the best facial I have ever experienced! Thank you Loral Ford

Response from the owner

You’re most welcome Tara and thank you for the review, much appreciated. I look forward to seeing you in clinic again soon.

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03Map positionsMarketbase business report

Where you show up on the map

The overall health of the Maps search performance is very low, at 0.1 out of 10, indicating limited visibility in Google Maps searches. The best available signal shows a top keyword related to waxing hair removal in Rangiora South East, but overall opportunities lie in improving both the aggregate scores and the suburb score to raise overall visibility.

Strengths

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Top two opportunities

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    Maps visibility across the city groupYou appear in a handful of Maps searches across the suburbs around you, far fewer than most businesses here.
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    Maps visibility in your own suburbWe are not seeing you in Maps searches in your own suburb, which is the search a customer standing a street away actually makes.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
0.4Room to grow
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1Seen in 1 search across Christchurch, top three in none
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KH Health & Beauty4.8 ★ (103) · Beauty salon
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Imbellire Aesthetics5.0 ★ (4) · Beauty salon
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Map positionsChristchurch beauty · 570 businesses
You are #549 for map positions
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Where customers find you

Loral Ford Beauty Specialist shows above-average overall health with a score of 6.2 out of 10. The strongest current results are outstanding Facebook and Instagram profiles, indicating a solid social presence. Primary opportunities lie in adding TikTok, Fresha, LinkedIn, and Neighbourly profiles to diversify reach and improve local trust. Targeted updates can support broader visibility.

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.
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    Cylex ListingWe can see your Cylex Listing listing (https://cylex.co.nz/loral+ford+beauty+specialist-18228791) 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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    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 6 of them.
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Cylexloral+ford+beauty+specialist-18228791Loral Ford Beauty Specialist | Cylex✓
TiktokNo account found1
YellowNo listing found2
FreshaNo listing found3
Listings and socialChristchurch beauty · 570 businesses
You are #113 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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    Recommendations on your pageA couple of recommendations have landed on the page, fewer than most here.
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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.
9 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 6 of them.
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Facebook pageChristchurch beauty · 570 businesses
You are #203 for your Facebook page
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Your website

Loral Ford Beauty Specialist shows above-average on-page health with a 6.0 out of 10 score. The strongest completed items include a valid favicon, an SEO-friendly URL, a small page under 256KB, no frames, and a relevant meta description. Key improvement areas are meta description absence, title tag length, page load time, and render-blocking resources.

Strengths

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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.
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    Page file sizeYour home page is light enough to open quickly on a phone with a weak signal, which is where most people meet a local business for the first time.

Top three opportunities

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    Meta descriptionYour pages carry no summary line of your own, so the two lines under your name in search results are whatever Google decides best fits the search.
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    On-page scoreSeveral checks on your home page fail at once, and a visitor meets all of them in the first few seconds: a slow open, no clear heading, nothing under your name in search that says what you do.
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    Separate sites linking to youOnly a handful of separate websites link to yours, well behind most of this market.
23 checks on your website. You're seeing 6 of them.
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How people find you on Google

Loral Ford Beauty Specialist shows very low website traffic health, with limited organic visibility and minimal paid activity. Key finding: organic traffic value is near zero and no organic keywords rank in the top 100, indicating weak search presence. Actionable emphasis should be on content and on-page SEO to start building organic traction.

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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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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Your hours against demand

Loral Ford Beauty Specialist shows partial alignment with local demand: 31 hours match peak search times but 46 popular hours are missed, leaving a below-average temporal health score (3.0/10). Opening hours hit strong midweek daytime peaks (notably Tuesday 10-11am and Wednesday 2-4pm), but the clinic is closed during high-demand Thursday late afternoons and Saturday early afternoons - practical tweaks to Thursday and Saturday hours could increase bookings.

Strengths

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Top opportunity

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    Hours aligned with demandYour hours line up with demand worse than nearly every business here, which means a good share of your open time passes with nobody looking for what you do.
1 check on your opening hours. You're seeing it.
2.8Room to grow
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Loral Ford Beauty Specialist
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Hours 1
MondayClosed
Tuesday9am-3pm
Wednesday9am-9pm
Thursday9am-3pm
Friday9am-5pm
SaturdayClosed
SundayClosed
Popular times Saturday · Waimakariri District Coast
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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#182of 570 Christchurch beauty businesses
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