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Pauline Mason Makeup & Beauty

Beauty salon · St Martins, 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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Pauline Mason Makeup & Beauty

Beauty salon · St Martins, Christchurch

Where you stand#196of 570 beauty businesses
Overall health6.6/10across the eight areas
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What AI tells people about you

Pauline Mason Makeup & Beauty is a small, owner-run salon in a cosy upstairs clinic in St Martins, Christchurch. A professionally trained make-up artist, hair stylist and beauty therapist, Pauline offers beauty therapy treatments and occasion hair and makeup. She also offers mobile make-up for events. The clinic is described as private and hygienic with a personal, client-focused approach.

Pauline Mason Makeup & Beauty operates from a cosy upstairs clinic in St Martins, Christchurch. Pauline is a professionally trained and certified make-up artist, hair stylist and beauty therapist who also offers mobile make-up services for on-the-day events.

Services include a range of beauty therapy treatments, hair and occasion make-up, and electrolysis. Reviews and website notes mention waxing, lash tinting and other standard salon treatments alongside specialist hair and make-up work for special occasions.

Customers describe a professional, knowledgeable and friendly service. Reviews frequently note that Pauline listens, is efficient and provides a hygienic, private environment. Several long-term clients say treatments have helped them feel more confident; interactions are reported as pleasant and conversational.

Locally, Pauline Mason Makeup & Beauty presents as an owner-operated clinic with a focus on one-to-one care in St Martins. The combination of in-clinic treatments and the option for on-site make-up for events, plus a history of repeat clients for services such as electrolysis, waxing and lash tinting, marks it as a neighbourhood salon oriented to personalised, practical beauty care.

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Your Google listing

Pauline Mason Makeup & Beauty shows an above-average health score of 7.0 out of 10 for its Google Business Listing, indicating solid completeness and basic optimisation. The listing already includes a claimed status, up-to-date open/closed display, a website link and a phone number, which helps customers find essential information. The most notable findings are the listing description and photos, with description improving toward the local midpoint and photos already at or above the median.

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

  • 1
    Description lengthYour description gives a reader less than half the listings here do, so someone reading yours and then a competitor's gets less to go on from you.
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    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.
  • 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.
7.3Good
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5.0 ★★★★★ (12)
Beauty salon · St Martins3
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OverviewReviewsPhotosAbout
From the business

For all your Beauty Therapy needs and for Hair and Makeup for your special occasion, come in and see me in my cosy upstairs clinic in leafy St Martins. I care about my clients and want your experience to be the best. Let me look after you whilst you are here.

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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

The health of Pauline Mason Makeup & Beauty on Google Business is moderate, with a 5.7 out of 10 overall. The standout finding is a top-10% Google star rating, indicating high customer satisfaction, while other metrics show room for growth-particularly review volume and consistent response activity in the mid to lower ranges.

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 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 all of them.
4.8Room to grow
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Pauline Mason Makeup & Beauty
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5.0★★★★★12 reviews 3
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caroline O.★★★★★ · 3 years ago

Efficient and helpful

Response from the owner2

Yay. Thanks Caroline. 😍

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anita W.★★★★★ · 4 years ago

Excellent friendly and professional service. Pauline does a great job every time!

Response from the owner

Thank you Anita. It’s always a pleasure to have you in. 😊

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03Map positionsMarketbase business report

Where you show up on the map

The Maps search health for Pauline Mason Makeup & Beauty is very strong, with a score of 9.8 out of 10. This indicates high visibility in Google Maps and solid local presence. The strongest finding is borough-specific visibility, where the business sits in the top 10% for Saint Martins. A second key finding is solid top rankings for several beauty-related keywords in St Martins, supporting steady enquiry levels.

Strengths

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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.

Top opportunity

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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.
9.3Strong
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1Top three for "waxing hair removal service" in 3 suburbs, seen in 12
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Pauline Mason Makeup & Beauty✓5.0 ★ (12) · Beauty salon
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Brazilian Secrets Beauty4.8 ★ (271) · Beauty salon
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All About You4.8 ★ (79) · Beauty salon
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Body and Soul4.7 ★ (150) · Beauty salon
Map positionsChristchurch beauty · 570 businesses
You are #39 for map positions
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Where customers find you

The overall health remains very low, indicating limited social presence and directory visibility for Pauline Mason Makeup & Beauty. The strongest current asset is a very high trust Facebook profile and an active Neighbourly listing, which support local credibility. Key opportunities include expanding to TikTok, building a more robust Fresha and LinkedIn presence, and ensuring consistency across directories to boost 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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    Fresha ProfileWe can see your Fresha Profile listing (https://fresha.com/pauline-mason-makeup-beauty-saint-martins-road-christchurch-a2QGlv) found via: Google search results.
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    Infobel ListingWe can see your Infobel Listing listing (https://infobel.com/pauline_mason_makeup_beauty) found via: Google search results.

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    Instagram ProfileWe could not find an active Instagram Profile profile for your business, so a customer who looks for you there finds nothing.
  • 2
    Tiktok ProfileWe could not find an active TikTok account for your business, so anyone who looks for you there finds nothing.
  • 3
    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.
2.7Room to grow
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Freshapauline-mason-makeup-beauty-saint-martins-road-christchurch-a2QGlvPauline Mason Makeup & Beauty | Fresha✓
Infobelpauline_mason_makeup_beautyPauline Mason Makeup & Beauty | Infobel✓
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Wedding Guidepauline-masonPauline Mason Makeup & Beauty | Wedding Guide
LinkedInpauline-mason-5b4376102Pauline Mason Makeup & Beauty | LinkedIn
FacebookPauline-Mason-Makeup-Beauty-100054292790617Pauline Mason Makeup & Beauty | Facebook✓
Instagrampaulinemason2Pauline Mason Makeup & Beauty | Instagram1
Yellow/christchurch/bpp/pauline-mason-makeup-beauty-579431746Pauline Mason Makeup & Beauty | Yellow3
TiktokNo account found2
YellowNo listing found3
Listings and socialChristchurch beauty · 570 businesses
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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 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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    A page address you choseYour page address is one Facebook generated rather than one you chose - your business name with a long number bolted on, or just the number.
  • 2
    People following your pageFewer people follow your page than follow half the pages here.
  • 3
    Recommendations on your pageYou hold fewer recommendations than the middle of this market.
9 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 6 of them.
4.6Room to grow
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Pauline Mason Makeup & Beauty | Christchurch1
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A Qualified Makeup Artist, Hair Stylist and Beauty Therapist. I pride myself on my reliability and professionalism. I work from home and on your wedding day I can come to you.
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★ 6 reviews · recommended 3
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☎ +64 21 163 6529✓
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Facebook pageChristchurch beauty · 570 businesses
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Your website

The overall health for Pauline Mason Makeup & Beauty's on-page SEO is 6.2 out of 10, indicating above-average health but room for improvement. Key strengths include no render-blocking resources, a compact page size, absence of frames, and a relevant meta description and title tag. The top opportunities focus on improving the meta description, on-page SEO score, and favicon presence.

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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    Page load speedYour home page appears in under three seconds, so someone tapping through from a search result meets your business rather than a blank screen while they decide whether to wait.
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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 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.
  • 3
    Separate sites linking to youFewer separate websites link to you than half the businesses here, which means when someone searches for what you do, the businesses with a longer list of vouchers are the ones on the page they actually read.
23 checks on your website. You're seeing 6 of them.
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How people find you on Google

Website Traffic health for Pauline Mason Makeup & Beauty shows an average performance with room to grow in paid activity. Organic metrics are above the 25th percentile, while paid traffic remains mostly untapped. Key findings: organic traffic value is steady and paid opportunities exist but lack spend and measurable traffic.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

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    What that traffic is worthThe search visitors reaching your site are worth less than most businesses here, which means the work coming in arrives through word of mouth and repeat customers rather than through people searching for what you do.
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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.
  • 3
    Monthly search visitsYour site draws fewer visitors from search than most businesses here, so most people looking for what you do are landing somewhere else.
6 checks on your search and traffic. You're seeing 3 of them.
5.4Room to grow
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www.makeupandbeauty.co.nzPauline Mason – Make-up and Beauty

A professionally trained and certified Make-up Artist, Hair Stylist and Beauty ... St Martins, Christchurch. All your make-up and beauty therapy treatments can ... Read more

www.fresha.comPauline Mason Makeup & Beauty - Christchurch
31About 0 visits a month from search, across 1 searches
Google search and trafficChristchurch beauty · 570 businesses
You are #262 for Google search and traffic
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Your hours against demand

Pauline Mason Makeup & Beauty has some clear timing strengths but several notable gaps. Opening hours align with weekday mid-morning and mid-afternoon demand-especially Tuesday 10-11am and Wednesday 3pm, plus Thursday 4-5pm. However, the salon is closed during several Saturday midday and afternoon peaks and Friday 11am, creating missed bookings. No open hours fall in low-demand periods, so inefficiency is limited.

Strengths

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Top opportunity

  • 1
    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.
3.8Room to grow
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Pauline Mason Makeup & Beauty
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Hours 1
MondayClosed
Tuesday9am-7pm
Wednesday9am-7pm
Thursday9am-7pm
FridayClosed
SaturdayClosed
SundayClosed
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02Reviews3 opportunities

03Map positions1 opportunity

04Listings and social3 opportunities

05Facebook page3 opportunities

06Your website3 opportunities

07Google search and traffic3 opportunities

08Opening hours1 opportunity

Where you'd stand#196of 570 Christchurch beauty businesses
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