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The Beauty Bubble

Beauty salon · Hoon Hay, 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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The Beauty Bubble

Beauty salon · Hoon Hay, Christchurch

Where you stand#214of 570 beauty businesses
Overall health6.3/10across the eight areas
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What AI tells people about you

The Beauty Bubble is a home-based beauty salon in Cracroft, Christchurch, operating since 2014. It offers electrolysis, brow and lash treatments, professional waxing, manicures, pedicures and skin care in a quiet, private setting. The salon emphasises personalised, results-driven treatments and a relaxed atmosphere, with an owner-driven approach and a customer satisfaction guarantee.

The Beauty Bubble is a home-based beauty salon located in Cracroft, Christchurch, run by a single therapist since 2014. It presents as a quiet, private space where clients can book a range of appointments in a residential setting rather than a commercial storefront.

Services include expert electrolysis, brow and lash treatments, professional waxing, manicures, pedicures and revitalising skin care. The salon describes its approach as personalised and results-driven, with bespoke treatments tailored to individual needs. A satisfaction guarantee is offered: if clients are not delighted with a treatment it will be redone free within five days.

Customer feedback highlights a thorough, thoughtful and professional therapist, with reviewers noting a warm, relaxing environment and a caring, customer-focused attitude. Visitors have described feeling put at ease and attended to efficiently, and returning clients praise consistent results and attention to detail. These themes recur across reviews and are reflected in the salon's emphasis on a calm, reassuring client experience.

Locally, The Beauty Bubble is positioned as a small, owner-operated option for beauty therapy in Cracroft and greater Christchurch. Its home-based setting, focus on personalised treatments and a clear re-do policy are practical distinctions that shape what clients can expect: quiet appointments, hands-on care from the same therapist, and an emphasis on getting the result right.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

The Beauty Bubble shows a healthy Google Business Listing with a score of 8.5 out of 10. Overall health indicates strong presence and accurate listing details. The most notable findings are: a claimed listing with a visible website and phone number, and ongoing progress on photos and description to further strengthen relevance for local customers.

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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    Photos on the listingYou have fewer photos than nearly every business here, so a customer comparing you against them builds a picture of their work and guesses at yours.
  • 2
    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.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 5 of them.
8.4Strong
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5.0 ★★★★★ (11)
Beauty salon · Hoon Hay
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From the business

Nestled in the heart of Cracroft, The Beauty Bubble offers a sanctuary for all your beauty needs. Since 2014, this professional home-based salon has specialised in a wide range of services, including expert electrolysis, brow and lash treatments, and professional waxing. Step into a world of relaxation and let our skilled therapist pamper you with luxurious manicures and pedicures, and revitalizing skin care treatments. The Beauty Bubble is your destination for bespoke beauty, offering a personalised and results-driven experience in a tranquil setting.

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Your reviews

The Beauty Bubble shows a below-average health score of 4.0 out of 10 for Google reviews, indicating room for improvement in overall online reputation. The strongest finding is the top-10% star rating, reflecting high customer satisfaction. Progress is evident in review quantity and engagement, but the business should maintain consistency in responding to reviews to build trust.

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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    Response rateYou have replied to a small share of your reviews, so most customers reading your page still see feedback about you with no voice from you anywhere on it.
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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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    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.
3.7Room to grow
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5.0★★★★★11 reviews 3
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Brenda M.★★★★★ · 7 years ago

Visiting Christchurch and was recommended Karina.... What a lovely, professional and knowledge chick! Put me at ease and chatted away whilst fixing me up in record time!! HIGHLY recommended.

Response from the owner1

It was lovely to meet you Brenda, Thank you! and I hope to see you again on your next travel ventures :-)

Google reviewsChristchurch beauty · 570 businesses
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Where you show up on the map

The Beauty Bubble shows strong performance in Google Maps with a health score of 8.2 out of 10, indicating solid visibility and customer reach. Key findings include a strong position for waxing and beauty services in Westmorland, and good progress in the borough presence, suggesting room to push into top tier in nearby suburbs.

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.
7.9Good
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2Top three for "waxing hair removal service" in 2 suburbs, seen in 19
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Hoonhay Beauty Hub3.4 ★ (10) · Beauty salon
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Glow Skin and Beauty4.9 ★ (12) · Beauty salon
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Violet Beauty and Nails5.0 ★ (18) · Beauty salon
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The Beauty Bubble15.0 ★ (11) · Beauty salon
Map positionsChristchurch beauty · 570 businesses
You are #122 for map positions
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Where customers find you

The Health score for The Beauty Bubble is low, reflecting limited social and directory presence. The most important findings show a very high trust Facebook profile, and active profiles on Fresha and Yellow Directory, while opportunities lie in strengthening Instagram and TikTok trust, and adding LinkedIn presence to boost credibility with partners and customers.

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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    White Pages ListingWe can see your White Pages Listing listing (https://whitepages.co.nz/beauty-bubble-beauty-2) found via: Google search results.

Top three opportunities

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    Instagram ProfileWe could not find an active Instagram Profile profile for your business, so a customer who looks for you there finds nothing.
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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.
14 checks on your listings and social. You're seeing 5 of them.
2.4Room to grow
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Family Company Studiothe-beauty-bubbleThe Beauty Bubble | Family Company Studio
FacebookthebeautybubbleNZThe Beauty Bubble | Facebook✓
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Fresha50-shades-of-fabulous-christchurch-9QV2JDThe Beauty Bubble | Fresha
Yellow/teddington/make-up-artistsThe Beauty Bubble | Yellow3
Tiktok@hoonhay.beauty.huThe Beauty Bubble | Tiktok2
InstagramNo account found1
YellowNo listing found3
Listings and socialChristchurch beauty · 570 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 pageFewer people follow your page than most in this market, which means a post reaches people who already know you rather than anyone still deciding.
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    Recommendations on your pageA couple of recommendations have landed on the page, fewer than most 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.
5.3Room to grow
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www.beautybubble.co.nz Small Business Beauty Salon in Christchurch. Offering all treatments at competitive prices. Phone or email to make a booking today.
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★ 1 reviews · recommended 2
🌐 book.heygoldie.com/The-Beauty-Bubble3
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Facebook pageChristchurch beauty · 570 businesses
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Your website

The Beauty Bubble shows a solid on-page SEO health, with a 7.6 out of 10 and strong foundational signals. The most notable findings are a valid favicon, an H1 tag, a highly relevant title tag, HTTPS-only resources, and an SEO-friendly URL. Opportunities focus on adding a meta description, nudging the on-page score higher, fine-tuning the title length, and adjusting text-to-page size and character count.

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 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

The Beauty Bubble shows a mostly healthy website traffic profile, with a 6.0 out of 10 health score indicating above-average performance. Organic traffic value and total are positive, while paid activity is limited and needs attention. Key opportunities include initiating targeted paid campaigns and continuing to strengthen organic SEO fundamentals and site navigation for better user engagement.

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.
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    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.
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Google search and trafficChristchurch beauty · 570 businesses
You are #223 for Google search and traffic
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08Opening hoursMarketbase business report

Your hours against demand

The Beauty Bubble's published hours partially match Christchurch demand: all 15 well-aligned weekly open hours fall within mid-morning and midday peaks, but the salon is closed for many other high-demand periods. Strong alignment is seen on Tuesday at 10-12pm and Wednesday at 11am and 1pm. There are no low-demand open hours, so the main issue is missed commercial opportunity during several popular afternoons and weekend slots.

Strengths

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Top opportunity

  • 1
    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.
2.1Room to grow
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The Beauty Bubble
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Hours 1
Monday11am-2pm
Tuesday9am-2pm
Wednesday9am-2pm
Thursday9am-2pm
FridayClosed
SaturdayClosed
SundayClosed
Opening hoursChristchurch beauty · 570 businesses
You are #453 for opening hours
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01Google listing2 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#214of 570 Christchurch beauty businesses
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