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Unique Beauty

Beauty salon · Northwood, 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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Unique Beauty

Beauty salon · Northwood, Christchurch

Where you stand#61of 570 beauty businesses
Overall health8.9/10across the eight areas
How AI describes youMarketbase business report

What AI tells people about you

Unique Beauty is a boutique beauty clinic in Northwood, Christchurch, run by Amy, a qualified therapist with 25 years' experience. The salon offers facials, massage, waxing, electrolysis, lash lifts, LED light therapy and professional skincare products in a calm, welcoming space. Clients say service is personalised, professional and relaxing, with convenient booking and sensible pricing.

Unique Beauty is a boutique beauty clinic located in Northwood in Christchurch's northern suburbs. Owner-operator Amy is a qualified beauty therapist with about 25 years' industry experience and she opened the clinic in 2013. The salon presents itself as a small, independent practice focused on hands-on treatments and skincare.

Services include a broad range of beauty therapy treatments: facials and massage, waxing and electrolysis, lash lifts and tinting, LED light therapy, and a selection of professional skincare products. Booking information on the website highlights both regular maintenance treatments and more specialised therapies for skin health.

Clients commonly describe the experience as calm and relaxing, noting a clean, spacious and welcoming environment. Reviews reference friendly, professional care and an experienced therapist who is knowledgeable about skin issues and appropriate treatments. Several long-term clients mention consistent results from facials and massages, and convenient booking and reasonable pricing are recurring themes.

Locally, Unique Beauty presents as a single-therapist clinic that emphasises personalised service and professional care. The combination of established industry experience, a focus on healthy skin, and a quiet, customer-focused setting distinguishes the clinic for residents of Christchurch's northern suburbs seeking routine beauty therapy and targeted skin treatments.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

Unique Beauty shows a very high overall health on Google Business Listing, with a score of 8.9 out of 10. The listing already provides essential contact details and a live status, and the description is detailed. The two key findings are strong business verification and a solid website link, with room to improve photos to reach the local midpoint.

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 is one of the fuller ones in this market, which means a customer comparing you side by side has more of your case in front of them than most.
  • 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.
8.6Strong
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5.0 ★★★★★ (56)
Beauty salon · Northwood3
Open 5 days · late Thu ✓
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From the business

At Unique Beauty in Northwood, Christchurch, Amy has been welcoming clients since opening in 2014. With over 25 years of beauty therapy experience, Amy offers expert facial treatments, waxing, tinting, electrolysis, and quality skincare products in a calm, welcoming space. Whether you’re maintaining your regular beauty routine or taking time for self-care, you’ll be in wonderful hands with professional treatments focused on healthy skin, confidence, and wellbeing. Known for personalised service and professional care, Unique Beauty is a trusted choice for beauty treatments in Christchurch’s northern suburbs.

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Google listingChristchurch beauty · 570 businesses
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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

Unique Beauty in Northwood, Christchurch shows a high Google review health score of 8.2 out of 10, reflecting strong performance and trust among customers. The business has achieved a top 10% star rating, indicating exceptional customer satisfaction, while review activity and response engagement remain solid and above average compared with peers.

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 answer more of your reviews than the middle of this market, so a customer scrolling your page mostly finds you there.
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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 all of them.
8.2Strong
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5.0★★★★★56 reviews 2
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friendly staff 16relaxing atmosphere 11welcoming staff 7experienced staff 6uplifting experience 2stress relief 2
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Rae★★★★★ · Edited 3 months ago

It's always wonderful walking in Amy's front door. I know I'll receive professional and caring service.

Response from the owner1

Always a pleasure to pamper you Rae, I'm pleased you are happy with your treatments. I look forward to seeing you soon. Amy

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Jools L.★★★★★ · Edited 3 months ago

Great service, Amy is very friendly and makes the experience very relaxing. Amy is amazing at her job, very happy customer.

Response from the owner

Thanks Jools, love seeing you

Google reviewsChristchurch beauty · 570 businesses
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03Map positionsMarketbase business report

Where you show up on the map

The Maps search health for Unique Beauty is very high, with a 9.7/10 overall health score indicating strong visibility in Google Maps. The business shows solid performance in its borough of Northwood and has top rank for several key services. The main opportunity is to lift aggregate map visibility further across multiple local suburbs.

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.
9.7Strong
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1Top three for "beautician" in 3 suburbs, seen in 9
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Unique Beauty✓5.0 ★ (56) · Beauty salon
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Hada Studio5.0 ★ (21) · Beauty salon
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J C Beauty5.0 ★ (8) · Beauty salon
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Northwood Skin and Body5.0 ★ (31) · Beauty salon
Map positionsChristchurch beauty · 570 businesses
You are #19 for map positions
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Where customers find you

Unique Beauty shows a healthy online presence with an 8.5/10 health score, indicating strong overall performance. The strongest current strengths are outstanding Facebook and Instagram profiles, both with very high trust scores, and a well-maintained Fresha and Neighbourly presence that supports local credibility. The key opportunity areas relate to TikTok, LinkedIn, and 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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    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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    Fresha ProfileWe can see your Fresha Profile listing (https://fresha.com/unique-beauty-hair-studio-auckland-26-aberdeen-crescent-xkcnwv4s) 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.
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    Neighbourly ProfileWe could not find an active Neighbourly 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.
8.0Strong
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FacebookUniqueBeautyNZUnique Beauty | Facebook✓
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Neighbourlynorthwood-skin-and-bodyFound through search, not linked from anything you own3
TiktokNo account found1
YellowNo listing found2
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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    People following your pageFewer people follow your page than follow half the pages here.
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    Recommendations on your pageYou hold fewer recommendations than the middle of this market.
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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.
7.0Good
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504 followers 1
Unique Beauty offers all aspects of beauty therapy, beauty treatments and massage.3
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★ 6 reviews · recommended 2
🌐 uniquebeautynz.net✓
☎ +64 21 118 4924✓
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Facebook pageChristchurch beauty · 570 businesses
You are #174 for your Facebook page
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Your website

Unique Beauty's on-page health is strong, with a very high overall score and good technical foundations. The top finding is that meta descriptions and URLs could be more SEO-friendly and concise to improve click-through and crawl efficiency. Favourable elements include a perfect title tag length, valid favicon, no render-blocking resources, a small page size, and no use of frames.

Strengths

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    The shape of your link profileYour links come from about as wide a range of sites as anything in this market, and the mix of link types looks entirely natural.
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    Page titleYour home page headline fits a search result exactly, so the whole line reads to someone scanning a page of results rather than cutting off mid-phrase.
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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.

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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    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.
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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.
23 checks on your website. You're seeing 6 of them.
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How people find you on Google

Unique Beauty shows an above-average website traffic health score of 6.4/10, indicating moderate overall health with room for growth. Key findings highlight low paid traffic activity and opportunities to capture paid visitors, while organic performance is improving, with room to build backlinks and niche targeting.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

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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 ad visitsYour site receives no visitors from paid search, which for most local businesses in this market is the norm rather than a problem.
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    Search terms you rank forYour site appears for fewer search terms than most businesses here, so there are only a handful of ways for someone to come across you.
6 checks on your search and traffic. You're seeing 3 of them.
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northwoodskinandbody.co.nzNorthwood Beauty Salon Christchurch: Northwood Skin & Body
www.uniquebeautynz.netBeauty Therapy at Unique Beauty in Northwood | Book Now

We offer a wide range of services for all your beauty needs; from facials and massage to wax and electrolysis, and even more specialised treatments. Read more

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www.jcbeauty.co.nzJ C Beauty | Beauty | 160A Hussey Road, Northwood ...
About 141 visits a month from search, across 19 searches
Google search and trafficChristchurch beauty · 570 businesses
You are #186 for Google search and traffic
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08Opening hoursMarketbase business report

Your hours against demand

Unique Beauty's opening hours partially match Christchurch demand: 43 weekly open hours align with peak search windows, notably mid-week late-morning and Thursday late-afternoon. However the salon is closed during multiple high-demand Saturday and one Wednesday evening slot, creating missed bookings. No open hours fall in low-demand periods, so waste from over-opening is not evident.

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.
4.0Room to grow
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Unique Beauty
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Hours 1
Monday9am-5pm
Tuesday9am-5pm
Wednesday9am-5pm
Thursday9am-7:30pm
Friday9am-5pm
SaturdayClosed
SundayClosed
Opening hoursChristchurch beauty · 570 businesses
You are #341 for opening hours
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01Google listing3 opportunities

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#61of 570 Christchurch beauty businesses
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