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bellalash.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 10 November 202638 issues · 81 checks
This review found 38 issues worth fixing on bellalash.com, 13 of them high impact, across 81 checks. The most urgent: improve image delivery. Your full playbook turns these into prioritised fixes alongside reviews, competitors and channels.
- Homepage
- Phone render
- Links and pages
- Google PageSpeed
Google PageSpeed Insights (opens in a new tab), mobile
Site score
79C- #49,383 of 108,838 reviewed websitesbeats 49%
- #32,643 of 61,763 online storesbeats 41%
- #31,333 of 56,363 Shopify storesbeats 38%
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 23, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 1.0 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 1.0 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 1.0 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 972 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 1.0 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 968 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 1.0 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 996 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 968 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 968 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 918 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 926 ms |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 925 ms |
| Nov 7, 2026 | 916 ms |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 23, 2026 | 142 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 142 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 137 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 139 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 150 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 154 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 157 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 162 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 147 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 150 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 147 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 146 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 146 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 146 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 145 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 139 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 137 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 136 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 137 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 137 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 139 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 137 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 137 ms |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 139 ms |
| Nov 7, 2026 | 143 ms |
Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab): real Chrome visitors over rolling 28-day periods.
One score from every part of this review. How it works
Speed
Improve image delivery
3.3 s · 962 KiB7 images could be 962 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 3.3 s faster on a phone.
Reduce unused JavaScript
2.5 s · 945 KiBAbout 945 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 2.5 s faster on a phone.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
1.5 s · 549 KiB23 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (549 KiB).
Mobile performance score: 43
43/100Your mobile performance score is 43. Under 50 is Google's “poor” band: many phone visitors leave before the page is usable.
Main-thread work: 5.0 s
A phone's processor spends 5.0 s on main-thread work while loading, 2.2 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.
8 third-party services on the page
8 third-party services load with your homepage (Google Tag Manager, Facebook and Yotpo and others), adding 1.7 MB and 1.8 s of main-thread time.
Render-blocking requests
950 ms15 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 950 ms.
Google Tag Manager adds 575 ms
575 msGoogle Tag Manager costs a phone 575 ms of main-thread work and 587 KiB of downloads while your page loads. Loading it after the page is usable, or only on the pages that need it, takes that off the critical path.
Facebook adds 325 ms
325 msFacebook costs a phone 325 ms of main-thread work and 231 KiB of downloads while your page loads. Loading it after the page is usable, or only on the pages that need it, takes that off the critical path.
2,748 HTML elements
The page has 2,748 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.
14 long tasks on the main thread
14 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 260 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Legacy JavaScript
150 ms · 64 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 64 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need. Google estimates it would make the page about 150 ms faster on a phone.
Minify JavaScript
7 KiB7 KiB could be saved by minifying JavaScript.
Chained critical requests
Critical files load one after another instead of in parallel (3 chains). Preconnecting to key origins and preloading the hero image shortens the chain.
Forced reflow
Scripts make the browser recalculate the layout repeatedly while the page loads, which wastes processor time on phones.
1 checks passed
Server response: 8 ms
8 msYour server sent the HTML in 8 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.
Core Web Vitals
Largest Contentful Paint: 18.2 s
18.2 sYour largest element takes 18.2 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image “A woman with long, wavy hair holds a box of eyelash extensi…”.
Time to Interactive: 21.7 s
21.7 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 21.7 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Total Blocking Time: 1.0 s
1.0 sScripts block taps and scrolling for 1.0 s in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.
Speed Index: 7.3 s
7.3 sVisually, the page fills in at 7.3 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
First Contentful Paint: 2.5 s
2.5 sThe first text or image appears after 2.5 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.
1 image without width and height
1 image have no width and height attributes, so the layout jumps as each one loads.
Tap response (INP) held steady for real visitors
-1%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-11-07, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 142 ms to 143 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
7 checks passed
Passes Core Web Vitals for real visitors
Real Chrome users on phones pass Google's Core Web Vitals on this page (28-day field data from the Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab)).
Real-user LCP: 1.3 s
1.3 sReal visitors wait 1.3 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user INP: 159 ms
159 msReal visitors wait 159 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.
Real-user CLS: 0.00
0.00For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.00 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.
Real-user FCP: 1.1 s
1.1 sReal visitors see the first content after 1.1 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Largest content (LCP) got 20% faster for real visitors
-20%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-11-07, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 1.2 s to 0.9 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0
0The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0, good is under 0.1).
Images and page weight
Page weight: 4.5 MB in 268 requests
4.5 MBYour homepage downloads 4.5 MB in 268 requests on a phone: scripts 2.1 MB (107), images 1.3 MB (20) and other files 727 KiB (93). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
1 image over 500 KB
Bella_Lash_Website_Photos_11_0d5dff81-d08d-4c7d-a358-2b02015 weighs 668 KiB. On a phone connection a single image that size takes seconds.
1 image below the first screen load straight away
1 image further down the page (668 KiB) download before anyone scrolls to it. Adding loading="lazy" lets the first screen load first.
1 image far larger than shown
267 KiB1 image is downloaded at several times the size a phone draws it, for example Bella_Lash_Website_Photos_11_0d5dff81-d08d-4c7d-a358-2b02015 at 1,509 px wide, shown at 390 px. Resized copies would save about 267 KiB.
About 1.3 g of CO₂ per visit
1.27 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 1.27 g of CO₂e: 152.2 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
1 checks passed
Images use modern formats
Every sizeable image is WebP, AVIF or SVG.
Accessibility
4 text elements with low contrast
4 text elements don't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.
Hidden but focusable
1 element hidden from screen readers can still receive keyboard focus.
3 form fields without a label
3 form fields have no label, so screen readers announce an empty box and autofill guesses.
Headings skip levels
Headings skip levels (h1 → h5), which makes the page harder to scan with a screen reader.
Elements with visible text labels do not have matching accessible names.
Elements with visible text labels do not have matching accessible names. (2 elements).
2 checks passed
Every image has alt text
All 19 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.
51 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 54 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 51 passed and 3 failed. 2 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
Title is long (88 characters)
Your title is 88 characters, so Google will cut it off around 60: “Bella Lash | Eyelashes, Adhesives, Supplies, Training, and More! – Bella Lash Extensions”.
Meta description is long (161 characters)
Your meta description is 161 characters; Google truncates after about 160, so the end of your pitch is cut.
No social preview image
No Open Graph image, so links shared on LinkedIn, Slack or Facebook show no preview picture.
2 links with vague text
2 links use generic text like “click here” or “learn more”, which tells Google nothing about the page behind them.
One H1 headline
Your <h1> is empty.
108 internal links, 2 external
The homepage links to 108 pages on bellalash.com and 2 external pages.
4 checks passed
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://bellalash.com/.
Structured data in place
Structured data found: Organization and WebSite.
robots.txt in place
robots.txt is in place and points crawlers to your sitemap.
XML sitemap found
Your XML sitemap is reachable at https://bellalash.com/sitemap.xml.
AI search readiness
4 checks passed
AI answer engines may read the site
Your robots.txt lets the crawlers behind ChatGPT search, Claude and Perplexity read the site and cite it in answers.
Organization data: 4 of 6 facts
Your Organization JSON-LD gives name, url, logo and sameAs (social profiles); description and contact details would complete it.
Text is in the HTML
Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (1,074 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
llms.txt published
The site publishes https://bellalash.com/llms.txt (6 KiB, 8 links), a plain-text guide to the site for AI tools.
Other pages
5 pages without a meta description
https://bellalash.com/collections/all, https://bellalash.com/policies/shipping-policy, https://bellalash.com/collections/bella-lash-pro-kits, https://bellalash.com/collections/lash-pro-lashes and https://bellalash.com/collections/lash-pro-supplies have no meta description, so Google writes the search snippet from whatever text it finds.
1 link to non-canonical URLs
Your homepage links to 1 page by a URL that isn't its canonical one, for example https://bellalash.com/collections/rapid-volume%E2%84%A2, whose canonical is https://bellalash.com/collections/rapid-volume%e2%84%a2. Linking straight to the canonical URL saves crawlers a detour and keeps ranking signals on one address.
14 pages without an H1
https://bellalash.com/collections/all, https://bellalash.com/collections/best-sellers, https://bellalash.com/collections/adhesives, https://bellalash.com/collections/rapid-volume%E2%84%A2, https://bellalash.com/collections/lashes and https://bellalash.com/collections/aftercare and 8 others have no <h1> headline, so visitors and search engines get no clear main topic.
15 internal pages checked
We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 37 found) and read each the way a search engine does.
4 checks passed
Linked pages load
All 15 pages we checked loaded without an error.
Titles are unique
Every page we checked has its own title.
No linked page is hidden from search
None of the pages we checked carries a noindex tag.
Every page has a title
All 15 pages that loaded have a <title>.
Best practices
4 small tap targets
4 of 15 tappable elements near the top of the page are smaller than 24 px, hard to hit with a thumb.
3 JavaScript errors while loading
3 errors were logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Failed to load resource: net::ERR_SOCKET_NOT_CONNECTED”.
1 checks passed
Mobile viewport set
The page declares a mobile viewport.
Content and conversion
Thin social proof
Social proof on the homepage: 6 testimonial or review blocks. Pairing it with named testimonials or customer logos makes it far more convincing.
No direct contact details
No phone number or email link on the homepage, so ready-to-buy visitors have one fewer way to reach you.
Only about 235 words
The homepage has only about 235 words of visible text; thin pages give Google and first-time buyers little to go on.
No risk reducer
No guarantee or risk reducer (money-back, free trial, no credit card) is mentioned, which is often what tips a hesitant visitor.
Urgency cues
The page uses urgency cues (a countdown or limited-time wording).
4 checks passed
Clear next step on the first screen
On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “SHOP NOW”.
13 calls to action
The homepage has 13 calls to action, for example “Shop Bella Lash”, “Shop New Lash Pro™” and “SHOP NOW”.
6 short forms
6 short forms (2 fields at most) are right on the homepage, asking for an email.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Google Analytics and Meta Pixel.
Privacy and tracking
6 trackers load before any consent
6Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Klaviyo and Meta Pixel and 1 more (measured from a US location before any click). No consent tool was detected. Visitors from the EU, UK and several US states must be asked first.
18 cookies set on arrival
18Opening the homepage sets 18 cookies, 1 of them by other companies (measured from a US location before any click).
No consent tool detected
No known cookie consent tool loads with the page. Some sites build their own banner, and some only show one to visitors from the EU.
48 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 48 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.
Security, domain, email and software versions
The security, domain and email checks, software and plugin versions, and any app with a known security problem are visible only to people at bellalash.com, because details like these could help someone attack a site. Every review keeps them private, whatever they found.
Apps on your store
Your storefront loads 17 apps. Each one is code from another company running for your shoppers.
Apps your storefront loads
Blockify Fraud Filter · Yotpo Loyalty Rewards · Userway Website Accessibility · Okendo · Eg Auto Add To Cart · Klaviyo Email Marketing Sms · Yotpo Product Reviews · Region Restrictions · rechargecdn.com · jst.ai · afterpay.com · gorgias.chat · googleapis.com · getredo.com · hextom.com · nice-team.net · 9gtb.com
Apps found in the homepage's code. Apps that only run in checkout or the admin aren't seen, and a headless storefront shows none. App data from programmable.info
Upkeep, stack and company
Stack
- Framework
- jQuery
- E-commerce
- Shopify
- Analytics
- Google Analytics
- Hosting
- Shopify
Company
- Headquarters
- Vineyard
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
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