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halobeauty.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 6 November 202636 issues · 83 checks
This review found 36 issues worth fixing on halobeauty.com, 6 of them high impact, across 83 checks. The most urgent: invalid ARIA attributes. 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
87B- #7,590 of 108,858 reviewed websitesbeats 90%
- #4,453 of 61,765 online storesbeats 89%
- #4,327 of 56,365 Shopify storesbeats 89%
Closest competitors among Shopify stores
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| May 23, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 1.8 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 104 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 103 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 97 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 98 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 96 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 94 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 96 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 96 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 104 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 112 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 119 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 122 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 129 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 129 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 138 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 144 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 138 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 144 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 129 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 143 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 152 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 153 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 153 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 161 ms |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 165 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
800 ms · 481 KiB6 images could be 481 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 800 ms faster on a phone.
Mobile performance score: 74
74/100Your mobile performance score is 74. Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.
Reduce unused JavaScript
642 KiBAbout 642 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page.
Render-blocking requests
550 ms11 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 550 ms.
8 third-party services on the page
8 third-party services load with your homepage (Shopify, rechargecdn.com and bayengage.com and others), adding 1.5 MB and 269 ms of main-thread time.
Reduce unused CSS
300 ms · 50 KiBAbout 50 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 300 ms faster on a phone.
Main-thread work: 2.0 s
A phone's processor spends 2.0 s on main-thread work while loading, 612 ms of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.
1,564 HTML elements
The page has 1,564 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.
Shopify adds 84 ms
84 msShopify costs a phone 84 ms of main-thread work and 567 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.
bayengage.com adds 45 ms
45 msbayengage.com costs a phone 45 ms of main-thread work and 507 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.
rechargecdn.com adds 64 ms
64 msrechargecdn.com costs a phone 64 ms of main-thread work and 298 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.
Minify CSS
150 ms · 4 KiB4 KiB could be saved by minifying CSS.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
138 KiB12 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (138 KiB).
3 long tasks on the main thread
3 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 79 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Minify JavaScript
24 KiB24 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: 6 ms
6 msYour server sent the HTML in 6 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.
Core Web Vitals
Time to Interactive: 12.0 s
12.0 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 12.0 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Largest Contentful Paint: 5.0 s
5.0 sYour largest element takes 5.0 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image “Halo Beauty Flora vaginal probiotic — Daily Balance From Wi…”.
Tap response (INP) got 57% slower for real visitors
+57%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 104 ms to 165 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Largest content (LCP) got 23% slower for real visitors
+23%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 1.5 s to 1.8 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Speed Index: 5.3 s
5.3 sVisually, the page fills in at 5.3 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.105
0.105The layout shifts by 0.105 while loading, so content jumps under the reader's thumb. Good is under 0.1.
First Contentful Paint: 1.8 s
1.8 sThe first text or image appears after 1.8 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.
2 images without width and height
2 images have no width and height attributes, so the layout jumps as each one loads.
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: 2.2 s
2.2 sReal visitors wait 2.2 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user INP: 167 ms
167 msReal visitors wait 167 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.
Real-user CLS: 0.02
0.02For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.02 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.
Real-user FCP: 1.6 s
1.6 sReal visitors see the first content after 1.6 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Real-user TTFB: 589 ms
589 msReal visitors wait 589 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
Total Blocking Time: 16 ms
16 msScripts block the page for only 16 ms while loading. Good is under 200 ms.
Images and page weight
Page weight: 3.7 MB in 271 requests
3.7 MBYour homepage downloads 3.7 MB in 271 requests on a phone: images 1.4 MB (18), scripts 1.2 MB (119) and other files 806 KiB (110). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
An image on the first screen is lazy-loaded
hb-britemind-hero-silk.jpg is on the first screen but marked loading="lazy", so the browser waits before fetching it and the page looks finished later. Load it eagerly (and give it fetchpriority="high" if it is the main image).
1 image far larger than shown
54 KiB1 image is downloaded at several times the size a phone draws it, for example hb-britemind-hero-silk.jpg at 1,916 px wide, shown at 390 px. Resized copies would save about 54 KiB.
About 1.0 g of CO₂ per visit
1.05 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 1.05 g of CO₂e: 125.4 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
Invalid ARIA attributes
4 elements use ARIA attributes their role does not allow, which confuses screen readers.
58 text elements with low contrast
58 text elements don't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.
4 tap targets too small
4 tap targets are too small or too close together to hit reliably with a finger.
Hidden but focusable
3 elements hidden from screen readers can still receive keyboard focus.
All page content should be contained by landmarks (6 elements)
All page content should be contained by landmarks: 6 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
2 links without text
2 visible links have no text or label, so screen readers cannot say where they go.
Headings skip levels
Headings skip levels (h1 → h3), which makes the page harder to scan with a screen reader.
2 checks passed
Every image has alt text
All 46 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.
47 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: 47 passed and 7 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 short (25 characters)
Your title is only 25 characters: “HALO BEAUTY – Halo Beauty”. Between 30 and 65 characters leaves room to say what you do and for whom.
4 H1 headlines
There are 4 <h1> headlines (“Halo Beauty”, “The gloweveryone asks about.” and “One subscription.Two kinds of care.”). One clear main headline is easier for people and search engines.
No social preview image
No Open Graph image, so links shared on LinkedIn, Slack or Facebook show no preview picture.
157 internal links, 3 external
The homepage links to 157 pages on halobeauty.com and 3 external pages.
5 checks passed
Meta description: 160 characters
Your meta description is 160 characters: “Halo Beauty: clean, vegan supplements for hair, skin, and nail health. Inside-out beauty crafted with high-quality ingr…”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://halobeauty.com/.
Structured data in place
Structured data found: Organization.
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://halobeauty.com/sitemap.xml.
AI search readiness
Organization data is thin (3 of 6 facts)
Your Organization JSON-LD is missing sameAs (social profiles), description and contact details. These are the facts AI assistants use to describe a business and to tell it apart from others with a similar name.
No llms.txt
There is no https://halobeauty.com/llms.txt, a short Markdown guide to your key pages for AI tools (llmstxt.org). It is optional and few AI tools read it yet, so treat it as a cheap extra.
2 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.
Text is in the HTML
Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (1,493 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
Other pages
15 internal pages checked
We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 37 found) and read each the way a search engine does.
7 checks passed
Linked pages load
2 pages of 15 loaded without an error (the rest turned automated requests away).
Canonical URLs point to themselves
No page we checked hands its ranking to a different URL.
Every page has a meta description
All 2 pages that loaded have a meta description.
Titles are unique
Every page we checked has its own title.
Every page has an H1
Each page we checked has a main headline.
No linked page is hidden from search
None of the pages we checked carries a noindex tag.
Every page has a title
All 2 pages that loaded have a <title>.
Best practices
2 JavaScript errors while loading
2 errors were logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Access to XMLHttpRequest at 'https://sf.bayengage.com/be.css' from origin 'https://halobeauty.com' has been blocked by …”.
2 checks passed
Tap targets are thumb-sized
34 of 40 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.
Mobile viewport set
The page declares a mobile viewport.
Content and conversion
No analytics detected
No analytics or tag manager detected in the HTML, so you can't measure whether any of these fixes work.
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.
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.
About 649 words of copy
The homepage carries about 649 words of visible text.
4 checks passed
Clear next step on the first screen
On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “SHOP BESTSELLERS” and “START MY SUBSCRIPTION”.
12 calls to action
The homepage has 12 calls to action, for example “Shop”, “Shop Bestsellers” and “Start My Subscription”.
33 short forms
33 short forms (1 field at most) are right on the homepage, asking for an email.
Social proof on the page
Social proof on the homepage: 7 testimonial or review blocks, a star rating, 1 trust badge and “1M+ Customers”.
Privacy and tracking
6 trackers load before any consent
6Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Meta Pixel and Pinterest Tag 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.
24 cookies set on arrival
24Opening the homepage sets 24 cookies (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.
29 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 29 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 halobeauty.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 7 apps. Each one is code from another company running for your shoppers.
Apps your storefront loads
Timesact Pre Order · Forms · widgetic.com · rechargecdn.com · hextom.com · goaffpro.com · bayengage.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
- E-commerce
- Shopify
- Hosting
- Shopify
Company
- Headquarters
- Las Vegas
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
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