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lilacst.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 7 November 202636 issues · 87 checks
This review found 36 issues worth fixing on lilacst.com, 9 of them high impact, across 87 checks. The most urgent: main-thread work: 10.1 s. 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
81B- #34,463 of 101,505 reviewed websitesbeats 60%
- #22,500 of 56,190 online storesbeats 53%
- #21,684 of 51,083 Shopify storesbeats 51%
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 3.1 s |
| May 23, 2026 | 3.2 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 3.2 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 3.2 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 3.2 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 3.2 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 3.2 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 3.2 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 3.1 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 3.1 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 3.0 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 3.0 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 3.0 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 3.0 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 3.0 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 3.0 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 3.1 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 3.1 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 3.2 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 3.0 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 2.6 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 1.6 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 162 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 162 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 163 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 167 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 171 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 162 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 154 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 148 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 145 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 153 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 154 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 153 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 154 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 158 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 162 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 168 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 167 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 163 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 163 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 163 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 162 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 162 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 162 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 162 ms |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 162 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
Main-thread work: 10.1 s
A phone's processor spends 10.1 s on main-thread work while loading, 4.0 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.
Mobile performance score: 48
48/100Your mobile performance score is 48. Under 50 is Google's “poor” band: many phone visitors leave before the page is usable.
8 third-party services on the page
8 third-party services load with your homepage (Amazon Web Services, Clarity and Klaviyo and others), adding 856 KiB and 1.3 s of main-thread time.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
800 ms · 321 KiB32 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (321 KiB).
Improve image delivery
400 ms · 180 KiB8 images could be 180 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 400 ms faster on a phone.
Reduce unused CSS
300 ms · 163 KiBAbout 163 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.
Amazon Web Services adds 421 ms
421 msAmazon Web Services costs a phone 421 ms of main-thread work and 28 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.
Render-blocking requests
350 ms4 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 350 ms.
Klaviyo adds 197 ms
197 msKlaviyo costs a phone 197 ms of main-thread work and 316 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.
2,072 HTML elements
The page has 2,072 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.
Reduce unused JavaScript
10 ms · 240 KiBAbout 240 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 10 ms faster on a phone.
17 long tasks on the main thread
17 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 229 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Legacy JavaScript
50 ms · 19 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 19 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need. Google estimates it would make the page about 50 ms faster on a phone.
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.
Minify JavaScript
2 KiB2 KiB could be saved by minifying JavaScript.
1 checks passed
Server response: 7 ms
7 msYour server sent the HTML in 7 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.
Core Web Vitals
Largest Contentful Paint: 12.7 s
12.7 sYour largest element takes 12.7 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image “FLASH SALE”.
Time to Interactive: 20.0 s
20.0 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 20.0 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Speed Index: 12.1 s
12.1 sVisually, the page fills in at 12.1 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
Total Blocking Time: 600 ms
600 msScripts block taps and scrolling for 600 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.
First Contentful Paint: 2.3 s
2.3 sThe first text or image appears after 2.3 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.
6 images without width and height
6 images have no width and height attributes, so the layout jumps as each one loads.
Tap response (INP) held steady for real visitors
0%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 162 ms to 162 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
8 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: 1.8 s
1.8 sReal visitors wait 1.8 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user INP: 163 ms
163 msReal visitors wait 163 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: 1.7 s
1.7 sReal visitors see the first content after 1.7 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Real-user TTFB: 441 ms
441 msReal visitors wait 441 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
Largest content (LCP) got 51% faster for real visitors
-51%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 3.1 s to 1.6 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: 8.9 MB in 484 requests
8.9 MBYour homepage downloads 8.9 MB in 484 requests on a phone: media 4.6 MB (2), other files 1.7 MB (284) and scripts 1.1 MB (109). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
An image on the first screen is lazy-loaded
GiftGuide_mobile_sub-hero.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).
About 2.5 g of CO₂ per visit
2.52 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 2.52 g of CO₂e: 302.8 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
2 checks passed
Images use modern formats
Every sizeable image is WebP, AVIF or SVG.
Images are sized for phones
No image is downloaded at more than three times the size it is drawn on a phone.
Accessibility
3 text elements with low contrast
3 text elements don't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.
2 images without alt text
2 images have no alt text, which hurts accessibility and image search.
All page content should be contained by landmarks (1 element)
All page content should be contained by landmarks: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
Headings skip levels
Headings skip levels (h2 → h4), 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. (3 elements).
1 checks passed
50 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 52 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 50 passed and 2 failed. 2 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
2 H1 headlines
There are 2 <h1> headlines (“FLASH SALE” and “ETERNAL BOND”). One clear main headline is easier for people and search engines.
Meta description is long (167 characters)
Your meta description is 167 characters; Google truncates after about 160, so the end of your pitch is cut.
172 internal links, 11 external
The homepage links to 172 pages on lilacst.com and 11 external pages.
6 checks passed
Title: 57 characters
Your title is a healthy 57 characters: “DIY Lash Extensions | At Home Lash Extensions | Lilac St.”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://lilacst.com/.
Structured data in place
Structured data found: Organization and WebSite.
Open Graph tags complete
Open Graph tags are complete, so shared links show a title, description and image.
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://lilacst.com/sitemap.xml.
AI search readiness
Organization data is thin (3 of 6 facts)
Your Organization JSON-LD is missing logo, 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.
3 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 (815 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
llms.txt published
The site publishes https://lilacst.com/llms.txt (6 KiB, 8 links), a plain-text guide to the site for AI tools.
Other pages
1 linked page hidden from search
https://lilacst.com/pages/lash-quiz is marked noindex but linked from your homepage. If it is meant to be found, remove the noindex.
4 pages without a meta description
https://lilacst.com/products/sleepsoft-set-aura, https://lilacst.com/collections/2026-gift-guide, https://lilacst.com/collections/3-packs and https://lilacst.com/pages/lash-quiz have no meta description, so Google writes the search snippet from whatever text it finds.
1 page without an H1
https://lilacst.com/pages/subscription-bundles has 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 68 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.
Canonical URLs point to themselves
No page we checked hands its ranking to a different URL.
Titles are unique
Every page we checked has its own title.
Every page has a title
All 15 pages that loaded have a <title>.
Best practices
1 broken image
1 image failed to load on a phone, for example https://bat.bing.com/action/0?ti=187186422&tm=shpfy_ui&Ver=2&mid=896086d7-0748-4fae-a481-db39a5016373&bo=1&sid=53487ef0da3e11f194f89d351d7bcd35&vid=53489080da3e11f18432d79d59e9e980&vids=1&msclkid=N&pi.
9 small tap targets
9 of 18 tappable elements near the top of the page are smaller than 24 px, hard to hit with a thumb.
Deprecated browser APIs
The page uses 1 deprecated browser API that will stop working in future browsers (“Unload event listeners are deprecated and will be removed.”).
1 third-party cookie
1 third-party cookie is set on load; browsers are restricting these, so whatever relies on them breaks.
6 JavaScript errors while loading
6 errors were logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Uncaught TypeError: e is not a function”.
Browser-reported issues
Chrome logged issues while loading the page (“Cookie”).
1 checks passed
Mobile viewport set
The page declares a mobile viewport.
Content and conversion
Local business without LocalBusiness data
Your homepage shows a street address but no LocalBusiness JSON-LD, so Google and AI assistants have to guess your address, hours and phone from the page text.
No phone number on the homepage
A local customer looking to call finds no phone number on the homepage. Add one, ideally as a tap-to-call link.
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 opening hours
The homepage shows no opening hours. If customers visit or call, show when.
No map or directions link
There is no link to Google or Apple Maps. A directions link is one tap for a phone visitor.
About 592 words of copy
The homepage carries about 592 words of visible text.
6 checks passed
Clear next step on the first screen
On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “SHOP THE GIFT GUIDE” and “SUBSCRIBE & SAVE UP TO 54%”.
51 calls to action
The homepage has 51 calls to action, for example “Shop the Gift Guide”, “Subscribe & Save Up to 54%” and “Shop All”.
2 short forms
2 short forms (1 field at most) are right on the homepage.
Social proof on the page
Social proof on the homepage: 25 testimonial or review blocks and 1 trust badge.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Microsoft Clarity.
Risk reducer mentioned
A guarantee or risk reducer (money-back, free trial, no credit card or similar) is mentioned on the page.
Privacy and tracking
10 trackers load before any consent
10Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Klaviyo and Meta Pixel and 5 mores (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.
39 cookies set on arrival
39Opening the homepage sets 39 cookies, 3 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.
59 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 59 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 lilacst.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 13 apps. Each one is code from another company running for your shoppers.
Apps your storefront loads
Intelligems A B Testing · Microsoft Clarity · Triplewhale · Videowise Connect · Checkmate · Klaviyo Email Marketing Sms · amazonaws.com · snapchat.com · gorgias.chat · octaneai.com · rakutenadvertising.io · 9gtb.com · getredo.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
- CMS
- WordPress
- Framework
- Gatsby
- E-commerce
- Shopify
- Analytics
- Microsoft Clarity
- Hosting
- Shopify
Company
- Headquarters
- San Francisco
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
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