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sophiescosmetics.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 12 November 202619 issues · 68 checks
This review found 19 issues worth fixing on sophiescosmetics.com, 6 of them high impact, across 68 checks. The most urgent: reduce unused JavaScript. 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
82B- #30,886 of 108,881 reviewed websitesbeats 66%
- #20,614 of 61,767 online storesbeats 60%
- #19,944 of 56,365 Shopify storesbeats 58%
Closest competitors among Shopify stores
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 23, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 992 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| Nov 7, 2026 | 1.2 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 23, 2026 | 101 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 121 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 104 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 104 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 104 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 102 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 113 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
How it loaded on a phone
0.4 s
0.8 s
1.1 s
1.5 s
1.9 s
2.3 s
2.6 s
3.0 s
Speed
Reduce unused JavaScript
1.8 s · 231 KiBAbout 231 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 1.8 s faster on a phone.
Mobile performance score: 70
70/100Your mobile performance score is 70. Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
600 ms · 115 KiB9 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (115 KiB).
Google Tag Manager adds 153 ms
153 msGoogle Tag Manager costs a phone 153 ms of main-thread work and 322 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.
8 third-party services on the page
8 third-party services load with your homepage (Google Tag Manager, omnisnippet1.com and smile.io and others), adding 713 KiB and 265 ms of main-thread time.
Improve image delivery
150 ms · 21 KiB3 images could be 21 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 150 ms faster on a phone.
2 long tasks on the main thread
2 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 99 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
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.
2 checks passed
Main-thread work: 1.1 s
A phone's processor spends 1.1 s on main-thread work while loading, 510 ms of it running JavaScript. That is comfortably low.
Server response: 5 ms
5 msYour server sent the HTML in 5 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.
Core Web Vitals
Largest Contentful Paint: 10.7 s
10.7 sYour largest element takes 10.7 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image.
Time to Interactive: 10.7 s
10.7 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 10.7 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
First Contentful Paint: 2.0 s
2.0 sThe first text or image appears after 2.0 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.
Speed Index: 3.6 s
3.6 sVisually, the page fills in at 3.6 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
Tap response (INP) held steady for real visitors
-3%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-11-07, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 101 ms to 113 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Largest content (LCP) got 13% slower for real visitors
+13%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-11-07, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 1.1 s to 1.2 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Not enough real-visitor data yet
Chrome's UX Report (opens in a new tab) has too little real-visitor traffic for this site, so the figures here are lab measurements from Google's test phone on a throttled 4G connection.
2 checks passed
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.095
0.095The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0.095, good is under 0.1).
Total Blocking Time: 79 ms
79 msScripts block the page for only 79 ms while loading. Good is under 200 ms.
Images and page weight
Page weight: 2.5 MB in 264 requests
2.5 MBYour homepage downloads 2.5 MB in 264 requests on a phone: other files 1,016 KiB (137), scripts 799 KiB (67) and images 574 KiB (29). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
An image on the first screen is lazy-loaded
AdobeStock_Fall_autumn_Sophies_Cosmetics_banner_2026_750x.jp 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).
2 images in older formats
2 images (94 KiB) are JPEG, PNG or GIF. The same pictures as WebP or AVIF are usually much smaller at the same quality, and every current browser shows them.
About 0.7 g of CO₂ per visit
0.70 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 0.70 g of CO₂e: 83.7 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
1 checks passed
Images are sized for phones
No image is downloaded at more than three times the size it is drawn on a phone.
Accessibility
Alternative text of images should not be repeated as text (6 elements)
Alternative text of images should not be repeated as text: 6 elements on the page fail this check, rated minor by axe-core.
2 checks passed
Every image has alt text
All 36 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.
50 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 51 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 50 passed and 1 failed. 1 more need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
One H1 headline
Your <h1> is empty.
193 internal links, 6 external
The homepage links to 193 pages on sophiescosmetics.com and 6 external pages.
7 checks passed
Meta description: 137 characters
Your meta description is 137 characters: “Online shopping for professional skin care products like Circadia, Rhonda Allison, Face Reality, Skin Script, Glymed Pl…”.
Title: 49 characters
Your title is a healthy 49 characters: “Free Shipping on Orders $75+ | Sophie's Cosmetics”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://sophiescosmetics.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://sophiescosmetics.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 (964 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
llms.txt published
The site publishes https://sophiescosmetics.com/llms.txt (6 KiB, 8 links), a plain-text guide to the site for AI tools.
Other pages
1 linked page is broken
Your homepage links to https://sophiescosmetics.com/collections/hale-hush, which answers with an error. Visitors hit a dead end and search engines drop it.
1 page points its canonical at the homepage
https://sophiescosmetics.com/collections/lira-clinical declares the homepage as its canonical URL, which tells Google it is a copy of the homepage and keeps it out of search results. A site-wide template setting usually causes this.
2 pages share a title
/ and https://sophiescosmetics.com/collections/lira-clinical all use the title “Free Shipping on Orders $75+ | Sophie's Cosmetics”. Search engines can't tell which page to show for a search, so each competes with the others.
15 internal pages checked
We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 81 found) and read each the way a search engine does.
4 checks passed
Every page has a meta description
All 14 pages that loaded have a meta description.
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 14 pages that loaded have a <title>.
Best practices
1 JavaScript error while loading
1 error was logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Failed to load resource: net::ERR_TUNNEL_CONNECTION_FAILED”.
Requests the notification permission on page load
Requests the notification permission on page load.
2 checks passed
Tap targets are thumb-sized
14 of 14 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.
Mobile viewport set
The page declares a mobile viewport.
Content and conversion
No social proof
No testimonials, customer logos, ratings or customer counts on the homepage: nothing tells a new visitor that others already trust you.
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 opening hours
The homepage shows no opening hours. If customers visit or call, show when.
Phone number is not tap-to-call
Your phone number appears as text but isn't a tel: link, so phone visitors can't tap to call.
No map or directions link
There is no link to Google or Apple Maps. A directions link is one tap for a phone visitor.
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 490 words of copy
The homepage carries about 490 words of visible text.
5 checks passed
Clear next step on the first screen
On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “SHOP OUR NEWEST ARRIVALS”.
6 calls to action
The homepage has 6 calls to action, for example “Shop all BiON”, “SHOP OUR NEWEST ARRIVALS” and “Shop Pumpkin-infused Skincare”.
3 short forms
3 short forms (1 field at most) are right on the homepage.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager and Google Analytics.
Phone number on the homepage
Your phone number is on the homepage.
Privacy and tracking
3 trackers load before any consent
3Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager (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.
11 cookies set on arrival
11Opening the homepage sets 11 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.
18 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 18 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 sophiescosmetics.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 5 apps. Each one is code from another company running for your shoppers.
Apps your storefront loads
Judge Me Reviews · Omnisend · smile.io · kxcdn.com · fpcdn.me
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
- Analytics
- Google Analytics | Google Tag Manager
- Hosting
- Shopify
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
Go beyond the website
What your $25 Growth Playbook adds
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