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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 4 November 202633 issues · 72 checks

This review found 33 issues worth fixing on sugarcosmetics.com, 12 of them high impact, across 72 checks. The most urgent: fails Core Web Vitals for real visitors. Your full playbook turns these into prioritised fixes alongside reviews, competitors and channels.

  1. Homepage
  2. Phone render
  3. Links and pages
  4. Google PageSpeed

Google PageSpeed Insights (opens in a new tab), mobile

Real-visitor load time (LCP)75th percentile, phones
2.4 s2.1 sMay 16Oct 312.2 s
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DateReal-visitor load time (LCP)
May 16, 20262.1 s
May 23, 20262.2 s
May 30, 20262.2 s
Jun 6, 20262.2 s
Jun 13, 20262.3 s
Jun 20, 20262.3 s
Jun 27, 20262.4 s
Jul 4, 20262.3 s
Jul 11, 20262.3 s
Jul 18, 20262.3 s
Jul 25, 20262.2 s
Aug 1, 20262.3 s
Aug 8, 20262.3 s
Aug 15, 20262.3 s
Aug 22, 20262.3 s
Aug 29, 20262.3 s
Sep 5, 20262.3 s
Sep 12, 20262.3 s
Sep 19, 20262.3 s
Sep 26, 20262.3 s
Oct 3, 20262.3 s
Oct 10, 20262.3 s
Oct 17, 20262.3 s
Oct 24, 20262.2 s
Oct 31, 20262.2 s
Real-visitor tap response (INP)75th percentile, phones
317 ms158 msMay 16Oct 31237 ms
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DateReal-visitor tap response (INP)
May 16, 2026176 ms
May 23, 2026182 ms
May 30, 2026197 ms
Jun 6, 2026222 ms
Jun 13, 2026246 ms
Jun 20, 2026278 ms
Jun 27, 2026299 ms
Jul 4, 2026267 ms
Jul 11, 2026236 ms
Jul 18, 2026219 ms
Jul 25, 2026212 ms
Aug 1, 2026211 ms
Aug 8, 2026215 ms
Aug 15, 2026220 ms
Aug 22, 2026221 ms
Aug 29, 2026220 ms
Sep 5, 2026218 ms
Sep 12, 2026219 ms
Sep 19, 2026224 ms
Sep 26, 2026228 ms
Oct 3, 2026230 ms
Oct 10, 2026231 ms
Oct 17, 2026232 ms
Oct 24, 2026232 ms
Oct 31, 2026237 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

Full-page screenshot of sugarcosmetics.com (phone) rendered by Google PageSpeed Insights

How it loaded on a phone

  1. sugarcosmetics.com at 1.0 s1.0 s
  2. sugarcosmetics.com at 1.9 s1.9 s
  3. sugarcosmetics.com at 2.9 s2.9 s
  4. sugarcosmetics.com at 3.8 s3.8 s
  5. sugarcosmetics.com at 4.8 s4.8 s
  6. sugarcosmetics.com at 5.7 s5.7 s
  7. sugarcosmetics.com at 6.7 s6.7 s
  8. sugarcosmetics.com at 7.6 s7.6 s

Speed

10 to fix66
  • Main-thread work: 4.7 s

    A phone's processor spends 4.7 s on main-thread work while loading, 1.6 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.

  • 3,835 HTML elements

    The page has 3,835 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.

  • Mobile performance score: 66

    66/100

    Your mobile performance score is 66. Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.

  • Improve image delivery

    150 ms · 787 KiB

    27 images could be 787 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.

  • Reduce unused JavaScript

    150 ms · 745 KiB

    About 745 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 150 ms faster on a phone.

  • Render-blocking requests

    700 ms

    2 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 700 ms.

  • 8 third-party services on the page

    8 third-party services load with your homepage (Shopify, gokwik.co and Google Tag Manager and others), adding 1.8 MB and 499 ms of main-thread time.

  • Use efficient cache lifetimes

    456 KiB

    12 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (456 KiB).

  • Shopify adds 173 ms

    173 ms

    Shopify costs a phone 173 ms of main-thread work and 920 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.

  • gokwik.co adds 139 ms

    139 ms

    gokwik.co costs a phone 139 ms of main-thread work and 505 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.

  • Reduce unused CSS

    150 ms · 143 KiB

    About 143 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 150 ms faster on a phone.

  • 10 long tasks on the main thread

    10 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 124 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.

  • Legacy JavaScript

    36 KiB

    Polyfills for old browsers add 36 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need.

  • Duplicated JavaScript

    12 KiB

    12 KiB JavaScript is shipped twice across bundles.

  • 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.

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  • Server response: 29 ms

    29 ms

    Your server sent the HTML in 29 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.

Core Web Vitals

9 to fix67
  • Fails Core Web Vitals for real visitors

    Real Chrome users on phones do not pass Google's Core Web Vitals on this page (28-day field data from the Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab)). Google uses this in ranking.

  • Time to Interactive: 17.3 s

    17.3 s

    The page becomes fully interactive after 17.3 s. Good is under 3.8 s.

  • Speed Index: 8.6 s

    8.6 s

    Visually, the page fills in at 8.6 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.

  • Largest Contentful Paint: 5.5 s

    5.5 s

    Your largest element takes 5.5 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image.

  • Real-user LCP: 2.6 s

    2.6 s

    Real visitors wait 2.6 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.

  • Tap response (INP) got 31% slower for real visitors

    +31%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 176 ms to 237 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

  • Real-user FCP: 2.0 s

    2.0 s

    Real visitors see the first content after 2.0 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Real-user TTFB: 888 ms

    888 ms

    Real visitors wait 888 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.

  • Total Blocking Time: 235 ms

    235 ms

    Scripts block taps and scrolling for 235 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.

  • Largest content (LCP) held steady for real visitors

    +3%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 2.1 s to 2.2 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

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  • Real-user INP: 188 ms

    188 ms

    Real visitors wait 188 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.

  • Real-user CLS: 0.01

    0.01

    For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.01 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.

  • First Contentful Paint: 1.7 s

    1.7 s

    The first text or image appears after 1.7 s, inside the 1.8 s “good” threshold.

  • Cumulative Layout Shift: 0

    0

    The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0, good is under 0.1).

Images and page weight

2 to fix64
  • Page weight: 5.7 MB in 298 requests

    5.7 MB

    Your homepage downloads 5.7 MB in 298 requests on a phone: images 2.7 MB (66), scripts 1.6 MB (68) and other files 1.0 MB (149). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.

  • An image on the first screen is lazy-loaded

    SUGAR_Festive_Gold_Pouch_Glamour.png 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 in older formats

    1 image (64 KiB) is 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 1.6 g of CO₂ per visit

    1.61 g

    By the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 1.61 g of CO₂e: 192.7 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.

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  • Images are sized for phones

    No image is downloaded at more than three times the size it is drawn on a phone.

Accessibility

3 to fixGoogle 10097
  • Landmarks should have a unique role or role/label/title (i.e. accessible name) combination (2 elements)

    Landmarks should have a unique role or role/label/title (i.e. accessible name) combination: 2 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.

  • 3 form fields without a label

    3 form fields have no label, so screen readers announce an empty box and autofill guesses.

  • Alternative text of images should not be repeated as text (9 elements)

    Alternative text of images should not be repeated as text: 9 elements on the page fail this check, rated minor by axe-core.

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  • 48 automated accessibility rules passed

    axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 50 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 48 passed and 2 failed. 3 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.

SEO

2 to fixGoogle 10088
  • No H1 headline

    There is no <h1>, so neither visitors nor Google get a clear main headline.

  • Only 0 internal links

    The homepage links to only 0 pages on your own site, so visitors and crawlers find few routes into the rest of it.

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  • Meta description: 151 characters

    Your meta description is 151 characters: “Shop SUGAR Cosmetics&#39; premium makeup &amp; beauty products online. Browse lipsticks, foundations, kajal &amp; more …”.

  • Title: 57 characters

    Your title is a healthy 57 characters: “Premium Makeup & Beauty Products Online | SUGAR Cosmetics”.

  • Canonical URL set

    The canonical URL is https://www.sugarcosmetics.com/.

  • Structured data in place

    Structured data found: BreadcrumbList, 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://www.sugarcosmetics.com/sitemap.xml.

AI search readiness

1 to fix75
  • Most text only appears after JavaScript runs

    0%

    A phone browser shows 1,449 words, but the HTML your server sends has only 0. GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot read that HTML without running JavaScript, so they see an almost empty page. Server-side rendering or pre-rendering fixes it.

  • No llms.txt

    There is no https://www.sugarcosmetics.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.

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  • 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: 5 of 6 facts

    Your Organization JSON-LD gives name, url, logo, sameAs (social profiles) and description; contact details would complete it.

Best practices

1 to fixGoogle 6997
  • 3 third-party cookies

    3 third-party cookies are set on load; browsers are restricting these, so whatever relies on them breaks.

  • Missing source maps

    Large scripts ship without source maps.

  • Browser-reported issues

    Chrome logged issues while loading the page (“Cookie”).

  • Requests the notification permission on page load

    Requests the notification permission on page load.

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  • No console errors

    No JavaScript errors were logged while the page loaded on a phone.

  • Tap targets are thumb-sized

    124 of 153 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.

  • Mobile viewport set

    The page declares a mobile viewport.

Content and conversion

4 to fix30
  • No call to action on the first screen

    On a phone, there is no call to action on the first screen: visitors have to scroll to find out what to do next.

  • No calls to action

    We found no call-to-action buttons or links (such as “Book a demo” or “Get a quote”) anywhere on the homepage.

  • No social proof

    No testimonials, customer logos, ratings or customer counts on the homepage: nothing tells a new visitor that others already trust you.

  • 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 form on the homepage

    There is no form on the homepage, so every lead has to click through to another page first.

  • 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 1,449 words of copy

    The homepage carries about 1,449 words of visible text.

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  • Analytics in place

    Analytics detected: Google Analytics.

Privacy and tracking

1 to fix
  • 4 trackers load before any consent

    4

    Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager and Meta Pixel (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.

  • 23 cookies set on arrival

    23

    Opening the homepage sets 23 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.

  • 28 other companies contacted

    Loading the homepage contacts 28 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.

Security, domain, email and software versions

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