Before registering for Lavish Lashes trainings and/or applying eyelash extensions, it is incumbent upon you to know and abide by the laws of your state regarding eyelash extensions. The links and information herein are provided solely for your convenience. The following is not intended to be a complete or exhaustive list or summary of state laws and regulations regarding eyelash extensions. Although attempts are continuously being made here to provide the most accurate information pertaining to laws and regulations surrounding the practice of eyelash extensions, this is not intended to be a comprehensive list as the laws in each state are subject to change without notice. In no way should the information contained herein be interpreted as a representation of the full subject matter of the laws and regulations pertaining to eyelash extensions nor should it be interpreted as legal advice.
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No Regulations
Eyelash Extensions Included In Limited Esthetics
Eyelash Extensions Are Not Explicitly Mentioned In The Law
You need a license to apply eyelash extensions for pay, an individual needs to be a cosmetologist or aesthetician. “Aesthetician” means any person who engages in the practice of beautifying the body by cleaning, waxing, externally manipulating, or stimulating the body by means of the hands, devices, apparatus, or appliances with or without the use of cosmetic preparations, antiseptics, tonics, lotions, and creams.
Must be a Cosmetologist
Must have Cosmetology or Esthetician License
Nothing explicitly mentions eyelash extensions, however, “hairdressing and cosmetology” means the art of dressing, arranging, curling, waving, weaving, cutting, singeing, bleaching and coloring the hair and treating the scalp of any person, and massaging, cleansing, stimulating, manipulating, exercising or beautifying with the use of the hands, appliances, cosmetic preparations, antiseptics, tonics, lotions, creams, powders, oils or clays and doing similar work on the face, neck and arms, provided nothing in this subdivision shall prohibit an unlicensed person from performing facials, or eyebrow arching.
Nothing explicitly mentions eyelash extensions, however, “Cosmetology” includes any or all work done for compensation by any person, including, but not be limited to, the embellishment, cleansing and beautification of human hair, such as arranging, dressing, curling, permanent waving, cutting, singeing, braiding, pressing, chemically bleaching or coloring, chemically straightening, or similar work, as well as the removal of superfluous hair and nail technology. The term “cosmetology” shall also include, but not be limited to, the massaging, stimulating or beautifying, or similar work, of the scalp, face, arms, hands or the upper body. All work performed under the definition of “cosmetology” may be done by hand or by mechanical or electrical devices and may include the use of cosmetic preparations, tonics, lotions or creams.
Cosmetologist, Esthetician, Medical License
Must be a Cosmetologist, Esthetician, Full Specialist, Facial Specialist, or Medical License
Must be an Esthetician to do Eyelashes
Must be a Cosmetologist, Esthetician, or Barber
Not explicitly clear, “Cosmetology” shall constitute any combination of the following practices when done upon the human body for cosmetic purposes and not for the treatment of disease or physical or mental ailments: (a) Cutting, trimming, arranging, dressing, curling, waving by any method, cleansing, singeing, bleaching, coloring, or similar work upon the hair; (b) fitting or cutting of hair pieces or toupees; (c) Noninvasive care of the skin of the face and body by application of cosmetic preparations, antiseptics, tonics, lotions, creams and essential oils to cleanse, massage, exfoliate, hydrate and stimulate; makeup application; pore extraction; use of chemical exfoliants approved for professional esthetic use; particle exfoliation; use of any mechanical or electrical apparatus or appliance designed for non-medical care of the skin; the temporary removal of superfluous hair by means of lotions, creams, waxing, tweezing or depilatories, and tinting or perming of eyebrows and eyelashes; and (d) Manicuring and pedicuring nails and applying artificial nails.
Must be a Cosmetologist or an Esthetician
Cosmetologist or Esthetician
Must be a Cosmetologist or Esthetician
Must be an Esthetician
Must Obtain a Permit.
“Cosmetology” means […] any combination of the practice of esthetics[…] “Esthetics” means engaging in any one or a combination of the following practices: massaging the face or neck of a person, dyeing or trimming eyebrows, applying natural or artificial enhancements to eyelashes,
Must have license for Aesthetics or Cosmetology
Does not explicitly mention eyelash extensions but dying eyelashes falls under the definition of cosmetology. An individual must obtain a cosmetology license before practicing cosmetology.
Does not explicitly include eyelash extension application as a service regulated by the Board of Cosmetology. However, the definition of Aesthetics offered in M.G.L.A. 112 §87T is broad stating that the practice of Aesthetics includes, “[…]manipulating or beautifying of the skin using hands, mechanical or electrical apparatus or appliances, cosmetic preparations, tonics, lotions or creams.” Eyelash extensions could be interpreted as falling under this definition. Consequently, it is advisable that lash professionals operating in Massachusetts obtain an aesthetician license.
Must be an Esthetician
Requires an “Eyelash Technician” license be obtained by anyone applying eyelash extensions.
Eyelash Extensions are not explicitly mentioned, however, within the definitions of cosmetology and esthetics is mentioned eyelash tinting, which is a service that requires a cosmetology license
Doesn’t explicitly mention eyelash application, however, within the definition of cosmetology is “class E-estheticians” which includes the practice of eyelash tinting
Doesn’t explicitly mention eyelash extensions but “practice or teaching of cosmetology” means work included in the terms “hairdressing”, “manicuring”, “esthetics”, and “beauty culture” and performed in salons or shops, in booths, or by itinerant cosmetologists when the work is done for the embellishment, cleanliness, and beautification of the hair and body. And the term “skin care” includes the application and maintenance of artificial eyelashes and extensions, tinting of the eyelashes, and the chemical curling of the eyelashes.
Nothing explicitly mentions Eyelash Extensions
Must be licensed as Cosmetologist or Aesthetician
Must be an Esthetician
Nothing explicitly mentions eyelash extensions, however, under a regulation a Cosmetology, Hairstyling, Beauty Culture, and Skin Care Specialty license allows a person to “Applying cosmetic preparations, antiseptics, tonics, lotions, creams, or makeup to the hair, scalp, face, or neck”
Must be licensed Barber, Cosmetologist or Esthetician
Esthetician
Must be an Esthetician
Must be a Cosmetologist
Eyelash Extensions are not mentioned, however, House Bill 453, which was passed, states the practice of esthetics includes the application of eyelash extensions.
Must be licensed Facialist/Esthetician or Cosmetologist
Must be an Esthetician
Eyelash Extensions are not explicitly mentions, however eyelash perming and dying fall under esthetics.
Eyelash extensions, or any similar type of service, are not mentioned, but a license is required to practice hairdressing, cosmetic therapy, and/or esthetics.
Definition of cosmetology includes using cosmetic preparations or make-up on, or manipulating, beautifying, or similar work on the face, and the definition of esthetics includes make-up and similar work, either of which could include eyelash extensions.
Must be an Esthetician
Must be a Cosmetologist or Aesthetician
Must be a licensed cosmetologist, esthetician or eyelash extension specialist, however, an eyelash extension special can only apply and remove semi-permanent, thread like extensions composed of single fibers to a person’s eyelash and cleanse the eye area and lashes.
Cosmetologist, Barber, Esthetician
Eyelash extensions are not explicitly mention, however, cosmetology means engaging in the continuing performance, for compensation, of any of the following activities: work on the hair of any person, including dressing, curling, waving, cleansing, cutting, bleaching, coloring, or similar work by any means, with hands or mechanical or electrical apparatus or appliances; and esthetics, which includes massaging, cleansing, stimulating, manipulating, beautifying or otherwise working on the scalp, face, or neck, by using cosmetic preparations, antiseptics, tonics, lotions, or creams.
Must be an Esthetician
Must be Licensed under Esthetics
Must have Aesthetician License
Statement from the Cosmetology Examining Board, which was issued within the last five years, states “the application of lash extensions is not included in the definition of barbering or the definition of cosmetology. Accordingly, it is not regulated by the Department of Safety and Professional Services or the Cosmetology Examining Board.” However, at a meeting on 6/22/15 motion carried to have legal counsel review the Board’s statutory authority to draft rules regarding eyelash extensions, and request the administrative rule coordinator to draft a Scope Statement regarding eyelash extensions for consideration at the next meeting. So, although there are not currently rules regarding eyelash extensions, there probably will be soon.
An Esthetician license is Required
