Arkansas lash and brow rules
Do you need a license to do lashes in Arkansas?
Yes. Applying eyelash extensions for pay requires a cosmetologist or aesthetician license. Below: lash lifts, tinting and brow lamination (not stated), waxing (license needed) and eyebrow threading (not stated), each answered from Arkansas's own statutes, rules or board pages, read on October 23, 2026, with the state's own words.
- Lash extensions
- License needed
- Lifts and tints
- Not stated
- Waxing
- License needed
- Threading
- Not stated
Licensed by the Arkansas Department of Health.The board's site Hours and fees for each licenseThe state's own words
Lash extensions
Do you need a license to do lash extensions in Arkansas?
Yes. Applying eyelash extensions for pay requires a cosmetologist or aesthetician license.
- License needed
- License needed
- Licenses that allow it
- Cosmetologist, Aesthetician
- License for this work alone
- None
Lash lifts, tinting and brow lamination
Do you need a license to do lash lifts, tinting or brow lamination in Arkansas?
Not stated. Arkansas's official pages we read do not say whether lash lifts, tinting and brow lamination need a license. Ask the Arkansas Department of Health before you offer them.
- License needed
- Not stated
Waxing
Do you need a license to do waxing in Arkansas?
Yes. Waxing requires a cosmetologist or aesthetician license.
- License needed
- License needed
- Licenses that allow it
- Cosmetologist, Aesthetician
- License for this work alone
- None
Eyebrow threading
Do you need a license to do eyebrow threading in Arkansas?
Not stated. Arkansas's official pages we read do not say whether eyebrow threading needs a license. Ask the Arkansas Department of Health before you offer it.
- License needed
- Not stated
Good to know
What else Arkansas asks of lash and brow artists
- Microblading is not covered by a cosmetologist or aesthetician license; it requires a Body Art Program license.
- The 2016 rules list eyebrow shaping and eyebrow and eyelash dying as aesthetics training content; this is training content, not a licensing rule.
- Practicing for pay outside a licensed establishment, in any practice that requires a license, is a ground for disciplinary action.
Sources
What Arkansas's official pages say
Each answer above, in the words of Arkansas's own statutes, rules or board pages, read on October 23, 2026. Rules change: confirm with the Arkansas Department of Health before you start offering a service.
- Lash extensions
“Yes, an individual would need a license to apply eyelash extensions for pay. Specifically, the individual should be a licensed cosmetologist or aesthetician.”
healthy.arkansas.gov - Waxing
“by cleaning, waxing, externally manipulating, or stimulating the body by means of”
healthy.arkansas.gov “Externally manipulating, cleaning, waxing, or stimulating the body by means of the”
healthy.arkansas.gov - Also good to know
“No, cosmetologists and Aestheticians cannot perform microblading services. To perform microblading services, you must be licensed by the Body Art Program.”
healthy.arkansas.gov - Also good to know
“treatment products, the art of makeup, eyebrow shaping, eyebrow and eyelash dying, hair removal, etc.”
sos.arkansas.gov - Also good to know
“establishment and for compensation in any form whatever, in any practice for which a”
healthy.arkansas.gov
Questions
Arkansas lash and brow licenses, answered
Do you need a license to do lash extensions in Arkansas?
Do you need a license to do lash lifts, tinting or brow lamination in Arkansas?
Do you need a license to do waxing in Arkansas?
Do you need a license to do eyebrow threading in Arkansas?
What do you need to open a lash or brow studio in Arkansas?
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