Connecticut lash and brow rules
Do you need a license to do lashes in Connecticut?
Yes. Lash extensions need an eyelash technician license (50 hours of training, $100 application fee) or a combination esthetician and eyelash technician license. Unlicensed temporary practice is allowed only at approved courses, seminars, workshops, trade shows or demonstrations, under the statute's conditions. Below: lash lifts, tinting and brow lamination (license needed), waxing (license needed) and eyebrow threading (not stated), each answered from Connecticut'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
- License needed
- Waxing
- License needed
- Threading
- Not stated
Licensed by the Connecticut Department of Public Health and local health departments.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 Connecticut?
Yes. Lash extensions need an eyelash technician license (50 hours of training, $100 application fee) or a combination esthetician and eyelash technician license. Unlicensed temporary practice is allowed only at approved courses, seminars, workshops, trade shows or demonstrations, under the statute's conditions.
- License needed
- License needed
- Licenses that allow it
- Eyelash technician, Combination esthetician and eyelash technician license
- License for this work alone
- Eyelash technician license, 50 hours of training, $100
- Exemption
- Unlicensed temporary practice is allowed only at approved courses, seminars, workshops, trade shows or demonstrations, under the statute's conditions.
Connecticut is one of 9 states with a license for lash extensions alone.
Lash lifts, tinting and brow lamination
Do you need a license to do lash lifts, tinting or brow lamination in Connecticut?
Yes. Lash lifts and lash tints need an eyelash technician or combination license; brow tinting and brow lamination fall under the esthetician license, since the esthetics definition covers beautifying brows. Unlicensed temporary practice is allowed only at approved courses, seminars, workshops, trade shows or demonstrations, under the statute's conditions.
- License needed
- License needed
- Licenses that allow it
- Eyelash technician, Esthetician, Combination esthetician and eyelash technician license
- License for this work alone
- Eyelash technician license, 50 hours of training, $100
- Exemption
- Unlicensed temporary practice is allowed only at approved courses, seminars, workshops, trade shows or demonstrations, under the statute's conditions.
Connecticut is one of 3 states with a license for lash lifts, tinting and brow lamination alone.
Waxing
Do you need a license to do waxing in Connecticut?
Yes. Waxing needs an esthetician license, since the esthetics definition covers removing unwanted hair by manual and mechanical means. Unlicensed temporary esthetics practice is allowed only at approved courses, seminars, workshops, trade shows or demonstrations, under the statute's conditions.
- License needed
- License needed
- Licenses that allow it
- Esthetician
- License for this work alone
- None
- Exemption
- Unlicensed temporary esthetics practice is allowed only at approved courses, seminars, workshops, trade shows or demonstrations, under the statute's conditions.
Eyebrow threading
Do you need a license to do eyebrow threading in Connecticut?
Not stated. Connecticut's official pages we read do not say whether eyebrow threading needs a license. Ask the Connecticut Department of Public Health and local health departments before you offer it.
- License needed
- Not stated
Good to know
What else Connecticut asks of lash and brow artists
- From July 1, 2021, a salon or spa that employs eyelash technicians must be managed by a licensed professional.
- Salon inspections require hospital-grade cleaner on the area and materials used by eyelash technicians.
- Eyebrow threading is excluded from the statutory definition of esthetics, and no official source found names the license that covers it.
Sources
What Connecticut's official pages say
Each answer above, in the words of Connecticut's own statutes, rules or board pages, read on October 23, 2026. Rules change: confirm with the Connecticut Department of Public Health and local health departments before you start offering a service.
- Lash extensions
“no person may practice as an eyelash technician without obtaining a license or temporary permit from the department under this section”
cga.ct.gov “means a person, who for compensation performs individual eyelash extensions, eyelash lifts or perms and eyelash color tints”
cga.ct.gov “a person may apply to the Department of Public Health for a combination license for the practice of two or three of the following occupations: Esthetician, eyelash technician and nail technician”
cga.ct.gov “accompanied by an application fee of one hundred dollars and evidence that the applicant (1) has completed a course of not less than fifty hours of study”
cga.ct.gov “documenting completion of 50 hours of study.”
portal.ct.gov “The application fee is $100.”
portal.ct.gov “A person may practice temporarily as an eyelash technician in this state without a license or temporary permit if such person, at an event such as a professional course, seminar, workshop, trade show or product demonstration”
cga.ct.gov - Lash lifts, tinting and brow lamination
“means a person, who for compensation performs individual eyelash extensions, eyelash lifts or perms and eyelash color tints”
cga.ct.gov “makeup application; beautifying lashes and brows; or removing unwanted hair using manual and mechanical means”
cga.ct.gov “a person may apply to the Department of Public Health for a combination license for the practice of two or three of the following occupations: Esthetician, eyelash technician and nail technician”
cga.ct.gov “accompanied by an application fee of one hundred dollars and evidence that the applicant (1) has completed a course of not less than fifty hours of study”
cga.ct.gov “documenting completion of 50 hours of study.”
portal.ct.gov “The application fee is $100.”
portal.ct.gov “A person may practice temporarily as an eyelash technician in this state without a license or temporary permit if such person, at an event such as a professional course, seminar, workshop, trade show or product demonstration”
cga.ct.gov - Waxing
“makeup application; beautifying lashes and brows; or removing unwanted hair using manual and mechanical means”
cga.ct.gov “no person may practice as an esthetician without obtaining a license or temporary permit from the Department of Public Health under this section”
cga.ct.gov “A person may practice temporarily as an esthetician in this state without a license or temporary permit if such person, at an event such as a professional course, seminar, workshop, trade show, or product demonstration”
cga.ct.gov - Also good to know
“On and after July 1, 2021, each spa or salon that employs hairdressers and cosmeticians, estheticians, eyelash technicians, nail technicians or massage therapists shall be under the management of”
cga.ct.gov - Also good to know
“the use of hospital-grade cleaner to clean the area and materials used in the practice of hairdressing, cosmetology and by nail technicians, estheticians and eyelash technicians”
cga.ct.gov - Also good to know
“eyebrow threading as a means of shaping and removing unwanted hair on the face and around the eyebrows”
cga.ct.gov
Questions
Connecticut lash and brow licenses, answered
Do you need a license to do lash extensions in Connecticut?
Do you need a license to do lash lifts, tinting or brow lamination in Connecticut?
Do you need a license to do waxing in Connecticut?
Do you need a license to do eyebrow threading in Connecticut?
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