Kansas lash and brow rules
Do you need a license to do lashes in Kansas?
Yes. Lash extensions need an esthetician license, since the statute lists eyelash services within the esthetician scope; no lash-only license appears in the statutes reviewed. Below: lash lifts, tinting and brow lamination (license needed), waxing (license needed) and eyebrow threading (no license needed), each answered from Kansas'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
- No license needed
Licensed by the Kansas Board of Cosmetology.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 Kansas?
Yes. Lash extensions need an esthetician license, since the statute lists eyelash services within the esthetician scope; no lash-only license appears in the statutes reviewed.
- License needed
- License needed
- Licenses that allow it
- Esthetician
- 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 Kansas?
Yes. Lash lifts, lash or brow tinting and brow lamination fall under the esthetician scope of eyebrow and eyelash services, so an esthetician license is needed; no separate license is stated.
- License needed
- License needed
- Licenses that allow it
- Esthetician
- License for this work alone
- None
Waxing
Do you need a license to do waxing in Kansas?
Yes. Waxing is temporary hair removal by hand or appliance, which requires a cosmetologist or esthetician license.
- License needed
- License needed
- Licenses that allow it
- Cosmetologist, Esthetician
- License for this work alone
- None
Eyebrow threading
Do you need a license to do eyebrow threading in Kansas?
No license needed. Threading needs no license if the K.S.A. 65-1928 self-test requirement is met, and licensed cosmetologists or estheticians may also thread.
- License needed
- No license needed
- Licenses that allow it
- Cosmetologist, Esthetician
- Exemption
- Threading is exempt from cosmetology licensing if the person completes the K.S.A. 65-1928 self-test and keeps it at the work location.
Good to know
What else Kansas asks of lash and brow artists
- Practicing esthetics or cosmetology without a valid Board license is prohibited.
- Owning or operating a salon where cosmetology or esthetics is practiced requires a Board salon or clinic license.
- Threading excludes chemicals, electric needles, heat and any wax, so a service using them is not threading under the statute.
Sources
What Kansas's official pages say
Each answer above, in the words of Kansas's own statutes, rules or board pages, read on October 23, 2026. Rules change: confirm with the Kansas Board of Cosmetology before you start offering a service.
- Lash extensions
“Eyebrow and eyelash services, cleansing, stimulating or performing any other noninvasive beautifying process”
ksrevisor.gov “any person who, for compensation practices the profession of cosmetology only to the following extent:”
ksrevisor.gov - Lash lifts, tinting and brow lamination
“Eyebrow and eyelash services, cleansing, stimulating or performing any other noninvasive beautifying process”
ksrevisor.gov “Engage in practice of cosmetology, esthetics, nail technology or electrology unless the person holds a valid license, issued by the board, to engage in that practice;”
ksrevisor.gov - Waxing
“temporary hair removal from the face or any part of the body by use of the hands or mechanical or electrical appliances other than electric needles;”
ksrevisor.gov - Eyebrow threading
“threading, so long as the requirements of K.S.A. 65-1928 , and amendments thereto, are met.”
ksrevisor.gov “such individual shall complete the self-test part of the brochure and keep the brochure and completed self-test available at the location where the individual is braiding hair or threading.”
ksrevisor.gov “Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to preclude a licensed cosmetologist or esthetician from performing threading.”
ksrevisor.gov - Also good to know
“Engage in practice of cosmetology, esthetics, nail technology or electrology unless the person holds a valid license, issued by the board, to engage in that practice;”
ksrevisor.gov - Also good to know
“own or operate a school, salon or clinic where cosmetology, esthetics, nail technology or electrology is taught or practiced unless the person holds a valid school, salon or clinic license issued by the board;”
ksrevisor.gov - Also good to know
“but does not include the use of chemicals, electric needles, heat or any type of wax”
ksrevisor.gov
Questions
Kansas lash and brow licenses, answered
Do you need a license to do lash extensions in Kansas?
Do you need a license to do lash lifts, tinting or brow lamination in Kansas?
Do you need a license to do waxing in Kansas?
Do you need a license to do eyebrow threading in Kansas?
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