Maine lash and brow rules
Do you need a license to do lashes in Maine?
Yes. Lash extensions need a Cosmetologist or Aesthetician license, and the work must be done in a licensed establishment. Below: lash lifts, tinting and brow lamination (license needed), waxing (license needed) and eyebrow threading (no license needed), each answered from Maine'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 OPOR.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 Maine?
Yes. Lash extensions need a Cosmetologist or Aesthetician license, and the work must be done in a licensed establishment.
- 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 Maine?
Yes. Tinting eyebrows and eyelashes needs an Aesthetician license; the statute does not name lash lifts or brow lamination.
- License needed
- License needed
- Licenses that allow it
- Aesthetician
- License for this work alone
- None
Waxing
Do you need a license to do waxing in Maine?
Yes. Waxing needs a Cosmetologist or Aesthetician license; the aesthetician course of study lists body waxing.
- 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 Maine?
No license needed. Eyebrow threading needs no license in Maine, because the statute exempts threading for removal of unwanted facial hair.
- License needed
- No license needed
- Exemption
- Threading services for removal of unwanted facial hair are exempt from licensing.
Good to know
What else Maine asks of lash and brow artists
- Practicing cosmetology or aesthetics requires a license; trainees may only practice under immediate personal supervision in a licensed establishment.
- Cosmetology and aesthetics may be performed only by licensed persons and only in an establishment licensed by the director.
Sources
What Maine's official pages say
Each answer above, in the words of Maine's own statutes, rules or board pages, read on October 23, 2026. Rules change: confirm with OPOR before you start offering a service.
- Lash extensions
“Applying makeup or eyelashes to any person; or”
legislature.maine.gov “"The practice of aesthetics" means the performance by any person for hire or compensation of any one or a combination of the following practices:”
legislature.maine.gov “"The practice of cosmetology" means the performance by any person for hire or compensation of any one or more of the following practices:”
legislature.maine.gov - Lash lifts, tinting and brow lamination
“Trimming or tinting eyebrows and eyelashes.”
legislature.maine.gov “"The practice of aesthetics" means the performance by any person for hire or compensation of any one or a combination of the following practices:”
legislature.maine.gov - Waxing
“Arranging, dressing, curling, waving, cleansing, cutting, trimming, removing, which includes shaving, singeing, bleaching, coloring, relaxing or similarly treating the hair of any person”
legislature.maine.gov “"The practice of cosmetology" means the performance by any person for hire or compensation of any one or more of the following practices:”
legislature.maine.gov “hair removal; eyebrow tweezing; body waxing; cleansing; extractions; make up application”
maine.gov - Eyebrow threading
“A license under this chapter is not required for the following activities:”
legislature.maine.gov “Threading services for removal of unwanted facial hair”
legislature.maine.gov - Also good to know
“may not independently conduct a practice but may, as a trainee, do any or all acts constituting the practice under the immediate personal supervision”
legislature.maine.gov - Also good to know
“may be performed only by persons duly licensed to practice in this State and only in an establishment licensed by the director”
legislature.maine.gov
Questions
Maine lash and brow licenses, answered
Do you need a license to do lash extensions in Maine?
Do you need a license to do lash lifts, tinting or brow lamination in Maine?
Do you need a license to do waxing in Maine?
Do you need a license to do eyebrow threading in Maine?
What do you need to open a lash or brow studio in Maine?
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