Michigan lash and brow rules
Do you need a license to do lashes in Michigan?
Yes. Lash extensions need a cosmetologist or esthetician license; Michigan has no separate eyelash extension license in the sources reviewed. Below: lash lifts, tinting and brow lamination (license needed), waxing (license needed) and eyebrow threading (license needed), each answered from Michigan'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
- License needed
Licensed by LARA.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 Michigan?
Yes. Lash extensions need a cosmetologist or esthetician license; Michigan has no separate eyelash extension license in the sources reviewed.
- License needed
- License needed
- Licenses that allow it
- Cosmetologist, 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 Michigan?
Yes. Eyelash tinting and eyebrow tinting or lamination need a cosmetologist or esthetician license; lash lifts are not named in the statute.
- License needed
- License needed
- Licenses that allow it
- Cosmetologist, Esthetician
- License for this work alone
- None
Waxing
Do you need a license to do waxing in Michigan?
Yes. Waxing hair removal needs a cosmetologist or esthetician license, since it is listed among skin care services.
- 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 Michigan?
Yes. Threading hair removal needs a cosmetologist or esthetician license, since thread is listed among skin care services.
- License needed
- License needed
- Licenses that allow it
- Cosmetologist, Esthetician
- License for this work alone
- None
Good to know
What else Michigan asks of lash and brow artists
- Eyebrow tinting must use a product that does not last more than 6 weeks.
- An esthetician or cosmetologist who performs skin care services must dispose of medical waste under Part 138 of the Public Health Code.
- A licensed esthetician may only perform esthetician services and may not perform other cosmetology services unless separately licensed for them.
Sources
What Michigan's official pages say
Each answer above, in the words of Michigan's own statutes, rules or board pages, read on October 23, 2026. Rules change: confirm with LARA before you start offering a service.
- Lash extensions
“an individual shall not perform any form of cosmetology services, with or without compensation, on any individual other than a member of his or her immediate family without a license under this article”
legislature.mi.gov “Eyelash services, including extensions and tinting.”
legislature.mi.gov “Subject to subsection (3), an esthetician or a cosmetologist may perform the following skin care services or combination of skin care services:”
legislature.mi.gov “The department may license an individual to perform manicuring services, natural hair cultivation, or skin care services in accordance with his or her training.”
legislature.mi.gov - Lash lifts, tinting and brow lamination
“Eyelash services, including extensions and tinting.”
legislature.mi.gov “Eyebrow services, including lamination and tinting.”
legislature.mi.gov “an individual shall not perform any form of cosmetology services, with or without compensation, on any individual other than a member of his or her immediate family without a license under this article”
legislature.mi.gov “Subject to subsection (3), an esthetician or a cosmetologist may perform the following skin care services or combination of skin care services:”
legislature.mi.gov “The department may license an individual to perform manicuring services, natural hair cultivation, or skin care services in accordance with his or her training.”
legislature.mi.gov - Waxing
“The temporary removal of hair from the body of an individual by using hands-only techniques in combination with depilatories, waxes, razors, scissors, clippers, thread, or tweezers.”
legislature.mi.gov “Subject to subsection (3), an esthetician or a cosmetologist may perform the following skin care services or combination of skin care services:”
legislature.mi.gov “The department may license an individual to perform manicuring services, natural hair cultivation, or skin care services in accordance with his or her training.”
legislature.mi.gov - Eyebrow threading
“The temporary removal of hair from the body of an individual by using hands-only techniques in combination with depilatories, waxes, razors, scissors, clippers, thread, or tweezers.”
legislature.mi.gov “Subject to subsection (3), an esthetician or a cosmetologist may perform the following skin care services or combination of skin care services:”
legislature.mi.gov “The department may license an individual to perform manicuring services, natural hair cultivation, or skin care services in accordance with his or her training.”
legislature.mi.gov - Also good to know
“Eyebrow tinting must be performed with a product that does not last for more than 6 weeks.”
legislature.mi.gov - Also good to know
“shall comply with part 138 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.13801 to 333.13832, for the disposal of medical waste.”
legislature.mi.gov - Also good to know
“An individual who is licensed as a manicurist, natural hair culturist, or esthetician shall only perform that particular service and shall not perform any other cosmetology service unless he or she is licensed for that service.”
legislature.mi.gov
Questions
Michigan lash and brow licenses, answered
Do you need a license to do lash extensions in Michigan?
Do you need a license to do lash lifts, tinting or brow lamination in Michigan?
Do you need a license to do waxing in Michigan?
Do you need a license to do eyebrow threading in Michigan?
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