Mississippi lash and brow rules
Do you need a license to do lashes in Mississippi?
No license needed. Applying or removing eyelash extensions alone is exempt from Mississippi's cosmetology licensing law; other licensed services done with it are not covered by the exemption. Below: lash lifts, tinting and brow lamination (license needed), waxing (license needed) and eyebrow threading (no license needed), each answered from Mississippi's own statutes, rules or board pages, read on October 23, 2026, with the state's own words.
- Lash extensions
- No license needed
- Lifts and tints
- License needed
- Waxing
- License needed
- Threading
- No license needed
Licensed by the Mississippi State 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 Mississippi?
No license needed. Applying or removing eyelash extensions alone is exempt from Mississippi's cosmetology licensing law; other licensed services done with it are not covered by the exemption.
- License needed
- No license needed
- Exemption
- Applying or removing eyelash extensions is exempt when it is the only practice, and up to three exempt practices may be combined.
Lash lifts, tinting and brow lamination
Do you need a license to do lash lifts, tinting or brow lamination in Mississippi?
Yes. Tinting eyelashes or eyebrows needs a Cosmetologist or Esthetician license; lash lifts and brow lamination 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 Mississippi?
Yes. Waxing eyebrows needs a Cosmetologist license or Esthetician license, and waxing the face, neck, arms or legs needs an 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 Mississippi?
No license needed. Threading alone is exempt from licensing; threading done with other licensed services falls under the Cosmetologist or Esthetician license.
- License needed
- No license needed
- Licenses that allow it
- Cosmetologist, Esthetician
- Exemption
- Threading is exempt when it is the only practice, and up to three exempt practices may be combined.
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What else Mississippi asks of lash and brow artists
- The Mississippi board may prescribe sanitation rules for licensees practicing cosmetology and esthetics.
Sources
What Mississippi's official pages say
Each answer above, in the words of Mississippi's own statutes, rules or board pages, read on October 23, 2026. Rules change: confirm with the Mississippi State Board of Cosmetology before you start offering a service.
- Lash extensions
“For regulation purposes, the term "cosmetology" does not include persons whose practice is limited to only performing makeup artistry, threading or applying or removing eyelash extensions;”
billstatus.ls.state.ms.us “however, a person may perform a combination of not more than three (3) such practices and still be exempt from this chapter.”
billstatus.ls.state.ms.us - Lash lifts, tinting and brow lamination
“(iii) Tinting eyelashes or eyebrows.”
billstatus.ls.state.ms.us “(iv) Arching eyebrows, to include tweezing, waxing, threading or any other methods of epilation, or tinting eyebrows and eyelashes.”
billstatus.ls.state.ms.us “(c) "Cosmetologist" means a person who for compensation, whether direct or indirect, engages in the practice of cosmetology.”
billstatus.ls.state.ms.us “(e) "Esthetician" means any person who, for compensation, either direct or indirect, engages in the practice of esthetics.”
billstatus.ls.state.ms.us - Waxing
“(iv) Arching eyebrows, to include tweezing, waxing, threading or any other methods of epilation, or tinting eyebrows and eyelashes.”
billstatus.ls.state.ms.us “(iv) Waxing, stimulating, cleaning or beautifying the face, neck, arms or legs of a person by any method with the aid of the hands or any mechanical or electrical apparatus, or by the use of a cosmetic preparation.”
billstatus.ls.state.ms.us “(c) "Cosmetologist" means a person who for compensation, whether direct or indirect, engages in the practice of cosmetology.”
billstatus.ls.state.ms.us “(e) "Esthetician" means any person who, for compensation, either direct or indirect, engages in the practice of esthetics.”
billstatus.ls.state.ms.us - Eyebrow threading
“For regulation purposes, the term "cosmetology" does not include persons whose practice is limited to only performing makeup artistry, threading or applying or removing eyelash extensions;”
billstatus.ls.state.ms.us “however, a person may perform a combination of not more than three (3) such practices and still be exempt from this chapter.”
billstatus.ls.state.ms.us “(c) "Cosmetologist" means a person who for compensation, whether direct or indirect, engages in the practice of cosmetology.”
billstatus.ls.state.ms.us “(e) "Esthetician" means any person who, for compensation, either direct or indirect, engages in the practice of esthetics.”
billstatus.ls.state.ms.us “(ii) Arching eyebrows to include trimming, tweezing, waxing, threading or any other method of epilation or tinting eyebrows and eyelashes.”
billstatus.ls.state.ms.us - Also good to know
“for the guidance of persons licensed under this chapter in the operation of schools of cosmetology, or a beauty salon, and in the practice of cosmetology, esthetics”
billstatus.ls.state.ms.us
Questions
Mississippi lash and brow licenses, answered
Do you need a license to do lash extensions in Mississippi?
Do you need a license to do lash lifts, tinting or brow lamination in Mississippi?
Do you need a license to do waxing in Mississippi?
Do you need a license to do eyebrow threading in Mississippi?
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