Montana lash and brow rules
Do you need a license to do lashes in Montana?
Yes. Lash extensions are part of the cosmetologist and esthetician scopes, so a cosmetologist or esthetician license covers them. Below: lash lifts, tinting and brow lamination (license needed), waxing (license needed) and eyebrow threading (not stated), each answered from Montana'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 Montana Board of Barbers and Cosmetologists.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 Montana?
Yes. Lash extensions are part of the cosmetologist and esthetician scopes, so a cosmetologist or esthetician license covers them.
- 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 Montana?
Yes. Lash lifts (chemical curling) and lash or brow tinting are part of esthetics training, so an esthetician license covers them, and a cosmetologist license covers esthetics work.
- License needed
- License needed
- Licenses that allow it
- Esthetician, Cosmetologist
- License for this work alone
- None
Waxing
Do you need a license to do waxing in Montana?
Yes. Waxing is part of esthetics training and temporary hair removal is esthetics work, so an esthetician or cosmetologist license covers it.
- License needed
- License needed
- Licenses that allow it
- Esthetician, Cosmetologist
- License for this work alone
- None
Eyebrow threading
Do you need a license to do eyebrow threading in Montana?
Not stated. Montana's official pages we read do not say whether eyebrow threading needs a license. Ask the Montana Board of Barbers and Cosmetologists before you offer it.
- License needed
- Not stated
Good to know
What else Montana asks of lash and brow artists
- An esthetician applicant needs at least 650 hours of training from an approved school or course.
- Cosmetology and esthetics licensees are limited to noninvasive procedures as defined in ARM 24.121.301(13).
- Practicing these services outside a licensed salon or shop is unlawful, except in the exceptions the statute lists.
Sources
What Montana's official pages say
Each answer above, in the words of Montana's own statutes, rules or board pages, read on October 23, 2026. Rules change: confirm with the Montana Board of Barbers and Cosmetologists before you start offering a service.
- Lash extensions
“the application and maintenance of artificial eyelashes and extensions, tinting of the eyelashes and eyebrows”
boards.bsd.dli.mt.gov “(c) skin care, skin exfoliation, facials, makeup application, epilation, electricity and light therapies, and application of artificial lashes;”
boards.bsd.dli.mt.gov “(e) application of artificial lashes.”
boards.bsd.dli.mt.gov - Lash lifts, tinting and brow lamination
“tinting of the eyelashes and eyebrows, and the chemical curling of the eye lashes”
boards.bsd.dli.mt.gov “"Cosmetology" means work included in the terms "hairdressing", "manicuring", "esthetics", and "beauty culture"”
mca.legmt.gov - Waxing
“waxing (face, neck, hands, and superfluous hair anywhere on the body, including tweezing), 50 hours”
boards.bsd.dli.mt.gov “the temporary removal of superfluous hair by means of lotions, creams, or mechanical or electrical apparatus or appliances on another person.”
mca.legmt.gov “(c) skin care, skin exfoliation, facials, makeup application, epilation, electricity and light therapies, and application of artificial lashes;”
boards.bsd.dli.mt.gov - Also good to know
“have completed a course of study of at least 650 hours of training and received a diploma from a school authorized to offer a course of study in esthetics”
mca.legmt.gov - Also good to know
“All licensees under this board are limited to noninvasive procedures as defined by the board in ARM 24.121.301(13) below.”
boards.bsd.dli.mt.gov - Also good to know
“to practice barbering, barbering nonchemical, cosmetology, electrology, esthetics, or manicuring outside a licensed salon or shop as provided in this chapter”
boards.bsd.dli.mt.gov
Questions
Montana lash and brow licenses, answered
Do you need a license to do lash extensions in Montana?
Do you need a license to do lash lifts, tinting or brow lamination in Montana?
Do you need a license to do waxing in Montana?
Do you need a license to do eyebrow threading in Montana?
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