New Hampshire lash and brow rules
Do you need a license to do lashes in New Hampshire?
Yes. Lash extensions need a cosmetologist or esthetician license; no NH lash-only license was found. Below: lash lifts, tinting and brow lamination (not stated), waxing (license needed) and eyebrow threading (license needed), each answered from New Hampshire'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
- Not stated
- Waxing
- License needed
- Threading
- License needed
Licensed by OPLC.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 New Hampshire?
Yes. Lash extensions need a cosmetologist or esthetician license; no NH lash-only license was found.
- 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 New Hampshire?
Not stated. New Hampshire's official pages we read do not say whether lash lifts, tinting and brow lamination need a license. Ask OPLC before you offer them.
- License needed
- Not stated
Waxing
Do you need a license to do waxing in New Hampshire?
Yes. Waxing needs a cosmetologist or esthetician license; a master barber license covers it on the face and neck only.
- License needed
- License needed
- Licenses that allow it
- Cosmetologist, Esthetician, Master Barber
- License for this work alone
- None
Eyebrow threading
Do you need a license to do eyebrow threading in New Hampshire?
Yes. Threading needs a master barber, cosmetologist or esthetician license.
- License needed
- License needed
- Licenses that allow it
- Master Barber, Cosmetologist, Esthetician
- License for this work alone
- None
Good to know
What else New Hampshire asks of lash and brow artists
- The threading definition excludes chemicals, wax, and any implements, instruments or tools used to remove hair; those methods fall under other services.
- Operating a salon or shop without a shop license from the board is a misdemeanor.
- The board's published personal license list has no lash-specific license.
Sources
What New Hampshire's official pages say
Each answer above, in the words of New Hampshire's own statutes, rules or board pages, read on October 23, 2026. Rules change: confirm with OPLC before you start offering a service.
- Lash extensions
“Giving facials, applying makeup, giving therapeutic skin care treatments, removing superfluous hair, or applying eyelashes to any person;”
gc.nh.gov “applying makeup or eyelashes to any person, and removing superfluous hair”
gc.nh.gov - Waxing
“means tweezing, waxing, sugaring, and threading”
gencourt.state.nh.us “applying makeup or eyelashes to any person, and removing superfluous hair”
gc.nh.gov “Giving facials, applying makeup, giving therapeutic skin care treatments, removing superfluous hair, or applying eyelashes to any person;”
gc.nh.gov “removing superfluous hair from the face and neck of any person”
gc.nh.gov - Eyebrow threading
“a service provided by a master barber, cosmetologist, or esthetician that results in the removal of hair from its follicle from around the eyebrows”
gencourt.state.nh.us - Also good to know
“The meaning does not include the use of chemicals of any kind, wax, or any implements, instruments, or tools to remove hair.”
gencourt.state.nh.us - Also good to know
“It shall be a misdemeanor for any person, as owner, manager, or agent, to open, establish, conduct, or maintain a shop without first having obtained a shop license from the board.”
gc.nh.gov - Also good to know
“Barber, Master Barber, Cosmetology, Manicurist, Esthetician”
oplc.nh.gov
Questions
New Hampshire lash and brow licenses, answered
Do you need a license to do lash extensions in New Hampshire?
Do you need a license to do lash lifts, tinting or brow lamination in New Hampshire?
Do you need a license to do waxing in New Hampshire?
Do you need a license to do eyebrow threading in New Hampshire?
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