Missouri microblading and permanent makeup rules
Do you need a license to do microblading in Missouri?
Yes. Anyone who tattoos or does permanent cosmetic tattooing for a fee, including eyebrows and eyeliner, needs a Missouri practitioner license from the Office of Tattooing, Body Piercing & Branding, which requires a notarized application with a $100 fee, bloodborne pathogen training, first aid/CPR, and either 300 hours of training at a licensed school or a 300-hour apprenticeship. Below: the studio license, the agency that issues them, local rules and what Missouri says about microblading itself, each answered from Missouri's own statutes, rules or agency pages, read on October 24, 2026.
- Artist license
- License needed
- Studio license
- License needed
- Artist fee
- $100
- Local rules
- Not stated
Licensed by Missouri Division of Professional Registration, Office of Tattooing, Body Piercing & Branding.The agency's page The state's own words
The artist
Do you need a license to do permanent makeup in Missouri?
Yes. Anyone who tattoos or does permanent cosmetic tattooing for a fee, including eyebrows and eyeliner, needs a Missouri practitioner license from the Office of Tattooing, Body Piercing & Branding, which requires a notarized application with a $100 fee, bloodborne pathogen training, first aid/CPR, and either 300 hours of training at a licensed school or a 300-hour apprenticeship.
- License needed
- License needed
- License name
- Practitioner license
- Training hours
- 300 hours
- State fee
- $100
The studio
Does a microblading studio need a license in Missouri?
Yes. A place where tattooing or permanent cosmetic tattooing is done needs a state establishment license from the same office, with a notarized application and a $200 application fee, and the office inspects new establishments before issuing it.
- License needed
- License needed
- License name
- Establishment license
- State fee
- $200
Microblading by name
Is microblading considered tattooing in Missouri?
Yes, by name. The Office of Tattooing, Body Piercing and Branding's notice on its 'Microblading Licensure Law' says practitioner and establishment licenses are required for tattooing within the law's new definition, and that the office cannot decide for you whether your service falls within it.
Good to know
What else Missouri asks of permanent makeup artists
- Practitioner applicants must show a bloodborne pathogen training program and first aid/CPR certification in addition to the apprenticeship or school course.
- Under current Missouri law, a licensed practitioner can only work in a licensed establishment.
- No one under 18 may tattoo, brand or perform body piercing on another person.
Sources
What Missouri's official pages say
Each answer above, in the words of Missouri's own statutes, rules or agency pages, read on October 24, 2026. Rules change, and counties can add their own: confirm with the Missouri Division of Professional Registration before you start.
- The artist's license
“A mark made on the face or body of another person for cosmetic purposes or to any part of the body for scar coverage or other corrective purposes by the insertion of a pigment, ink, or both pigment and ink under the skin with the aid of needles”
revisor.mo.gov ““Permanent cosmetic tattooing” includes eyeliner, eyebrows, lip liner, full lip color, repigmentation, or camouflage.”
sos.mo.gov “No practitioner of tattooing, body piercing or branding shall practice and no establishment in which tattoos, body piercing or brandings are applied shall be operated without a license issued by the director of the division of professional registration.”
revisor.mo.gov “requires those providing tattooing services that fall within the new definition of”
pr.mo.gov “An application for a practitioner license shall be notarized and accompanied by the appropriate fee”
sos.mo.gov “No person, other than an apprentice, shall tattoo, body pierce, and/or brand another person”
sos.mo.gov “The course of study shall consist of at least three hundred (300) documented hours of instruction and/or training”
sos.mo.gov “(A) Practitioner application fee $100”
sos.mo.gov - The studio's license
“No person shall operate a tattoo establishment, body piercing establishment, and/or branding establishment unless he or she has obtained a license for the establishment from the division.”
sos.mo.gov “(A) Establishment application fee $200”
sos.mo.gov - Who issues it
“the owner/operator of establishments providing services to obtain an establishment license from the Division of Professional Registration, Office of Tattooing, Body Piercing and Branding”
pr.mo.gov - Microblading by name
“MICROBLADING LICENSURE LAW:”
pr.mo.gov - Also good to know
“(B) First aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR); and”
sos.mo.gov - Also good to know
“The licensed practitioner can only work in a licensed establishment.”
pr.mo.gov - Also good to know
“No person under the age of eighteen shall tattoo, brand or perform body piercing on another person.”
revisor.mo.gov
Questions
Missouri microblading licenses, answered
Do you need a license to do microblading in Missouri?
Is microblading considered tattooing or permanent makeup in Missouri?
Does a permanent makeup studio need a license in Missouri?
Who licenses permanent makeup artists in Missouri?
How much does a permanent makeup license cost in Missouri?
Does a cosmetology or esthetician license cover microblading in Missouri?
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