Answer: In short, the answer is typically ‘no’.
However, this is a gray area and can become confusing as you try to establish your business and yourself as a professional Makeup Artist. Below is a list for individual states and State Board of Cosmetology requirements links:
Alabama
http://www.aboc.state.al.us/default.aspx
Alaska
https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/cbpl/ProfessionalLicensing/BoardofBarbersHairdressers.aspx
Arizona
Arkansas
California
http://www.barbercosmo.ca.gov/
Colorado
https://www.colorado.gov/dora/boards_programs
Connecticut
http://www.ct.gov/dph/cwp/view.asp?a=3143&q=388878
Delaware
http://www.dpr.delaware.gov/boards/cosmetology/
Florida
http://www.myfloridalicense.com/Dbpr/pro/cosmo/index.html
Georgia
http://sos.ga.gov/index.php/licensing/plb/16
Hawaii
http://cca.hawaii.gov/pvl/boards/barber/
Idaho
https://ibol.idaho.gov/IBOL/BoardPage.aspx?Bureau=COS
Illinois
http://www.idfpr.com/profs/cosmo.asp
Indiana
http://www.in.gov/pla/cosmo.htm
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
http://kbhc.ky.gov/Pages/default.aspx
Louisiana
http://www.lsbc.louisiana.gov/application_makeup.aspx
Maine
http://www.maine.gov/pfr/professionallicensing/professions/barbers/cosmetology.html
Maryland
http://www.dllr.maryland.gov/license/cos/coslicreq.shtml
Massachusetts
http://www.mass.gov/ocabr/licensee/dpl-boards/hd/
Michigan
http://www.michigan.gov/lara/0,4601,7-154-72600_72602_72731_72864—,00.html
Minnesota
http://mn.gov/boards/cosmetologist-examiners/
Mississippi
http://www.msbc.ms.gov/Pages/default.aspx
Missouri
http://www.pr.mo.gov/cosbar.asp
Montana
http://boards.bsd.dli.mt.gov/cos
Nebraska
http://www.boardofcosmetology.net/nebraska-state-board-of-cosmetology-cb27
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
http://www.njconsumeraffairs.gov/cos
New Mexico
http://www.rld.state.nm.us/boards/barbers_and_cosmetologists.aspx
New York
https://www.dos.ny.gov/licensing/esthetics/esthetics.html
North Carolina
http://www.nccosmeticarts.com/
North Dakota
https://www.ndcosmetology.com/
Ohio
Oklahoma
https://www.ok.gov/cosmo/index.html
Oregon
http://www.oregon.gov/oha/hlo/Pages/index.aspx
Pennsylvania
http://www.dos.pa.gov/Pages/default.aspx
Rhode Island
http://health.ri.gov/licenses/index.phpbeauty/
South Carolina
http://www.llr.state.sc.us/pol/cosmetology/
South Dakota
http://dlr.sd.gov/cosmetology/default.aspx
Tennessee
http://www.tn.gov/commerce/section/cosmetology-and-barber-examiners
Texas
https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/cosmet/cosmet.htm
Utah
Vermont
https://www.sec.state.vt.us/professional-regulation.aspx
Virginia
http://www.dpor.virginia.gov/Boards/BarberCosmo/#Education_and_Exams
Washington
http://www.dol.wa.gov/business/cosmetology/index.html
Washington DC
http://www.pearsonvue.com/dc/barbers_cosmo/
West Virginia
Wisconsin
http://dsps.wi.gov/Boards-Councils/Board-Pages/Cosmetology-Examining-Board-Main-Page/
Wyoming
http://cosmetology.wy.gov/Index.aspx
This list is for references only.
To receive the most updated information we highly recommend that you contact your State Board directly as each state will have their own individual exemptions by their Cosmetology board.