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Hair, nail, waxing salons open across Colorado without required license.

How to Become a Hair Stylist Earn a high school diploma or GED.Enroll in a state-approved cosmetology school.Gain the necessary hands-on practice.Pass the licensing exam and get certified.Take continuing education classes and maintain licensure.Professional Beauty Association.

State License Requirements Colorado is one of the few states with a separate hairstyling license. To become a licensed hairstylist, you need to earn at least 1,200 hours of training at an approved school. You can then schedule your skills exam and your written exam. This requires a $127 fee.

The Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994 means that hairdressers do not need to be registered. However, you must register for ear piercing, electrolysis, tattooing and acupuncture, and if you employ people who do such activities.

Choose the practical skills examination you are applying for, such as Cosmetology, fill in your licensure history and pay the required exam fee of $75 and application fee of $30. Take and pass the practical skills examination. Apply and pay a $30 fee for the written examination.

Salons - Initial Licensure Services provided in licensed cosmetic art shops must be performed by licensed cosmetologists, manicurists, estheticians and natural hair care stylists. Practice without a license will result in civil penalty.

To become licensed, you must complete a training program approved by your state's cosmetology licensing board. While some states have approved programs geared specifically toward hair design, most hair stylist students will go through a cosmetology school to get the necessary training for hair styling licensure.