The Beauty Denominator

I decided to turn this comment into a post because a lot of Cosmetologist don’t realize that they can use their work history if they don’t meet the states requirement hours of training if they have worked long enough to qualify. All states are different and constantly changing.

jillmarie000: This is the biggest headache. Why can’t there just be national requirements? I have been licensed as an Esthetician and Cosmetologist for three years in Washington, but now that I am moving to Utah I have to jump through a thousand hoops, and I still have to go back to school! How annoying is this?!

Answer: You are so right and maybe someday they will do that. I know more and more states now require you to take a national exam, but not all. It is a big hassle. Almost all states will except work experience in lieu of the extra hours that may be required.

If I were you I would contact Utah Dept of licensing and tell them you have 3 years of experience. You would have to have your hours verified, but they will tell you exactly what you need to do for that.

I did a little checking on their site and found this Utah application and was wondering if you had checked it? Go all the way down to C it will give you information on how to proceed using your work history. Plus it has all the information anyone else would need if they are moving to Utah from any where else.

Hopefully you were working full time in those 3 years and have 4,000 hours of full time paid employment in your field and they can be verified then you wouldn’t have to go back for more training. I wasn’t sure if you were just making a comment in passing or if you wanted me to answer so I decided it might help someone else.