Utah beauty experts fighting proposed cosmetology changes, citing safety, business concerns

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah’s Capitol was littered with students and beauty professionals wearing black Wednesday. The first reason for the “black-out” is that black clothing from head to toe is the typical uniform in the beauty industry. The second reason: they’re concerned.

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The Utah Beauty Schools Owners Association organized the rally, asking Utah beauty professionals to show up wearing their sleek work attire to protest what they called “devastating changes” lawmakers have proposed.

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The proposal, originally made in February, aims to cut out cosmetology, barber and master esthetician licenses completely. Instead, it would enact smaller technician licensing for services currently under the umbrella of those licenses like microneedling, eyelash extensions and eyebrow work.

Director of the Division of Professional Licensing Jeff Shumway spoke at a presentation given to the Business and Labor Committee Wednesday at the capitol during the rally. He said the idea is to provide a way for people who’d like to work in just one of those micro-fields, like hair styling or facials, without having to study multiple other services.

Beauty organizations and schools in the state like Taylor Andrews Academy and Collectiv Academy say it’s not that simple.

With the change, technicians in each micro-field would be required 100 hours of schooling. A small amount compared to the current requirement for a full license, which is 1,200 hours according to Avalon Institute student, Lauren Dimalanta, who is training to be a master esthetician.

Dimalanta said the changes would affect her in part because she’s already completed a large sum of program hours.

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