MN Salon Manager License Exam 2026
Complete Questions and Guide Answers
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1. Cosmetology
Answer: the practice of personal services, for compensation, for the cosmetic care of the hair, nails, and skin.
These services include cleaning, conditioning, shaping, reinforcing, coloring and enhancing the body surface
in the areas of the head, scalp, face, arms, hands, legs, feet, and trunk of the body, except where these services are
performed by a barber.
2. cosmetologist
Answer: any person who, for compensation, performs the personal services, as defined in subdivision 3
3. Eyelash Extensions
Answer: the application, removal, and trimming of threadlike natural or synthetic fibers to an eyelash, and
includes the cleansing of the eye area and lashes. Eyelash extensions do not include color agents, straight- ening agents,
permanent wave solutions, bleaching agents, applications to the eyebrow, or any other cosmetology service.
4. Eyelash technician
Answer: is any person who is not a cosmetologist, esthetician, or advanced practice esthetician who, for
,compensation, performs the personal services limited to eyelash extensions as defined in subdivision 4a only.
5. Esthetician
Answer: any person who, for compensation, performs personal services for the cosmetic care of the skin only.
6. Individual license.
Answer: means a license described in section 155A.25, subdivision 1a, paragraph (b), clause (1).
7. Nail technician.
Answer: any person who, for compensation, performs personal services for the cosmetic care of the hands,
feet, and nails only.
8. Manager.
Answer: is any person who is a cosmetologist, esthetician, advanced practice esthetician, nail technician
practitioner, or eyelash technician practitioner, and who has a manager license and provides any services under that
license, as defined in subdivision 3.
9. Mobile salon.
Answer: a salon that is operated in a mobile vehicle or mobile structure for exclusive use to otter personal services,
as defined in subdivision 3.
10. Salon.
Answer: an area, room, or rooms employed to otter personal services, as defined in subdivision 3. "Salon" does not
include the home of a customer but the board may adopt health and infection control rules governing practice in the
, homes of customers.
11. School.
Answer: a place where any person operates and maintains a class to teach cosmetology to the public for
compensation. "School" does not include a place where the only teaching of cosmetology is done by a licensed
cosmetologist as part of a community education program of less than ten hours duration, provided that the program
does not permit practice on persons other than students in the program, and provided that the program is intended
solely for the self-improvement of the students and not as preparation for professional practice.
12. Instructor.
Answer: any person employed by a school to prepare and present the theoretical and practical education of
cosmetology to persons who seek to practice cosmetology. An instructor must maintain an active operator or manager's
license in the area in which the instructor holds an instructor's license.
13. Person.
Answer: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnership and other unincorpo- rated
associations.
14. Threading.
Answer: a method of removing hair from the eyebrows, upper lip, or other body parts by using cotton thread
to pull hair from follicles. Threading does not include the use of chemicals or any type of wax. Threading may include
the use of (1) over-the-counter astringents, gels, and powders; and (2) tweezers and scissors incidental to
Complete Questions and Guide Answers
100% Verified Graded A+
1. Cosmetology
Answer: the practice of personal services, for compensation, for the cosmetic care of the hair, nails, and skin.
These services include cleaning, conditioning, shaping, reinforcing, coloring and enhancing the body surface
in the areas of the head, scalp, face, arms, hands, legs, feet, and trunk of the body, except where these services are
performed by a barber.
2. cosmetologist
Answer: any person who, for compensation, performs the personal services, as defined in subdivision 3
3. Eyelash Extensions
Answer: the application, removal, and trimming of threadlike natural or synthetic fibers to an eyelash, and
includes the cleansing of the eye area and lashes. Eyelash extensions do not include color agents, straight- ening agents,
permanent wave solutions, bleaching agents, applications to the eyebrow, or any other cosmetology service.
4. Eyelash technician
Answer: is any person who is not a cosmetologist, esthetician, or advanced practice esthetician who, for
,compensation, performs the personal services limited to eyelash extensions as defined in subdivision 4a only.
5. Esthetician
Answer: any person who, for compensation, performs personal services for the cosmetic care of the skin only.
6. Individual license.
Answer: means a license described in section 155A.25, subdivision 1a, paragraph (b), clause (1).
7. Nail technician.
Answer: any person who, for compensation, performs personal services for the cosmetic care of the hands,
feet, and nails only.
8. Manager.
Answer: is any person who is a cosmetologist, esthetician, advanced practice esthetician, nail technician
practitioner, or eyelash technician practitioner, and who has a manager license and provides any services under that
license, as defined in subdivision 3.
9. Mobile salon.
Answer: a salon that is operated in a mobile vehicle or mobile structure for exclusive use to otter personal services,
as defined in subdivision 3.
10. Salon.
Answer: an area, room, or rooms employed to otter personal services, as defined in subdivision 3. "Salon" does not
include the home of a customer but the board may adopt health and infection control rules governing practice in the
, homes of customers.
11. School.
Answer: a place where any person operates and maintains a class to teach cosmetology to the public for
compensation. "School" does not include a place where the only teaching of cosmetology is done by a licensed
cosmetologist as part of a community education program of less than ten hours duration, provided that the program
does not permit practice on persons other than students in the program, and provided that the program is intended
solely for the self-improvement of the students and not as preparation for professional practice.
12. Instructor.
Answer: any person employed by a school to prepare and present the theoretical and practical education of
cosmetology to persons who seek to practice cosmetology. An instructor must maintain an active operator or manager's
license in the area in which the instructor holds an instructor's license.
13. Person.
Answer: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnership and other unincorpo- rated
associations.
14. Threading.
Answer: a method of removing hair from the eyebrows, upper lip, or other body parts by using cotton thread
to pull hair from follicles. Threading does not include the use of chemicals or any type of wax. Threading may include
the use of (1) over-the-counter astringents, gels, and powders; and (2) tweezers and scissors incidental to
