TDLR COSMETOLOGY FINAL PAPER 2025/2026 ANSWERS
AND QUESTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔Department - ✔✔--The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.
✔✔Commission - ✔✔--The Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation.
✔✔Common Area - ✔✔--An area within a cosmetology establishment which contains
equipment and facilities available for use by all persons who practice cosmetology on
the premises under a license, certificate or permit issued under this chapter or Texas
Occupations Code, Chapter 1603.
✔✔Cosmetology establishment - ✔✔--A beauty salon, specialty salon, mini-salon, dual
shop, mini-dual shop, mobile shop, or beauty culture school, public or private, that is
subject to regulation under the Act.
✔✔Digital Network - ✔✔--Any online-enabled application, Internet website, or system
offered or used by a remote service business that allows a client to arrange for a
digitally prearranged remote service.
✔✔Digitally Prearranged Remote Service- - ✔✔--A barbering or cosmetology service
performed for compensation by a person holding a license, certificate of registration, or
permit under Texas Occupations Code, Chapter 1601, or 1602, or chapter that is:
✔✔Dual Shop - ✔✔--A shop owned, operated, or managed by a person holding a dual
barber and beauty shop license under Texas Occupations Code, Chapter 1603.
✔✔Eyelash Extension Application - ✔✔--The process of applying and removing a semi-
permanent, thread-like, natural or synthetic single fiber to an eyelash, including
cleansing of the eye area and lashes prior to applying and after removing extensions.
✔✔Eyelash Extension Specialist - ✔✔--A person who holds a specialty license and who
is authorized to practice the service defined in Texas Occupations Code-
1602.002(a)(10).
✔✔Esthetician - ✔✔--A person who holds specialty license and who is authorized to
practice the services defined in Texas Occupations Code-1602.002(a)(4) - (7) and (10).
The term esthetician in this chapter includes the term facialist.
✔✔Esthetician/Manicurist - ✔✔--An esthetician/manicurist may perform only those
services defined in Texas Occupations Code- 1602.002(a)(4) - (10).
, ✔✔Hair weaver - ✔✔--A person who holds a hair weaving specialty certificate and who
may perform only the practice of cosmetology defined in Texas Occupations Code-
1602.002(a)(11).
✔✔Law and Rules Book - ✔✔--Texas Occupations Code, Chapters 1602 and 1603, and
16 Texas Administrative Code Chapter 83.
✔✔License - ✔✔--A department-issued permit, certificate, approval, registration, or
other similar permission required under Texas Occupations Code, Chapter 1601, 1602,
or 1603.
✔✔License by substantial equivalence - ✔✔--A process that permits a cosmetology
license holder from another jurisdiction or foreign country to obtain a Texas
cosmetology license without repeating cosmetology education or examination license
requirements.
✔✔Manicurist - ✔✔--A manicurist may perform only those services defined in Texas
Occupations Code- 1602.002(a)(8) and (9).
✔✔Mini-Salon - ✔✔--A cosmetology establishment in which a person practices
cosmetology under a license, certificate or permit issued under this chapter and which
consists of a room or suite of rooms that is one of a number of connected
establishments in a single premises that open onto a common hallway or common area.
✔✔Mini-Dual Shop - ✔✔--A shop owned, operated, or managed by a person meeting
the requirements of both a mini-barbershop and mini-beauty shop license under Texas
Occupations Code- 1603.207.
✔✔Mini-Salon Licensee - ✔✔--A person or entity that holds a license for a mini-salon or
mini-dual shop. The mini-salon licensee shall be responsible for rules under Texas
Occupations Code, Chapters 1601, 1602, and 1603, and 16 TAC Chapters 82 and 83
for the mini-salon or mini-dual shop.
✔✔Mobile Shop - ✔✔--A beauty salon, specialty salon, or dual shop that is operated in
a self-contained, self-supporting, enclosed mobile unit.
✔✔Operator - ✔✔-An individual authorized by the department to perform any act or
practice of cosmetology under Texas Occupations Code, 1602.002.
✔✔Preparation - ✔✔--A substance used to beautify a person's face, neck, or arms or to
temporarily remove superfluous hair from a person's body including but not limited to
antiseptics, tonic, lotions, powders, oils, clays, creams, sugars, waxes and/or chemicals.
AND QUESTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔Department - ✔✔--The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.
✔✔Commission - ✔✔--The Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation.
✔✔Common Area - ✔✔--An area within a cosmetology establishment which contains
equipment and facilities available for use by all persons who practice cosmetology on
the premises under a license, certificate or permit issued under this chapter or Texas
Occupations Code, Chapter 1603.
✔✔Cosmetology establishment - ✔✔--A beauty salon, specialty salon, mini-salon, dual
shop, mini-dual shop, mobile shop, or beauty culture school, public or private, that is
subject to regulation under the Act.
✔✔Digital Network - ✔✔--Any online-enabled application, Internet website, or system
offered or used by a remote service business that allows a client to arrange for a
digitally prearranged remote service.
✔✔Digitally Prearranged Remote Service- - ✔✔--A barbering or cosmetology service
performed for compensation by a person holding a license, certificate of registration, or
permit under Texas Occupations Code, Chapter 1601, or 1602, or chapter that is:
✔✔Dual Shop - ✔✔--A shop owned, operated, or managed by a person holding a dual
barber and beauty shop license under Texas Occupations Code, Chapter 1603.
✔✔Eyelash Extension Application - ✔✔--The process of applying and removing a semi-
permanent, thread-like, natural or synthetic single fiber to an eyelash, including
cleansing of the eye area and lashes prior to applying and after removing extensions.
✔✔Eyelash Extension Specialist - ✔✔--A person who holds a specialty license and who
is authorized to practice the service defined in Texas Occupations Code-
1602.002(a)(10).
✔✔Esthetician - ✔✔--A person who holds specialty license and who is authorized to
practice the services defined in Texas Occupations Code-1602.002(a)(4) - (7) and (10).
The term esthetician in this chapter includes the term facialist.
✔✔Esthetician/Manicurist - ✔✔--An esthetician/manicurist may perform only those
services defined in Texas Occupations Code- 1602.002(a)(4) - (10).
, ✔✔Hair weaver - ✔✔--A person who holds a hair weaving specialty certificate and who
may perform only the practice of cosmetology defined in Texas Occupations Code-
1602.002(a)(11).
✔✔Law and Rules Book - ✔✔--Texas Occupations Code, Chapters 1602 and 1603, and
16 Texas Administrative Code Chapter 83.
✔✔License - ✔✔--A department-issued permit, certificate, approval, registration, or
other similar permission required under Texas Occupations Code, Chapter 1601, 1602,
or 1603.
✔✔License by substantial equivalence - ✔✔--A process that permits a cosmetology
license holder from another jurisdiction or foreign country to obtain a Texas
cosmetology license without repeating cosmetology education or examination license
requirements.
✔✔Manicurist - ✔✔--A manicurist may perform only those services defined in Texas
Occupations Code- 1602.002(a)(8) and (9).
✔✔Mini-Salon - ✔✔--A cosmetology establishment in which a person practices
cosmetology under a license, certificate or permit issued under this chapter and which
consists of a room or suite of rooms that is one of a number of connected
establishments in a single premises that open onto a common hallway or common area.
✔✔Mini-Dual Shop - ✔✔--A shop owned, operated, or managed by a person meeting
the requirements of both a mini-barbershop and mini-beauty shop license under Texas
Occupations Code- 1603.207.
✔✔Mini-Salon Licensee - ✔✔--A person or entity that holds a license for a mini-salon or
mini-dual shop. The mini-salon licensee shall be responsible for rules under Texas
Occupations Code, Chapters 1601, 1602, and 1603, and 16 TAC Chapters 82 and 83
for the mini-salon or mini-dual shop.
✔✔Mobile Shop - ✔✔--A beauty salon, specialty salon, or dual shop that is operated in
a self-contained, self-supporting, enclosed mobile unit.
✔✔Operator - ✔✔-An individual authorized by the department to perform any act or
practice of cosmetology under Texas Occupations Code, 1602.002.
✔✔Preparation - ✔✔--A substance used to beautify a person's face, neck, or arms or to
temporarily remove superfluous hair from a person's body including but not limited to
antiseptics, tonic, lotions, powders, oils, clays, creams, sugars, waxes and/or chemicals.
