Permanent Makeup Artist Requirements: What You Need to Start

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Permanent Makeup Artist Requirements

What you need to become a licensed permanent makeup artist in Florida: training, bloodborne pathogens certification, and your tattoo license

  • By Jourdain, PMU artist & trainer
  • 7 min read
  • Updated Sept 2026
Quick answer

In Florida, you must be at least 18, pass a state-approved bloodborne pathogens course, and hold a Florida tattoo artist license from your county health department. The state fee is $60. You also need hands-on PMU training. No cosmetology or esthetician license is required.

Permanent makeup artist requirements in Florida: licensed PMU artist working on brows in Lakeland
~$110–$120to get licensed in Florida

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