18 Va. Admin. Code § 41-20-220
A. The curriculum requirements for barbering must include the following minimum performances:
| Hair and scalp treatments | 10 |
| Straight razor shaving on face and neck | 12 |
| Hair services | 285 |
| Hair coloring (including tinting, temporary rinses, and semi-permanent color) | 20 |
| Basic facials | 5 |
| TOTAL | 332 |
B. The curriculum requirements for master barbering must include the following minimum performances:
| Bleaching and frosting | 20 |
| Cold permanent waving or chemical relaxing | 30 |
| Wig care, styling, placing on model | 15 |
| Finger waving and thermal waving | 30 |
| Waxing limited to the scalp | 5 |
| TOTAL | 100 |
C. The curriculum requirements for dual barber/master barber program must include the following minimum performances:
| Hair and scalp treatments | 10 |
| Hair services | 285 |
| Straight razor shaving on face and neck | 12 |
| Bleaching and frosting | 20 |
| Hair coloring (including tinting, temporary rinses, and semi-permanent color) | 20 |
| Cold permanent waving or chemical relaxing | 30 |
| Wig care, styling, placing on model | 15 |
| Finger waving and thermal waving | 30 |
| Basic facials | 5 |
| Waxing limited to the scalp | 5 |
| TOTAL | 432 |
D. The curriculum requirements for cosmetology must include the following minimum performances:
| Shampooing, rinsing, and scalp treatments, for all hair types, including textured hair | 20 |
| Hair styling, for all hair types, including textured hair | 60 |
| Hair cutting, for all hair types, including textured hair | 60 |
| Permanent waving-chemical relaxing, for all hair types, including textured hair | 60 |
| Hair coloring and bleaching, for all hair types, including textured hair | 65 |
| Wigs, hair pieces, and related theory | 10 |
| Manicuring and pedicuring | 15 procedures |
| Individual sculptured nails and nail tips | 30 |
| Lashes and brows | 20 |
| Skin care | 15 |
| Hair removal | 10 |
| TOTAL | 365 |
E. The curriculum requirements for nail care must include the following minimum performances:
| Manicures | 25 |
| Pedicures | 20 |
| Individual sculptured nails and nail tips | 170 |
| Individual removals | 20 |
| UV/LED gel nails | 20 |
| TOTAL | 255 |
F. The curriculum requirements for waxing must include the following minimum performances:
| Arms | 2 |
| Back | 1 |
| Bikini area | 4 |
| Brows | 12 |
| Chest | 1 |
| Facial (i.e., face, chin, and cheek and lip) | 6 |
| Leg | 2 |
| Underarm | 2 |
| TOTAL | 30 |
§ 54.1-201 of the Code of Virginia.
Derived from Virginia Register Volume 19, Issue 18, eff. July 1, 2003; amended, Virginia Register Volume 33, Issue 9, eff. February 1, 2017; Volume 35, Issue 12, eff. April 1, 2019; Volume 40, Issue 21, eff. September 1, 2024; Volume 42, Issue 5, eff. December 1, 2025.