Health and beauty businesses in Cornwall such as hairdressers, barbers, massage therapists, tattooists and make up artists must comply with regulations aimed at protecting staff and customers, such as:
- Business registration
- Risk assessments
- Compliance with health and safety regulations
- Taking precautions against infection or contamination
- Ensuring premises are clean, well lit and are properly ventilated
- Obtaining relevant licences
- Displaying appropriate certificates
- First aid provision
- Allergy awareness and testing
- Health & Safety training and procedures
- COSHH (Control of Substances Hazardous to Health) compliance
- Insurance
Get Support with Health and Beauty Regulations
Our Business Regulatory Support team have vast experience to help guide you through the process of complying with necessary health and beauty legislation, ensuring your business complies with the law whilst helping increase customer confidence when receiving your treatments.
Contact our friendly team today on 0300 1234 212 or email businessadvice@cornwall.gov.uk to get help with your regulatory needs
Health, Beauty and Cosmetics Self Service Information
If you would prefer to handle compliance with yourself, here are some links to further information which may help.
- Labelling - If you sell cosmetic products, they must be safe; there are specific requirements for composition and labelling
- Herbal medicine - How the law applies to products sold in these types of shop, including food supplements, cosmetics, and products of animal origin
- Microbeads - The use of plastic microbeads in rinse-off personal care products is prohibited
- Packaging - The legal requirement to reduce, re-use, recover and recycle packaging, and what evidence you need in order to demonstrate compliance.
If there are topics not covered in the list above, we would also recommend reading our general self-service information.
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