Beauty, Lash and Nail Business Cards

What should beauty business cards show

Before a client books, they scan for two things: who does the work and how to return. This list follows the order people actually look.

• Your name and what you do, such as lash artist, nail technician, beauty therapist or makeup artist.
• The studio or salon name when it differs from yours.
• A booking link or QR code and the phone number, so one tap starts the booking.
• Instagram, because clients judge the work by the feed before they book.
• The suburb you work from, or the area your mobile service travels to.
• The services, plus any deposit or cancellation line the client should see.
• A qualification or registration written exactly as held, never an invented title.

What a beauty card may and may not say

Everyday beauty work does not carry a practitioner licence anywhere in Australia. Lashes, brows, nails, waxing, spray tan, facials and makeup all fall in that group, so the card never says licensed beauty therapist and never shows a licence number for those services.

What may need approval is the premises. In Victoria, beauty businesses are registered with the local council under the Public Health and Wellbeing Act 2008. Each council issues its own certificate, and that certificate stays off the card.

Cosmetic tattoo is skin penetration and gets stricter. Victoria registers the premises through the council. New South Wales premises notify the local council under the Public Health Act 2010. Queensland treats it as a higher risk personal appearance service that needs a council licence.

Laser hair removal adds operator licensing in some states. Queensland requires a Radiation Health use licence for the operator and a possession licence for the business under the Radiation Safety Act 1999. A Queensland card may carry the use licence number exactly as issued. Western Australia and Tasmania also have licensing for cosmetic lasers. New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia do not, and IPL is generally not covered by a licence.

For cosmetic injectables, the card names no injectable and no brand. Ahpra rules under Health Practitioner Regulation National Law s 133 ban testimonials and any gift or discount offered without its terms, and TGA rules ban advertising prescription-only medicines to the public. That means no Botox, anti-wrinkle injections, wrinkle relaxers, dermal fillers or product names. A cosmetic nurse writes Registered Nurse with the Ahpra number, three letters then ten digits, next to a plain line such as cosmetic and skin consultations. The word specialist belongs to registered specialists only.

Teeth whitening by a non-dentist stays inside the Poisons Standard. The limits are 6 percent for hydrogen peroxide and 18 percent for carbamide peroxide. The safe card wording is cosmetic teeth whitening, not dental treatment, and results vary.

Protected titles matter. Registered Nurse, Nurse Practitioner and Dentist are protected, so only use them for someone who holds that registration. Dermal therapist and skin therapist are not protected, so put the qualification next to them. Name a course rather than writing certified. Leave off permanent, painless, guaranteed and medical grade.

A company does not have to put its ACN on a card, and no rule forces a sole trader to print an ABN there. The ATO still calls the ABN on stationery a good idea, so include it if you already use it on invoices. When unsure, check with your local council or state health department before printing.

Which card stock suits beauty salon business cards, lash studios and nail technicians

Most designs on this page run on three paper families, with a few on Spot UV, Raised Foil or Recycled.

Standard Business Cards are the everyday workhorse for a service list and booking details. The card is 90 x 55 mm and prints on 300 GSM Matte, Linen, Cotton or Metallic, or on 450 GSM Artboard with Velvet Laminate. You can order front only or front and back. The four 300 GSM stocks come without laminate.

Coloured Paper Business Cards put the whole card into colour. The stock options include 270 GSM Black or Navy, 290 GSM Kraft, and 300 GSM Forest Green, Hunter Green, Burgundy, Cream and more, printed in CMYK or white ink.

Flat Foil Business Cards carry a mirror-bright layer in gold, silver, rose gold, copper or holographic. The foil sits level with the card face and runs on one side.

Each design shows its front and back and comes in several colourways. When a layout is built on Standard Business Cards, it can move to Rounded Corner Business Cards or Recycled Business Cards without rework. Designs tied to a finish or a stock, such as foil, Spot UV, Scodix, duplex or coloured paper, stay on that card. Many of them can still run as a Standard edition, the identical layout printed flat on Standard Business Cards.

How ready beauty business cards become yours

Pick a design from the gallery and it opens on the card it was made for, with the print options already marked Recommended. You can change any of those before adding it to cart. On the artwork step, type your own name, business name, phone, email and any licence, registration number or ABN your services need. We set those details into the layout and email a free PDF proof within 1 to 2 business days. Nothing prints until you approve the proof. There is no set-up charge. Ask for rounded corners, a circle, an oval, a square or the other orientation and we adjust the layout in-house at no cost. Browse business card designs to see the same workflow in other trades.

Match the rest of your beauty print to the card

A card alone does less than a card paired with the tools your clients touch next. Appointment Cards send a client home with the next infill, lash lift or brow shape already booked. Gift Vouchers let someone buy a facial, a full set of lash extensions or a spray tan as a present. The salon and spa print kit maps the same trade look across welcome cards, retail tags and aftercare leaflets.

A local proof before you commit